The Covid-19 pandemic, racial protests, the US election, climate change,... are all prominent events in a difficult 2020.
Dana Clark and her 18-month-old son Mason wait in line to vote early for the presidential election in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 16. Clark said she covered herself with plastic bags because she didn't know how many people would wear masks in line. Photo: Reuters
A boy stands in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 24. Law enforcement was deployed to protect the courthouse after Officer Jacob Blake was shot. Photo: Getty Images
A person cries during a protest against President Trump's visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on September 1. Photo: Getty Images
Roxie Washington and Gianna Floyd, daughter of George Floyd, attend the funeral at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston on June 9. Floyd was a black man who died after being pinned down by police in Minneapolis on May 25, sparking nationwide protests. Photo: Getty Images
A statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave trader, is pulled down by protesters using ropes and thrown into a river during a protest in Bristol, England. Photo: Getty Images
Thousands of people took to the streets to support the Black Trans Lives Matter movement and protest the police killing of George Floyd, on June 14 in Brooklyn, New York. Photo: Getty Images
A protester holds an American flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building on May 28 in Minneapolis, after police killed George Floyd. Photo: AP
Nigerian police take strong measures to disperse crowds in Apo, Abuja on October 20, following continued protests against police brutality. Photo: Getty Images
Two nurses, Sasha Dubois and Farah Fevrin, knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the amount of time a police officer held his knee on George Floyd's neck. Photo: Reuters
An aerial view of the construction site of a field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on January 24. Photo: Getty Images
Judie Shape (center), who has Covid-19, greets her children through the glass at a care center in Kirkland, Washington. Photo: AP
Teachers and students wear face masks and face shields to prevent the spread of Covid-19, at Ban Pa Muad School in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo: AP
Pakistan Varsha Thebo, 27, attends the online graduation ceremony of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Getty Images
Dr. Joseph Varon comforts a crying Covid-19 patient who wants to go home, in the intensive care unit at United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas (USA) on November 26. Photo: Getty Images
A burial ceremony for patients who died from the Covid-19 pandemic at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 1. Photo: Getty Images
Iranians protest against the US airstrike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, near Baghdad airport on January 3. Photo: Reuters
Olivia Grant hugs her grandmother, Mary Grace Sileo, through a plastic sheet in Wantagh, New York on May 24. It was the first time they had seen each other since the Covid-19 outbreak in late February. Photo: Getty Images
President Trump leaves after speaking at the daily briefing of the Covid-19 task force. Next to Mr. Trump is Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Photo: Reuters
Hundreds of people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic line up in their cars to wait their turn to get food from the San Antonio Food Bank in San Antonio, Texas on April 17. Photo: Reuters
President Trump removes his mask as he returns to the White House from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he was treated for Covid-19, on October 5. Photo: Getty Images
A person watches the results of the US presidential election in Washington, DC. Photo: Getty Images
Election officials count ballots at the Floyd County Administration Building in Rome, Georgia, on November 13. Photo: Getty Images
President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff celebrate after the US media declared Mr. Biden the winner on November 7, four days after the vote. Photo: Reuters
A taxi driver rejoices as US media announced that Joe Biden won the 2020 US presidential election. Photo: Reuters
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tears up a copy of President Trump's State of the Union address that she was given as lawmakers stood up to applaud when the US leader finished his speech on February 4. Photo: Getty Images
President Trump is escorted by Secret Service after posing for a photo outside St. John's Episcopal Church across from Lafayette Park in Washington, on June 1. Photo: Getty Images
Migrants flee a fire at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9. The fire destroyed Europe's largest refugee camp, leaving about 12,000 people without shelter. Photo: Getty Images
A scene of devastation after a massive explosion on August 4 at the port area in the capital Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion killed at least 171 people and injured more than 6,000 others. Photo: Getty Images.
