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The coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill, climate change wreaked havoc and the Black Lives Matter movement demanded social change this past year. Here are the images that defined 2020: reut.rs/34kn6cH

The pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, be it through illness, losing loved ones or jobs, being confined at home or finding new ways of working and interacting. Take a look back at our year of COVID: reut.rs/36CR8de

In the U.S., the pandemic killed more than 325,000 people, mass protests for racial justice swept the nation, wildfires charred the West Coast and a bitter presidential election divided the nation. Take a look back at America’s tumultuous year: reut.rs/3nJnKYS

The U.S. election was defined at first by a paralyzing pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trump's frenzied but failing efforts to reverse his loss to Democrat Joe Biden: reut.rs/3aMVUYh

The summer of 2020 saw America’s biggest protests for racial justice and civil rights in a generation, sparked by the death of George Floyd: reut.rs/38Dmpwk

Thailand’s youth led protests against the monarchy and government, India’s farmers demonstrated against agricultural reform and more images of protest in 2020: reut.rs/37N6Fb3

More than 1.7 million people around the world have died of COVID — each one a person with a family, a home, a story. Here is a look at the wrenching toll of the coronavirus this year: reut.rs/2WL19ze

Drive-by birthday parties, socially distanced graduations, food lines that stretched blocks and moments of isolation. Here’s what our lives under lockdown looked like in 2020: reut.rs/2WHbzA3

One country, one picture, one year: one image from each country @Reuters covered in 2020 reut.rs/3hfd2Hj

From pandemic to protests, @Reuters photographers were on the ground covering the most important stories of the year. Here are their insights from behind the lens: reut.rs/2URzVG6

Those we’ve lost in 2020: Notable deaths this past year reut.rs/3rnDbbD

From awe-inspiring natural wonders to fearsome fires and floods, these are our top environment photos of 2020: reut.rs/34LoR2W

Pygmy chameleons, lifeguard dogs, baby sea lions and more adorable animal photos this year: reut.rs/3mOqQta

Bubble yoga, snail facial massages, wild animals on city streets during lockdown and more odd and unusual scenes from 2020: reut.rs/38s3wwc

See our entire roundup of 2020 in photos: reut.rs/38OC8sP