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2012: Turbulent world, shocking disasters

（People's Daily Online） 08:21, January 08, 2013

Firefighters try to put out the fire at the site of a plane crash near the Lagos airport in Nigeria, June 3, 2012. A passenger plane carrying 153 people crashed into a two-storey building in Nigeria's southwestern Lagos State on Sunday, killing all the people on board and 40 others on the ground. At least six Chinese were among the passengers, according to the Chinese Embassy. (Xinhua/Tunji Obasa)

Edited and Translated by Yao Chun, People's Daily Online

Although the world didn’t end in 2012 and most people still live a normal life. But this year is a turbulent one with countless disasters striking the earth — bitter cold, typhoons, fire disasters, plane crashes, which have claimed numerous lives and left behind devastated homeland and endless grief. As we are welcoming the new life at the beginning of 2013, let’s remember those victims and learn from these shocking disasters.