2021: The year in pictures

Alex Mead

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Dec 30, 2021

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January 1st 2021, confetti flies in the air on a mostly empty Times Square for New Years Eve in New York City. AFP via Getty Images

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FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in Washington

An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS

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Trump supporters storm Capitol building in Washington

Police clash with supporters of US President Donald Trump who breached security and entered the Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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President-elect Joe Biden, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, right, watch as Lady Gaga steps off the stage after performing the national anthem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021. AP

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President Trump Departs White House For Final Time In His Presidency

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House on Marine One on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump is making his scheduled departure from the White House for Florida, several hours ahead of the inauguration ceremony for his successor Joe Biden, making him the first president in more than 150 years to refuse to attend the inauguration. Getty Images

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The SpaceX Starship SN9 explodes into a fireball after its high altitude test flight from test facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. February 2, 2021. REUTERS

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DC: U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick lies in state

A moment of prayer during a congressional tribute to the late Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick who lies in honor in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 3, 2021. Pool/Sipa USA via Reuters Connec

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Second Impeachment Trial Of Donald J. Trump Begins In Senate

Lead Impeachment Manager Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks on the first day of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on February 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Getty Images

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Brady throws the Lombardi trophy during a boat parade in Tampa

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady throws across the Lombardi trophy during a boat parade, following the team’s Super Bowl victory, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. February 10, 2021. via REUTERS

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NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down in the area known as the Jezero crater on February 18, 2021 on the planet Mars. Getty Images

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Emergency crews respond to a call of an active shooter at the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. March 22. 2021. via REUTERS

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Miami Beach Declares Curfew As Spring Break Crowds Grow

Spring breakers gather while exiting the area as an 8pm curfew goes into effect on March 21, 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida. College students have arrived in the South Florida area for the annual spring break ritual, prompting city officials to impose an 8pm to 6am curfew as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Getty Images

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The Ever Given, container ship, which ran aground in the Suez Canal on 23 March, is now free floating after responding to the pulling maneuvers. 29 March 2021. Maxar Technologies

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U.S. Capitol Police officers stand near a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. AP

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II sits alone in St. George’s Chapel during the funeral of Prince Philip, the man who had been by her side for 73 years, at Windsor Castle, England, April 17th, 2021. AP

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***YEAR IN REVIEW*** 93rd Annual Academy Awards – Press Room

Frances McDormand and Chloe Zhao, winners of Best Picture for “Nomadland,” pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. Getty Images

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An aerial view of the scene after an elevated section of metro track in Mexico City, carrying train cars with passengers, collapsed onto a busy road on May 03, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Getty Images

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PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-GAZA-AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021

The Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight on May 14, 2021. AFP via Getty Images

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Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone cable car accident, aftermath

Carabinieri and Soccorso Alpino forces inspect the site where the Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone cable car crashed to the ground after a cable snapped on 23rd May 2021, in Mottarone Stresa, northern Italy. The crash killed fourteen passengers in the cable car, and seriously injured one child. EPA

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A migrating herd of elephants rests near the Xinyang Township in the Jinning District of Kunming city of southwestern China’s Yunnan Province. China’s wandering elephants are now becoming international stars. Major global media, are chronicling the herd’s more-than year-long, 500 kilometer (300 mile) trek from their home in a wildlife reserve in mountainous southwest Yunnan province to the outskirts of the provincial capital of Kunming. June 7, 2021. AP

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Chemical plant fire in Illinois forces evacuations

Smoke billows as firefighters from more than 40 agencies from Illinois and Wisconsin continue to battle a fire at the Chemtool chemical plant in Rockton, Illinois, 14 June 2021. EPA

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President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) talk during their meeting at the US – Russia summit at the Villa La Grange, in Geneva, Switzerland, 16 June 2021. EPA

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Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin’s sentencing at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin was convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges in George Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death. AP

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Bill Cosby makes an appearance outside his home after being released from prison shortly after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction of sexual assault. June 30, 2021 – Elkins Park, PA. Stephen Yang

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Jeff Bezos (R) and his brother Mark Bezos (L) spelling out “Hi Mom” on their hands during the July 20, 2021, space flight. Blue Origin’s first crewed mission is an 11-minute flight from west Texas to an altitude of 65 miles (106kms), and back again. AFP via Getty Images

