Photos from World War Z

[Gillan1220]

In the final hours of May 1, 2011, the U.S. President announced that Osama bin-Laden has been killed in commando raid in his compound in Abottabad, Pakistan. The United States and the world erupted in celebration and congratulated the current administration as it dealt a blow on the ten-year long War on Terror. It was one of the defining moments of the early 2010s which would then be overshadowed by the Great Panic two years later.

Here we gather photos from much simpler times. Below are celebrations in the New York City and Washington, D.C. on the midnight of May 2, 2011.

Crowds gather outside the White House after it was announced that the U.S. killed Bin Laden.

Celebrations in Ground Zero, the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center used to stand.

Revellers in Times Square waving the American flag following the announcement of Osama bin-Laden's death

 

[CalBear]

In the final hours of May 1, 2011, the U.S. President announced that Osama bin-Laden has been killed in commando raid in his compound in Abottabad, Pakistan. The United States and the world erupted in celebration and congratulated the current administration as it dealt a blow on the ten-year long War on Terror. It was one of the defining moments of the early 2010s which would then be overshadowed by the Great Panic two years later.

Here we gather photos from much simpler times. Below are celebrations in the New York City and Washington, D.C. on the midnight of May 2, 2011.
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Revellers in Times Square waving the American flag following the announcement of Osama bin-Laden's death

Well this is about as EPICALLY off topic as any post I've seen in quite a while.

DO NOT REPEAT

 

[Skyrish10]

A portrait shot of Yumiko Shaku, a Japanese actress and model turned zombie huntress during that played a big role in the reclaming of Kiyose City in the late-war, her hometown that was infected with the Zeks during the early phases of the Great Panic.

 

[jack_donaghy_is_the_shado]

Imo, you've won the internet today Skyrish 10

I had a huge crush on her after seeing Godzilla against Mecha Godzilla.

 

[Ogrebear]

Infected vs the Authorites during the early days of the Panic; pictures like this made the public wake up to something very seriously wrong in the world.

 

[saluto]

Police checkpoints such as this one in Salford, Manchester, became increasingly common occurrences in pre-Panic Britain.

The Public Safety Act enforced a mandatory 24 hour quarantine around outbreaks sites and empowered emergency services to detain, without charge, anybody suspected of coming in contact with the infected for a period of up to 14 days.​

 

[kspence92]

Riots erupt in London as food rationing is put into effect. The closure of the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover by the UK government following the the Paris outbreak just across the Channel lead to fresh food shortages across Britain.

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Below is a screenshot of Sky News last broadcast from London before the city "went dark"

The Queen was evacuated from Buckingham palace beforehand to Windsor Castle
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When I wrote about shortages of fresh food in the UK and the Queen being evacuated from Buckingham Palace to Windsor a year ago I honestly didnt expect both of those things would become a reality less than a year later. (Without the zombies)

 

[mspence]

Well:

Comparison shots of Atlanta in the early days of the Panic and several weeks later, showing a lone sheriff's deputy on patrol via drone footage

 

[S. Marlowski]

A recovered still from a street camera from Buenos Aires of Argentine Police bracing for a horde of infected during the Great Panic, circa 2013.

An Islamic Militant in Iraq shooting at Zeks, date unknown.

Soldiers of the Bulgarian Army during the Battle of Sofia, which was considered to be a "Bulgarian Yonkers" which took place during the Great Panic, circa 2013.

 

[Ogrebear]

Official South Korean stealth drone flights over Pyongyang in North Korea reveal the utterly empty city. More bizarre than even the people vanishing is the lack of vegetation growth, leaving many in the South to wonder if someone is maintaining the City and/or if the whole City is artificial.

 

[Laqueesha]

A derelict RFS Admiral Kuznetsov burns in the Black Sea after being ravaged by an outbreak brought aboard by distressed mariners:

Aftermath of a zombie attack in Canada:

An angry mob in India prowls a street in search of people infected with Solanum:

 

[S. Marlowski]

A derelict RFS Admiral Kuznetsov burns in the Black Sea after being ravaged by an outbreak brought aboard by distressed mariners:

We can't see the picture

 

[Laqueesha]

We can't see the picture

Fuck... Fixed now.

 

[Ukron]

A British Army soldier from the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglican Regiment exhausted after initial phases of the Cardiff battle.

 

[Ukron]

Indian Army Paratrooper in the Kashmir Valley armed with a CTAR and a C90 behind him is a OFB MPV Aditya. The mountainous aspect of the regions of Kashmir and the foothills of the Himalayas imposed on the Indian army the massive use of explosives and heavy weapons in order to block the undead progression in order to sanctuarize whole isolated regions .

 

[Ukron]

Indonesian marines' BMP-3F conduct an amphibious landing on Northern Sumatra Beaches during Operation Pacific Resolve III (2018). With Australians and US Navy support, Indoensians manage to regain control of Sumatra coastlines, lost during the Great Panic.

 

[S. Marlowski]

Everyone I am new to this group. I want to say I love the compilations you’ve done to flush out the story concepts. If you would have me I’d also like to contribute.

No problem

 

[Ukron]

Everyone I am new to this group. I want to say I love the compilations you’ve done to flush out the story concepts. If you would have me I’d also like to contribute.

You are Welcome

 

[S. Marlowski]

T-80 Tanks of the Holy Russian Empire during the reclamation of Moscow, circa 2017.

A Holy Russian Imperial BM-21 Grad firing it's rockets onto a horde of Zeks outside of Smolensk, circa 2019.

Soldiers of the Austrian Brundesheer during the Great Panic, circa 2013.

 

[Gillan1220]

Alleged CIA sniper during the Alpha Teams phase, date and location unknown. (Homeland Season 1-IMFDB)