This year, @AP photographers captured scenes of a world ablaze, amid rumblings of ruin.
There was fury and violence.
But throughout, there were moments of hope.
Presenting AP’s photos of the year.
#YearinPictures #APPhotos2021http://apne.ws/EqkOmit
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Police shine lights on a demonstrator with raised hands during an April protest outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minnesota. Protesters gathered after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. By
@johnminchillo MORE#APPhotos2021 http://apne.ws/lZXdMOK#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/gsFHDYbXKt
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A blast from an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City throws dust and debris as Hamas and Israel traded more rockets and airstrikes in May, at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. By Hatem Moussa MORE
#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/Gx66Cfa#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/Fr5U3tJCSn
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In this Jan. 17 photo, Honduran migrants clash with Guatemalan soldiers in an effort to form a caravan to reach the U.S. Authorities have dissolved caravans, but the pressure to migrate continues. By Sandra Sebastian MORE
#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/4WJWIQk#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/kA2sxdUTPN
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A man runs to escape the heat from multiple funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, on April 29. By Amit Sharma MORE
#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/5vqiYjr#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/d1xC2CW82u
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Military police officer Everaldo Pinto, dressed as superhero Captain America, greets children and encourages them to protect themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, on April 15. By
@sizqui MORE#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/cQ8yMpa#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/FDvW9MD4Fn
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China’s Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi compete during the synchronized 3-meter springboard event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Read more about photographer
@morryg’s process: http://apne.ws/Qgt7WQq MORE#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/XrfvjVf pic.twitter.com/BUhIerpGiA
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A migrant is comforted by a member of the Spanish Red Cross in May at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta near the border of Morocco and Spain. By
@BernatArmangue MORE#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/U66lvH3#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/YdC9DDvGSj
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Surrounded by floodwaters, a boy bicycle-kicks a soccer ball in a flooded area of the Belen community in Iquitos, Peru. By Rodrigo Abd MORE: http://apne.ws/lZ0WyP8
#YearinPictures#APPhotos2021pic.twitter.com/eCeIdI5uKe
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Anti-government protesters angry over proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions clash with police in Madrid, Colombia, on the outskirts of Bogota, in late May. By Ivan Valencia MORE
#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/rAdkSmT#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/1fIw3AvgeT
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Carrying a cooler of vaccines, health care worker Nazir Ahmed looks for shepherds to vaccinate in Tosamaidan, in Indian-controlled Kashmir. By
@daryasin Follow health workers on their vaccination drive in Kashmir: http://apne.ws/KznyB8I#YearinPictures#APPhotos2021pic.twitter.com/HORX0TWUdJ
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Yemeni fighters backed by the Saudi-led coalition ride on the back of an armored vehicle as they leave the front lines of Marib, Yemen, on June 19. By
@NMofty#YearinPictures MORE#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/VucIOyH pic.twitter.com/gCQZ7UtSiv
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Kian Navales poses at home in Quezon City, Philippines, holding a pillow with a photo on it of his father, Arthur, who died from COVID-19. Navales says he misses going out for noodles with his dad. By
@AaronFavila MORE#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/Vx3Jruk#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/sCngVMXrjg
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U.S. gymnast
@Simone_Biles trains on vault for artistic gymnastics at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, Japan, ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics. By@landisimages MORE#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/12eizQF#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/UHVa3RtyGB
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A gang member points an imaginary weapon at a rival gang on a corner that divides control of two gangs in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 5, 2021. By Rodrigo Abd MORE
#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/6avKLfh#YearinPicturespic.twitter.com/ebRqmp0qZN
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A firefighter places his hand on engraved names during a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. By
@johnminchillo MORE#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/56UZ5PT pic.twitter.com/rCTcPgYTID
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In this photo created with an in-camera multiple exposure, registered nurse Lisa Lampkin stands in the empty COVID-19 ICU at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California on April 6, 2021. By
@jaethephotog More of the AP’s#YearinPictures: http://apne.ws/fl5jeRH pic.twitter.com/0OcOk8KXBf
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An Ethiopian woman argues with others over the allocation of yellow split peas distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. By Ben Curtis More
#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/09yaNdK pic.twitter.com/2oN0AgwpUK
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Children watch a movie in a cultural center at Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the “Cinema no Morro” or “Cinema on the hill” project. By
@sizqui More of the AP’s#YearinPictures: http://apne.ws/DNVhg3Y pic.twitter.com/un9iyFKREa
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on horses attempt to contain migrants, mostly from Haiti, as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 19, 2021. By Felix Marquez More
#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/4D2sjMy pic.twitter.com/9Rt7oKdtOj
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Israeli Arabs stand under a waterfall during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday at the Gan HaShlosha national park in Israel in July. By
@obalilty More#APPhotos2021: http://apne.ws/Gzrx0Im pic.twitter.com/hnaG3roLoP
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