In a year dominated by news of political appointments and departures, controversial policies for migrant families and devastating natural disasters, WSJ editors have looked through two million images. Here are some of the most striking, and the stories that go with them.

India Business News: NEW DELHI: Mining baron Anil Agarwal's Cairn India won a third of its total haul of 41 oil blocks in India's maiden bid round under open acreage licen.