Pictures of the year: Conflict
(Warning: graphic content) People are evacuated by a member of security forces at the scene where explosions amore
Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters are seen in action in the village of Yabisa, near the Turkish-Syrian bordemore
A woman gives balloons to an Israeli soldier near the border between Israel and Gaza on its Israeli side, Marcmore
Members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces play the piano in a destroyed house near their position on the front linmore
Flares are seen in the sky during fighting in the Islamic State's final enclave in Syria, in the village of Bamore
A boy looks at the camera near Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said
A convoy of U.S. vehicles is seen after withdrawing from northern Syria, in Erbil, Iraq, October 21, 2019. more
Palestinians break their fast by eating iftar meals during the holy month of Ramadan, near the rubble of a buimore
Soldiers lie on the ground after a missile attack on a military parade during a graduation ceremony for newly more
The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israelmore
Relatives react next to the burnt wreckage of a vehicle where members of Mexican-American families belonging tmore
Fatima Ibrahim Hadi, 12, who is malnourished and weighs just 10 kg, sits on a bed at a clinic in Aslam, in themore
Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters assist their injured fellow fighter near the border town of Tal Abyad, Syrmore
A Somali soldier holds position as civilians evacuate from the scene of a suicide explosion after al-Shabaab mmore
A man with pellet injuries is treated inside a house in a neighborhood where there have been regular clashes wmore
The injured grandmother of Shaini, 13, who died as bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Eamore
A fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces holds her weapon as they announce the destruction of Islamic Statemore
Fighters loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed government fire guns during clashes with forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar more
A French soldier of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment searches a man during an area control operation in the Gmore
A U.S. military image taken from a U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter in the Gulf of Oman, in waters between Gulf Aramore
Turkana warriors pass by the skull of a Dassenach warrior who was, according to a Turkana warrior, killed whenmore
Workers of a wedding hall inspect the scene after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamore
A Palestinian girl cleans her brother's face outside their destroyed house after an Israeli missile targeted amore
Two F/A-18 Super Hornets assigned to Carrier Air Wing drop 1,000-pound general-purpose bombs during an Indepenmore
Jameela, mother of Irfan Ahmad Hurra, who according to relatives was arrested during a clampdown after the scrmore
Afghan National Army soldiers take part in a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre in Kabul,more
Remains of missiles, which the Saudi government says were used to attack an Aramco oil facility, are displayedmore
Smoke rises from the last area of land held by Islamic State in eastern Syria, in a besieged neighborhood in tmore
World War Two D-Day veterans, including Norman Duncan from the U.S. (2nd L) and Mervyn Kersh and Richard Llewemore
An Afghan boy jumps from the remains of a Soviet-era tank on the outskirts of Jalalabad, on the 30th anniversamore
次のスライドショー
Protests in India against citizenship law
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in India for days against a new citizenship law based on religion that has touched off violent unrest.
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Burying the victims of coronavirus
Morgues and cemeteries struggle to bury the victims of COVID-19, as the global death toll surpasses 2 million.
The race to vaccinate the world's elderly
Seniors and residents of long-term care homes are among the groups prioritized to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
Aerial views of our pandemic-hit world
Scenes from above around the world amid the coronavirus.
COVID-fighting robots
Robots safely disinfect, inform the public and take the physical place of humans during the coronavirus pandemic.
United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000
Nearly 11 months after the recording its first death, the UK has the world s fifth-worst official death toll and now battles more infectious variants of the coronavirus that scientists fear could be more deadly.
Russians protest against jailing of Kremlin critic Navalny
Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
Notable deaths in 2021
Newsmakers and celebrities who have died this year.
Hong Kong neighborhood locked down after COVID outbreak
Hong Kong's government locked down Jordan, an area of Kowloon peninsula, after an outbreak of the coronavirus, saying 10,000 residents must stay home until they have been tested and the results largely determined.
The people charged in siege of U.S. Capitol
Federal authorities have brought criminal charges against more than 150 people so far in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol, in which Trump's supporters stormed the building, ransacked offices and attacked police.