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US-CLIMATE-FIRE-AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021

A home burns as flames from the Dixie fire tear through the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County, California on July 24, 2021. AFP via Getty Images

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Rescue personnel work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, in Surfside, Fla. June 25th, 2021. AP

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Simone Biles withdraws from all-around final as she continues to focus on her mental health. 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. AP

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, is followed by his daughter Michaela Kennedy Cuomo, far left, Office Director Stephanie Benton (red) and former Executive Secretary Melissa DeRosa (polka dots), as they prepare to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. AP

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Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday’s U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. AP

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Afghan citizens pack inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, as they are transported from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021. AP

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Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the US Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. 30th August, 2021. US Central Command (CENTCOM)/AFP

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Gabby Petito, was killed while traveling on a vanlife journey across the United States with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Petito went missing late August. And the search for Brian continued. Gbby Petito/Instagram

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Heavy Rains in New York from remnants of Hurricane Ida

A man navigates a street flooded by heavy rain as remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the area in the Queens borough of New York, New York, USA, 01 September 2021. EPA

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck make their first public appearance as a new couple at the Premiere screening of the film “The Last Duel” Venice, Italy, September 10, 2021. REUTERS

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***YEAR IN REVIEW*** Tribute In Light Projects Into NYC Sky On 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks

The 20th anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. The Tribute In Light shines up from Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2021 in New York City. Getty Images

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Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Dereliction of Duty: Examining the Inspector GeneralÕs Report on the FBIÕs Handling of the Larry Nassar Investigation

Gymnasts Aly Raisman (2-L), McKayla Maroney (L), Simone Biles (2-R) and Maggie Nichols (3-R) arrive for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Dereliction of Duty: Examining the Inspector General’s Report on the FBI’s Handling of the Larry Nassar Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 15 September 2021. EPA

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Migrants shelter near Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas

Migrants await to be processed along the Del Rio International Bridge after crossing the Rio Grande river into the U.S. from Ciudad Acuna in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. September 19, 2021. REUTERS

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SPAIN-VOLCANO-AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021

Mount Cumbre Vieja erupts in El Paso, spewing out columns of smoke, ash and lava as seen from Los Llanos de Aridane on the Canary island of La Palma on September 19, 2021. AFP via Getty Images

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An unidentified man who fell from high-rise building and landed on a BMW and survived, Jersey City, NJ. October 6th, 2021. @Christinaabri_

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Michael Cohen meets with Kanye West at Sant Ambroeus Cafe, on Park Avenue, NYC, 19th October, 2021. William Farrington/NYPost

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A distraught Alec Baldwin makes a phone call in the parking lot outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s offices on Camino Justicia after being questioned about a shooting when an alleged prop gun misfired earlier in the day on the movie set of “Rust.” 20th October, 2021. Jim Weber/The New Mexican

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Travis Scott performs during 2021 Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 05, 2021 in Houston, Texas. 10 people died of “compression asphyxia”, according to the Harris County Medical Examiner. WireImage

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Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Continues In Kenosha, WI

Kyle Rittenhouse becomes emotional describing events leading up to the shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum as he testifies during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 10, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Getty Images

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Britney Spears Conservatorship Hearing Rally

Fans cheer upon hearing the news that Britney Spears’ conservatorship has been terminated, at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, California, USA, 12 November 2021. EPA

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SUV plows into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin

An SUV speeds past moments before plowing into a crowd of people during a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, November 21, 2021. JESUS OCHOA via REUTERS

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December 13, 2021, shows tornado damage after extreme weather hit the region in Mayfield, Kentucky. AFP via Getty Images

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Jennifer Crumbley (L) and James Crumbley (R), the parents of accused Oxford High School gunman Ethan Crumbley, appear in court for a probable cause conference in Rochester Hills, Michigan, on December 14, 2021. – The Crumbleys have pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter after their son Ethan Crumbley allegedly fatally shot four students at Oxford High School on November 30 with a gun bought by his father. AFP via Getty Images

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Ghislaine Maxwell gives Jeffrey Epstein a foot massage. An image shown in evidence during her sex trafficking case that began, 5th December, 2021, New York. SDNY

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The omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the nation and increasing testing sites. Pictured here in Times Square, NYC. 21st December, 2021. G.N.Miller/NYPost

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