Reuters images of the year 2012 - Disaster

A local man and a police officer carry away the wailing father of a child, who was on a bus which met with an accident, from the accident site in Nambalnar, 55 km north of Srinagar, July 11, 2012. At least three people, including a student, were killed and 50 others injured on Wednesday when a school bus carrying students on a picnic trip fell into a gorge near a tourist resort in north Kashmir, local media reported. [Photo/Agencies]

People lean out of the windows of an office building on fire in Guayaquil July 2, 2012. Two people died in the fire, the cause of which has not as yet been officially determined, according to the Guayaquil Firefighters Department. [Photo/Agencies]