Pictures of the Year 2021

An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah...more

Adrian James, 2, who tested positive for the coronavirus, breathes with the help of a ventilator at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, October 5, 2021.  REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

A man is doused by a water cannon during clashes as people gather at the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos park for a party called "La Boum 2" in defiance of Belgium's coronavirus social distancing measures and restrictions, in Brussels, Belgium, May...more

Lava is seen through the window of a kitchen from El Paso following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

A Naga Sadhu, or Hindu holy man wears a mask before the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at "Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Haitian fire fighters recover the body of a three-year-old boy from under the rubble of a hotel destroyed in a 7.2 magnitude quake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

A general view of athletes in action as rain falls during the Women's 400m Hurdles semifinals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

A cow is transported by a helicopter after its summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows near the Klausenpass, Switzerland, August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

The full moon, known as the "Super Pink Moon" rises behind the Eiffel Tower during a nationwide curfew due to tighter measures against the spread of the coronavirus in Paris, France, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

People wait to cremate victims who died due to the coronavirus disease, at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Taliban fighter, Mostashhed from Wardak province, looks on as he visits Kabul for the first time as hundreds of Taliban fighters take a day off to visit the amusement park at Kabul's Qargha reservoir, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, October...more

Mabitchuri, a Yawalapiti child, takes part in an "end of mourning dance" during the Kuarup funeral ritual to honor the memory of Cacique Aritana, at the Xingu Indigenous Park in Brazil, September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

A Moroccan boy cries as he swims using bottles as floaters, near the fence between the Spanish-Moroccan border, after thousands of migrants swam across the border, in Ceuta, Spain, May 19, 2021. The boy attracted international media attention as he...more

A protester sprays a fire extinguisher as demonstrators clash with riot police officers during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

A person reacts after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, in front of Hennepin County Government Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos...more

Runners and riders compete in race 6 during the annual one-day Laytown races held on the beach under official horse racing turf club rules, which returned after being cancelled for the past two years due to the coronavirus, in Laytown, Ireland,...more

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

Participant Vasil of North Macedonia performs during the first semi-final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka Van de Wouw

Rescuers carry Suzy Eshkuntana, 6, as they pull her from the rubble of a building at the site of Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City, May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Yoshia Uomoto, 98, reacts as her son Mark Uomoto and niece Gail Yamada surprise her with their first in-person visit in a year, after COVID restrictions are lifted at Nikkei Manor, an assisted living facility primarily serving Japanese-American...more

A boy is pictured inside a ransacked supermarket after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested following sexual assault accusations, in Dakar, Senegal, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

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

Theophilus Charles, 70, sits inside his house which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana, August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Kelvia Andrea Goncalves, 16, is supported by her aunt Vanderleia dos Reis Brasao, 37, as she reacts during the burial of her mother Andrea dos Reis Brasao, 39, who passed away due to the coronavirus, at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil,...more

A U.S. border patrol officer grabs the shirt of a migrant trying to return to the United States along the Rio Grande river, after having crossed from the United States into Mexico to buy food, as seen from Ciudad Acuna, in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico,...more

Cast member Daniel Craig arrives at the world premiere of the new James Bond film "No Time To Die" at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Britain, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Shade Ajayi, 50, takes notes during class at Ilorin Grammar School in Ilorin, Kwara state, March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Icebergs are seen at the mouth of the Jakobshavn ice fjord during sunset near Ilulissat, Greenland, September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, in London, Britain, March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

The partially collapsed Champlain Towers South residential building is demolished in Surfside, Florida, July 4, 2021.  REUTERS/Marco Bello

An army soldier helps a schoolgirl get to her parents, after gunfire erupted in Beirut, Lebanon, October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris greets former President Barack Obama ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan...more

Simone Biles of the United States leavies a medical station during the Women's Team Gymnastics Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo , Japan, July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn are rescued by a group of people after rainstorms lashed the western Canadian province of British Columbia, triggering landslides and floods, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, November 16, 2021. ...more

Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease are treated at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, in New Delhi, India, April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo crashes during practice at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, Britain, August 27, 2021 Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

A baby is handed to the American army over the perimeter wall of the airport for it to be evacuated, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. Omar Haidar/via REUTERS

People board a ferry for evacuation as a wildfire burns in the village of Limni, on the island of Evia, Greece, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou

Protesters try to give first aid to fellow protester Phay Thein Kyaw after he was shot in the head during a crackdown for an anti-coup protest at Hlaing Township in Yangon, Myanmar March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Patients suffering from the coronavirus lay in beds at the Stark Arena sports venue, turned into a COVID-19 hospital in Belgrade, Serbia, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo (R) hands over bread during a breakfast with members of his family before casting his vote, in Chugur, Peru, June 6, 2021.  REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

Caravans are destroyed in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Kreuzberg, Germany, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

People and security members run away as Kurdish animal rights activists release a bear into the wild after rescuing bears from captivity in people's homes, in Dohuk, Iraq, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

A firefighter manages backfires to protect structures from Caldor Fire, in Strawberry, California, August 28, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves

Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims gather to commemorate Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq, August 19, 2021. REUTERS/Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen

Migrants transport their children on a shopping cart as they take part in a caravan heading to Mexico City, in Hermenegildo Galeana, Mexico, November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Debbie Carroll Boyce, Ms. Senior America, pulls back the curtains on the stage at the Ms. Texas Senior America Pageant in Dallas, Texas, July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber

Debris flies as smoke rises following an Israeli air strike, amid Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A patient suffering from the coronavirus breathes with a mask in an isolation room at a hospital in Bogor, Indonesia, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

A Libyan man, who suffered severe burns while he fought a fire on a boat of migrants, and his daughter, also injured in the fire, wait to be medically evacuated by the Italian Coast Guard from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, off the...more

Demonstrators clash with police officers during a protest by activists of the National Corps political party in front of the Presidential Office building in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko

Sea-surface-cleaning vessels and barrier-laying boats clean up the sea snot, a thick slimy layer of the organic matter also known as marine mucilage, spreading through the Sea of Marmara and posing a threat to marine life and the fishing industry, in...more

Anita Blaze of France in action against Arianna Errigo of Italy during the Women's Team Foil Fencing Semifinal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Chiba, Japan, July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Carl Recine

Rode Naika Joseph, 13, and her brother Rodelin Joseph, 18, mourn with cousins and nephews of the deceased, Violette Jean, at the gates of the cemetery in Plaisance, Haiti, March 20, 2021.  Despite the country's poverty, funerals are often extravagant...more

Humvees belonging to the Afghan Special Forces are seen destroyed during heavy clashes with Taliban during the rescue mission of a police officer besieged at a check post, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Migrants gather at a transport and logistics center near the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus, Belarus, November 19, 2021.  REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Fumie Takino, 89, founder of a senior cheer squad called Japan Pom Pom, and other members pose for commemorative photos before filming a dance routine for an online performance in Tokyo, Japan, April 12, 2021. "It's dancing; moving your body is...more

Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her third round match against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

People pull out Shell Ye Win, 24, who was shot during the security force crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Fallou Diop, 19, a jockey, rides a young mare called Raissa Betty, whom he trains to compete with in the future, out of the Lambafar stable, in Niaga, Rufisque department, Senegal, January 27, 2021. "It's the elders who taught us everything since we...more

A woman reacts while holding a hammer during a protest in support of Victoria Salazar, a Salvadoran woman who died after a Mexican female police officer was seen in a video kneeling on her back, in Mexico City, Mexico, April 2, 2021. ...more

An Afghan man rests in his shop as he sells U.S. second-hand materials outside Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated the base, in Parwan province, Afghanistan, July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Wang Tianchang, 78, waters a tree planted on the edge of the Gobi desert on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China, April 15, 2021. The Wangs have been fighting desertification since they settled on barren land near the village of Hongshui in...more

