Our top photos of 2021

An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot to contemore

Adrian James, 2, who tested positive for the coronavirus, breathes with the help of a ventilator at SSM Healthmore

A man is doused by a water cannon during clashes as people gather at the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos parkmore

A Naga Sadhu, or Hindu holy man wears a mask before the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river duringmore

Haitian fire fighters recover the body of a three-year-old boy from under the rubble of a hotel destroyed in amore

Lava is seen through the window of a kitchen from El Paso following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Ismore

A general view of athletes in action as rain falls during the Women's 400m Hurdles semifinals at the Tokyo 202more

A cow is transported by a helicopter after its summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows near the Klausemore

The full moon, known as the "Super Pink Moon" rises behind the Eiffel Tower during a nationwide curfew due to more

People wait to cremate victims who died due to the coronavirus disease, at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, more

Taliban fighter, Mostashhed from Wardak province, looks on as he visits Kabul for the first time as hundreds omore

Mabitchuri, a Yawalapiti child, takes part in an "end of mourning dance" during the Kuarup funeral ritual to hmore

A Moroccan boy cries as he swims using bottles as floaters, near the fence between the Spanish-Moroccan bordermore

A person reacts after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guiltmore

Runners and riders compete in race 6 during the annual one-day Laytown races held on the beach under official more

A man engulfed by a swarm of desert locusts stands on top of a hill near Nanyuki, Kenya, January 30, 2021. more

Participant Vasil of North Macedonia performs during the first semi-final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest more

Rescuers carry Suzy Eshkuntana, 6, as they pull her from the rubble of a building at the site of Israeli air smore

Yoshia Uomoto, 98, reacts as her son Mark Uomoto and niece Gail Yamada surprise her with their first in-personmore

A boy is pictured inside a ransacked supermarket after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested following more

A gibbon walks amid models of vehicles at a zoo in a miniatures park in Bakhchisaray, Crimea, May 24, 2021. more

Theophilus Charles, 70, sits inside his house which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana, more

Kelvia Andrea Goncalves, 16, is supported by her aunt Vanderleia dos Reis Brasao, 37, as she reacts during themore

Cast member Daniel Craig arrives at the world premiere of the new James Bond film "No Time To Die" at the Royamore

Shade Ajayi, 50, takes notes during class at Ilorin Grammar School in Ilorin, Kwara state, March 25, 2021. more

Icebergs are seen at the mouth of the Jakobshavn ice fjord during sunset near Ilulissat, Greenland, September more

Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap anmore

The partially collapsed Champlain Towers South residential building is demolished in Surfside, Florida, July more

An army soldier helps a schoolgirl get to her parents, after gunfire erupted in Beirut, Lebanon, October 14, 2more

U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris greets former President Barack Obama ahead of the inauguration of Joe more

Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn are rescued by a group of people after rainstorms lashed the westernmore

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo crashes during practice at the British Grand Prix in Silverstomore

A baby is handed to the American army over the perimeter wall of the airport for it to be evacuated, in Kabul,more

People board a ferry for evacuation as a wildfire burns in the village of Limni, on the island of Evia, Greecemore

Patients suffering from the coronavirus lay in beds at the Stark Arena sports venue, turned into a COVID-19 homore

Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo (R) hands over bread during a breakfast with members of his familmore

Caravans are destroyed in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Kreuzberg, Germany, July 19,more

People and security members run away as Kurdish animal rights activists release a bear into the wild after resmore

A firefighter manages backfires to protect structures from Caldor Fire, in Strawberry, California, August 28, more

Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims gather to commemorate Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar in the homore

Migrants transport their children on a shopping cart as they take part in a caravan heading to Mexico City, inmore

Debbie Carroll Boyce, Ms. Senior America, pulls back the curtains on the stage at the Ms. Texas Senior Americamore

Debris flies as smoke rises following an Israeli air strike, amid Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in Khan Younismore

A patient suffering from the coronavirus breathes with a mask in an isolation room at a hospital in Bogor, Indmore

A Libyan man, who suffered severe burns while he fought a fire on a boat of migrants, and his daughter, also imore

Demonstrators clash with police officers during a protest by activists of the National Corps political party imore

Sea-surface-cleaning vessels and barrier-laying boats clean up the sea snot, a thick slimy layer of the organimore

Rode Naika Joseph, 13, and her brother Rodelin Joseph, 18, mourn with cousins and nephews of the deceased, Viomore

Humvees belonging to the Afghan Special Forces are seen destroyed during heavy clashes with Taliban during themore

Migrants gather at a transport and logistics center near the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Bemore

Fumie Takino, 89, founder of a senior cheer squad called Japan Pom Pom, and other members pose for commemoratimore

Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her third round match against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur at the Australian Openmore

People pull out Shell Ye Win, 24, who was shot during the security force crackdown on anti-coup protesters in more

Fallou Diop, 19, a jockey, rides a young mare called Raissa Betty, whom he trains to compete with in the futurmore

A woman reacts while holding a hammer during a protest in support of Victoria Salazar, a Salvadoran woman who more

An Afghan man rests in his shop as he sells U.S. second-hand materials outside Bagram U.S. air base, after Amemore

Wang Tianchang, 78, waters a tree planted on the edge of the Gobi desert on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu provmore

A worker dries fabrics after applying color at a dye factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, January 13, 2021. Rmore

A migrant child is seen through a National Guard member's shield as he and others queue to get on buses after more

Argie Aguirre, a member of the River Warriors, gathers trash from the heavily polluted Pasig River, in Baseco,more

Zuriati, a 42-year-old vendor, sits with her 3-year-old daughter Syifa Belanursabila in her stall, while waitimore

Police officers detain a person during a protest, as violence following the jailing of former South African Prmore

Migrants are brought ashore onboard a RNLI Lifeboat, after having crossed the channel, in Dungeness, Britain, more

A migrant child drinks in a camp near Bruzgi-Kuznica checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno more

A Hindu woman worships the Sun god as she stands amidst the foam covering the polluted Yamuna river during themore

Journalists film former police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, leader of the 'G9' coalition, as he gives amore

Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walk in the Rio Grande river near the International Bridge between Mexico more

A polar bear seeks shelter from the looming blizzard near the Hudson Bay community of Churchill, Manitoba, Canmore

People play football at Powerleague under floodlights on the first day that outdoor sport was allowed followinmore

A police officer takes position during an operation against drug dealers in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janmore

A flock of birds flies at the Taal Volcano island, a year after the volcano erupted, in Batangas province, Phimore

Lava and smoke rise following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, in El Paso, Spain, Smore

An injured turtle recovers in a tank after volunteers cleaned its wounds, at the Marine Fauna Rehabilitation Cmore

Law enforcement officers detain a man during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navmore

A screen shows a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping at a traffic junction in Hotan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonmore

Marisa Ford kisses her daughter Rebecca Zammit Lupi, a 15-year-old cancer patient, as she lies in a coma in hemore

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris laugh as they leave after speaking about the coronavmore

Phillip Alviola, a bat ecologist, takes an oral swab from a bat that was captured from a building at the Univemore

Fishermen bring in their catch from a lake in front of a power plant of the State Development and Investment Cmore

The mother of Palestinian Osama Deeij, who died of a wound he sustained during an anti-Israel protest at the Imore

A tree burns during a wildfire near the village of Taastaakh in the region of Yakutia, Russia, August 11, 2021more

A composite image of five separate photographs taken with a single fixed camera shows a sunspot and the Internmore

Hawa, 20, a third-year Russian literature student at the Burhanuddin Rabbani University (which was renamed by more

A woman wearing a niqab enters a beauty salon where the ads of women have been defaced by a shopkeeper in Kabumore

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the cermore