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It might not be a year you want to remember, but 2020 is one you will never forget. Here are the photos that have defined this year — moments of tragedy, but also moments of hope and resilience. cnn.it/38ncg6Y

- January 15 -

House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and House Clerk Cheryl Johnson are trailed by seven House impeachment managers as they carry articles of impeachment to the US Senate cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- January 25 -

Medical staff members bring a patient to the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan, China.

Cases of pneumonia detected in the city were first reported to WHO on December 31, 2019, before the coronavirus was known. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- January 28 -

A mural of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, is seen on a basketball court in the Philippines. It was painted two days earlier, just hours after they and seven others died in a helicopter crash in California. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- January 31 -

A man in London waves a giant flag after Britain becomes the first country to ever leave the EU in a historic departure known as “Brexit." cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- February 4 -

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rips up her copy of President Trump’s State of the Union speech after he finished. Before the speech, she stretched out her hand to shake his, but he didn’t take it. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- February 6 -

The President holds up a newspaper a day after the Republican-controlled Senate acquitted Trump on both articles of impeachment. The vote was 52-48 on abuse of power, with GOP Sen. Mitt Romney joining the 47 Democrats in voting guilty. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- February 9 -

“Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho holds several Academy Awards as he attends the Oscars Governors Ball in Los Angeles. “Parasite” became the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for best picture. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- February 26 -

President Trump holds a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak. He defended the White House’s response and stressed the administration’s efforts and resources devoted to combating the virus. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- March 11 -

Lori Spencer visits her mother, 81-year-old Judie Shape, at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington. The nursing home became an early epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the US. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- March 12 -

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. US stocks recorded their worst day since 1987 as worries about the coronavirus mounted. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- March 12 -

Actor Tom Hanks posts a photo with his wife, actress Rita Wilson, in Australia to his Instagram account a day after announcing that they had been diagnosed with Covid-19. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- March 13 -

Paolo Miranda, an ICU nurse, took this heartbreaking image of a nurse in Cremona, Italy. The country’s health care system was severely tested by the pandemic. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- April 9 -

Bodies are buried on Hart Island, a public cemetery in New York City. For a short while, New York was the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the US. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- April 19 -

A health care worker stands in a Denver street, counterprotesting a rally where people were demanding that stay-at-home orders be lifted. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- April 24 -

A customer gets a manicure at a nail salon in Atlanta. Some businesses in Georgia were permitted to reopen after Gov. Brian Kemp announced that he’d ease the state’s stay-at-home order. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- April 28 -

Vice President Mike Pence gets a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Pence chose not to wear a face mask during the tour despite the facility’s policy that had been in place since April 13. He later said he should have worn one. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- May 17 -

People sit in New York’s Domino Park. The painted circles, spaced six feet apart, encouraged social distancing. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- May 24 -

A group floats down the American River near Rancho Cordova, California. Memorial Day weekend prompted plenty of celebrations at the beach and boardwalks, but few were seen social distancing or wearing masks. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- May 24 -

A man waits for his aunt’s body to be collected in Manaus, Brazil. The coronavirus was surging in the country, the hardest-hit in Latin America. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- May 28 -

A protester carries an American flag upside down next to a burning building in Minneapolis. Protesters started rallying across the US after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed in police custody in the city. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- June 4 -

Philonise Floyd speaks at a memorial service for his brother George in Minneapolis.

“Everyone wants justice, we want justice for George,” he said. “He’s going to get it.” cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- June 6 -

This satellite photo shows the Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House in Washington, DC. The painters were contracted by Mayor Muriel Bowser. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- June 13 -

Patrick Hutchinson carries an injured man — who was allegedly attacked amid violent clashes — to safety during a Black Lives Matter protest in London. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- June 20 -

President Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was his first rally since the start of the pandemic, and the indoor venue generated concerns about the potential spread of the virus. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- July 6 -

Artists and volunteers painted a mural of Breonna Taylor on a basketball court in a historically Black neighborhood of Annapolis, Maryland. Taylor was killed in March by police officers executing a no-knock warrant in Louisville, Kentucky. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- July 11 -

The President wears a face mask as he visits the Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. This was the first time since the pandemic began that the press got a glimpse of Trump with a face covering. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- July 26 -

The casket of Rep. John Lewis is pulled over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where the civil rights icon and others were beaten while marching for voting rights in 1965. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- July 31 -

Members of the Orlando Magic and Brooklyn Nets players kneel during the National Anthem before the start of an NBA game. Because of the pandemic, the league played the rest of its season at the Walt Disney Resort in Florida. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- August 4 -

Students crowd a hallway at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia. A student says she was suspended after posting the photo on Twitter, where it was picked up by news outlets. The suspension was later reversed. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- August 5 -

This aerial photo shows the aftermath of a deadly explosion in Beirut. The blast was linked to a large supply of explosive material stored in a warehouse at the city’s port. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- August 21 -

Veterinary technician Briana Jeter comforts a llama injured by a wildfire in Vacaville, California. At right, animal control officer Dae Kim prepares to euthanize the animal. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- August 26 -

This photo of Hurricane Laura was taken aboard the International Space Station. A day later, the storm made landfall in Louisiana and left a trail of destruction. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- September 19 -

The chair of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is draped in black after she died due to complications from pancreatic cancer at age 87. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- September 23 -

Nicole Hayden tears up in Louisville, Kentucky, after a grand jury indicted one officer involved in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death on first-degree wanton endangerment charges. Demonstrators and activists immediately criticized the decision as insufficient.

- September 26 -

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett approaches the podium and the President during an event at the White House Rose Garden. At least 12 people who attended the event, including Trump, later tested positive for Covid-19. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- September 30 -

Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen posted this photo of her and her husband, singer John Legend, as she revealed that they had lost their child following pregnancy complications. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- October 2 -

Secret Service agents stand on the South Lawn of the White House as the President is flown to Walter Reed National Medical Center. Trump spent three nights there receiving treatment for Covid-19. cnn.it/3lXJBdf

- October 7 -

A fly sits on Vice President Mike Pence’s head for two minutes during the vice presidential debate, becoming a trending moment on social media. cnn.it/3lXJBdf