A worker dries fabrics after applying color at a dye factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

A migrant child is seen through a National Guard member's shield as he and others queue to get on buses after accepting an offer from the Mexican government to obtain humanitarian visas to transit the Mexican territory, at a stadium in Tapachula,...more

Argie Aguirre, a member of the River Warriors, gathers trash from the heavily polluted Pasig River, in Baseco, Manila, Philippines, June 22, 2021. The "River Warriors" is a group of volunteers founded over a decade ago whose sole purpose was to pick...more

Zuriati, a 42-year-old vendor, sits with her 3-year-old daughter Syifa Belanursabila in her stall, while waiting for customers, at the Muara Angke port that floods due to the high tides, in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Willy...more

Police officers detain a person during a protest, as violence following the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma spread to the country's main economic hub in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham

Migrants are brought ashore onboard a RNLI Lifeboat, after having crossed the channel, in Dungeness, Britain, November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

A migrant child drinks in a camp near Bruzgi-Kuznica checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus, November 18, 2021.  REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

A Hindu woman worships the Sun god as she stands amidst the foam covering the polluted Yamuna river during the Hindu religious festival of Chhath Puja in New Delhi, India, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Journalists film former police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, leader of the 'G9' coalition, as he gives a media tour of the La Saline shanty area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walk in the Rio Grande river near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S., as they wait to be processed, in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 16, 2021. According to officials, some migrants cross back...more

A polar bear seeks shelter from the looming blizzard near the Hudson Bay community of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

People play football at Powerleague under floodlights on the first day that outdoor sport was allowed following the easing of lockdown restrictions, in Stoke-on-Trent, Britain, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Carl Recine

A police officer takes position during an operation against drug dealers in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Karsten Warholm of Norway reacts after crossing the line to win gold in the Men's 400m Hurdles Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

A flock of birds flies at the Taal Volcano island, a year after the volcano erupted, in Batangas province, Philippines, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

Lava and smoke rise following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, in El Paso, Spain, September 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

An injured turtle recovers in a tank after volunteers cleaned its wounds, at the Marine Fauna Rehabilitation Center, in Salango, Ecuador, October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos

Law enforcement officers detain a man during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A screen shows a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping at a traffic junction in Hotan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Megu Uyama of Japan warms up for the Women's Individual Trampoline Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Marisa Ford kisses her daughter Rebecca Zammit Lupi, a 15-year-old cancer patient, as she lies in a coma in her room, photographed by her father, Reuters photographer, Darrin Zammit Lupi, in the Rainbow Ward at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre in...more

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris laugh as they leave after speaking about the coronavirus response and the vaccination program from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Phillip Alviola, a bat ecologist, takes an oral swab from a bat that was captured from a building at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB), in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Fishermen bring in their catch from a lake in front of a power plant of the State Development and Investment Corporation outside Tianjin, China, October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Yona Knight-Wisdom of Jamaica in action during the Men's 3m Springboard Diving Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

The mother of Palestinian Osama Deeij, who died of a wound he sustained during an anti-Israel protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence on Saturday, reacts during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip, August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

A tree burns during a wildfire near the village of Taastaakh in the region of Yakutia, Russia, August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Reshetnikov

Soufiane Elbakkali and Mohamed Tindouft of Morocco in action during the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

A composite image of five separate photographs taken with a single fixed camera shows a sunspot and the International Space Station in silhouette as it passes across the Sun, seen from near Tbilisi, Georgia, June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze.

Hawa, 20, a third-year Russian literature student at the Burhanuddin Rabbani University (which was renamed by the Taliban to Kabul Education University), reads a book with her sister on a windowsill at their home in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 23,...more

Max Irving of the United States in action during their Group A Water Polo match against Hungary at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

A military supporter points a sharp object as he confronts anti-coup protesters during a military support rally in Yangon, Myanmar, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

A woman wearing a niqab enters a beauty salon where the ads of women have been defaced by a shopkeeper in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton