2011: What’s hot and what’s not in global news

August 2, 2016

Updated on Jan 1, 2011

By News Desk

Even world news has its trends. Haven't heard about blood diamonds lately? A day doesn't go by without reporters fawning over George Clooney or Dilma Rousseff? We hear you. See below for GlobalPost's breakdown of what's out and what's in for 2011. Don't like our list? Add your own ideas in the comments. And look back to see how we did at the end of 2009.

Out	In
Economic crisis	Economic stagnation
Tony Hayward	Sebastian Pinera
Iran	North Korea
Aung San Suu Kyi	Aung San Suu Kyi
Sudan	Sudans
US	Qatar?
Ash delays	Snow delays
Gen. Stanley McChrystal	Gen. David Petraeus
Bono	George Clooney
Barack Obama	Dilma Rousseff
Yulia Tymoshenko	Ukrainian nurses
Laurent Gbagbo (in theory)	Alassane Ouattara
Israeli settlements	Israeli settlements
Kim Jong Il	Kim Jong Un
Afghanistan War	War in Pakistan
Camilla	Kate
Blood diamonds	Conflict minerals
Benefits	Austerity

Caption for homepage image: Photos show, from top to bottom and left to right: George Clooney, Kate Middleton, David Petraeus, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Dilma Rousseff, Stanley McChrystal, Tony Hayward, Sebastian Pinera, Camilla Parker Bowles, Barack Obama, Bono (Illustration: GlobalPost; Photos: AFP and Getty Images)

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