2020 from above: Our top aerial photos of the year

Decommissioned cruise ships are dismantled at the Aliaga ship-breaking yard in the Aegean port city of Izmir, more

A search and rescue team, surrounded by red fire retardant, look for victims under burned residences and vehicmore

Excavators and bulldozers are seen at the construction site of a new hospital being built to treat coronavirumore

Crosses cast shadows at the Parque Taruma cemetery, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Manaus, Brazil, June 15, more

An aerial of the golden Virgin statue at the top of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace during a lockdown imposmore

A man walks on a road blanketed with volcanic ash from the erupting Taal Volcano in Tagaytay, Philippines, Janmore

Bodies are buried on New York's Hart Island amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, April 9, 2020. Rmore

The Place de l'Etoile and the Arc de Triomphe are deserted in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spremore

Hundreds of residents, affected by the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic, line up in their vmore

John-Miles Lewis, the son of civil rights pioneer and longtime U.S. Representative John Lewis, reaches out andmore

Fog surrounds a road in Kvaerndrup, on the island of Funen, Denmark, September 22, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Michaemore

A man makes his way on a flooded highway following a storm near the village of Artesiano, in central Greece, Smore

A view shows damaged buildings in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon, August more

Destroyed planes lie damaged around a Southland Field hanger in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Sulphur, Lmore

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance in the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station, more

People enjoy Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 6, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Artists fill in the letters of a "Black Lives Matter" mural on E. Pine Street as protesters establish what themore

Sunbathers lie in circles marked on the grass to aid in social distancing at Mission Dolores Park in San Francmore

Damage is seen after floods caused by torrential rain, in Kumamura, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, Jmore

Some 25,000 candles are lit during a memorial event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the assassination ofmore

Beach-goers stand on salt formations in the Dead Sea near Ein Bokeq, Israel, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ammamore

An empty Times Square is seen following the outbreak of coronavirus in New York City, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/more

Barracks and buildings stand in the former Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in Oswiecmore

Workers Bobby Ore and Steve Piersall saw a tree that fell onto a residence in the aftermath of Hurricane Lauramore

The construction site of the future Tesla Gigafactory is seen in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, September 19more

Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park is seen empty of visitors after it closed in an effort to combat the spread more

A fallen tree lies in an area of the Amazon jungle cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Rondonia Smore

The remnants of a building burnt down during demonstrations after the death of George Floyd are seen in Minneamore

Homes are flooded within a village after the River Nile broke the dykes in Jonglei State, South Sudan, Octobermore

A girl observes a partial solar eclipse on the Mahanakhon Skywalk Glass Tray at the King Power Mahanakhon builmore

Keur Massar is flooded by heavy rains in Senegal, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

School buses are parked after California issued a stay-at-home order, in Los Angeles, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lmore

An unfinished flight terminal, part of the abandoned construction site of a Mexico City airport that was scrapmore

Artwork by French-Swiss street artist Saype, entitled "Beyond Walls," is seen on a floating barge over the Golmore