A Year of Danger

• Smoke envelops the charred remains of a mobile home park Nov. 15 in Sylmar, Calif. Three wildfires scorched a 130-mile swath of Southern California, destroying hundreds of homes.
  
  
  

  David McNew, Getty Images

• A person climbs out from under the rubble of a collapsed school Nov. 7 in Petionville, Haiti. The school was built along a ravine in a slum near Port-au-Prince. At least 94 people died in the accident, and 150 others were injured. The collapse highlighted the terrible living conditions in Haiti's slums, which are home to an estimated 1.8 million. Haiti's total population is 9 million.
  
  
  

  Ramon Espinosa, AP

• Blazing fuel tanks hang from a hot-air balloon that slammed into power lines Oct. 10 in Bernaillo, N.M., during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. One of the balloon's pilots was killed.
  
  
  

  Terri Bordelon, AP

• A passenger's body is removed from a rail car after a Sept. 12 collision between a Union Pacific freight train and Metrolink commuter train in Chatsworth, Calif. The head-on crash killed 25 people and injured 135. According to preliminary findings, the commuter train ran a red light just before the wreck, and its conductor was sending and receiving text messages just seconds before the accident.
  
  
  

  Mark Davis, AP

• Residents wade through a flooded street June 22 in Manila, the Philippines, following heavy rains from Typhoon Fengshen. The storm killed more than 1,000 in the Philippines, including 800 who were on a ferry that was capsized by the typhoon.
  
  
  

  Bullit Marquez, AP

• Buildings and debris float up against a railroad bridge June 14 in the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Heavy spring rains caused severe flooding in several Midwestern states. In Cedar Rapids, the water crested at 31.12 feet, breaking a record set in 1851.
  
  
  

  Jeff Roberson, AP

• A huge funnel cloud touches down June 10 in Orchard, Iowa. Lori Mehmen told a local newspaper she snapped the tornado from just outside her front door. The storm damaged property, but caused no injuries.
  
  
  

  Lori Mehmen, AP

• A car plows into into cyclists taking part in a race June 1 in Matamoros, Mexico. One biker was killed and 10 others were injured. Police alleged the car's driver was drunk.
  
  
  

  Jose Fidelino Vera Hernandez, AP

• Flames engulf a movie set June 1 at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. The fire, which was ruled an accident, destroyed several well-known set pieces, including the courthouse square from 'Back to the Future.'
  
  
  

  Mike Meadows, AP

• A man is rescued from an airliner that crashed May 30 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The plane overshot the runway and ran out onto a city street, killing one.
  
  
  

  Jose Osorio, AP