September 11 changes the world, terror costs thousands of lives. America is going to war against Osama bin Laden, and Germany must do its part. Ex-president Milosevic comes to court in The Hague as a war criminal. The foot-and-mouth disease depopulates Europe's stables. ver.di, the largest service union in the world, is founded. Over the South Seas the remains of the MIR burn up. In Norway the fairy tale wedding enchants the people. Bishop Lehmann finally becomes cardinal. In Genoa an opponent of globalization dies. The IOC gets a new president. All this and more in the "Album 2001 - Pictures of a Year".