Bloomberg's images of 2012

Customers pose for photographs after purchasing Apple's new iPad at a Softbank Corp. store in Tokyo, Japan, on March 16, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

Bloomberg's images of 2012

Newly-minted 2 cent euro coins are seen magnified in this arranged photograph at the Bank of Greece's Printing Works Department and Mint in Athens, Greece, on May 3, 2012. [Photo/CFP]