Shmuel Ben Sason wears a protective mask as his parrot Shuki sits on his shoulder on September 17, 2020 in Bnei Brak, Israel. As the country grapples with an increase in Covid-19 cases, it has imposed a three-week lockdown that coincides with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. (Photo by Amir Levy / Getty Images)
As the year draws to a close, here is an impressive but incomplete gallery of images from around the world.
SINGAPORE – JANUARY 1: Drones are seen forming the formation of the year ‘2020’ as fireworks, created by Star Island, light up the sky as Singapore ushers in the New Year at Marina Bay on January 1, 2020 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah / Getty Images)A general view of the empty streets on Day 1 of the national lockdown on March 27, 2020 in Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images / ER Lombard)A giant TV on the A57 motorway screen urges people to stay home on March 26, 2020 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)Shoppers queue outside Primark in Liverpool city center on November 4, 2020 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)A woman holds up an anonymous mask and a sign that reads “GIVE ME FREEDOM OR GIVE ME DEATH” as she joins protesters at a rally outside the Pennsylvania Capitol building to protest the continued closure of businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic on May 15, 2020 in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Makela / Getty Images)Rush hour traffic is seen passing a Tokyo 2020 promotional display in Tokyo’s Aoyama district on January 21, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Rose / Getty Images)Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after winning a point during her singles women’s second round match against Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia on day three of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 22, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / Getty Images)Staff place heads on sticks while arranging seat placement during the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards ‘Heads on Sticks’ photocall at the Royal Albert Hall on January 30, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green / Getty Images)Residents watch the Taal volcano erupt on January 12, 2020 in Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines. (Photo by Ezra Acayan / Getty Images)Construction workers drive bulldozers at the site of a new 1,000-bed field hospital being built to accommodate the growing number of coronavirus patients on January 24, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Photo from Getty Images)The Brexit countdown clock is projected at 10 Downing Street on January 31, 2020 in London, UK. At 11:00 pm on Friday, January 31, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland will leave the European Union, 188 weeks after the referendum on June 23, 2016. (Photo by Hollie Adams / Getty Images)A resident wears a protective mask while riding a scooter on February 5, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. (Photo from Getty Images)US President Donald Trump holds a newspaper while speaking a day after the US Senate acquitted of two articles of impeachment, in the East Room of the White House on February 6, 2020 in Washington , DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images)A Chinese woman holds her dog wearing a protective mask and stands on the street on February 7, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / Getty Images)A mural depicting the late NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted by @sloe_motions, is displayed on a building on February 13, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images)President Donald Trump embraces the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on February 29, 2020 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)A man crosses an empty road on February 3, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Photo from Getty Images)A Trevor Stewart Rural Fire Service firefighter observes a flank of a fire on January 11, 2020 in Tumburumba, Australia. (Photo by Sam Mooy / Getty Images)Horses panic when a local fire rips through Lawrence and Clair Cowie’s property on February 1, 2020 near Canberra, Australia. . (Photo by Brook Mitchell / Getty Images)Claire Cowie watches over her horses as the fire approaches. Bumbalong Road, Bredbo North. February 1, 2020 near Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Brook Mitchell / Getty Images)Animal rescuer Marcus Fillinger carries a kangaroo burned by wildfires on February 4, 2020 in Peak View, Australia. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning the men’s singles final against Dominic Thiem of Austria on day fourteen of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on February 02, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)Medical personnel, wearing protective gear, will transfer a patient infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) from an ambulance to a hospital on March 9, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)The enclosed Scarborough Park playground is seen on March 24, 2020 in Christchurch, New Zealand (Photo by Kai Schwoerer / Getty Images).Seagulls take over Queen Street in Auckland’s financial district after the lockdown has gone into effect with only essential workers and people exercising being allowed out on March 26, 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Bradley White / Getty Images)Mountain goats roam the streets of LLandudno on March 31, 2020 in Llandudno, Wales. (Photo by Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)A couple embraces in an empty square in Catalunya on March 15, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos / Getty Images)Police officers patrol near the Eiffel Tower during a government-imposed quarantine on March 17, 2020 in Paris, France. On March 17, 2020, France imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Veronique de Viguerie / Getty Images)An M8 motorway sign warning of essential travel only on March 24, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)Empty streets of Rosebank (Photo by Gallo Images / ER Lombard)An overview of Alexandra Township on the first day of the national shutdown, South Africa (Photo by Gallo Images / Sharon Seretlo)A general view of Long Street on Day 1 of the national closure on March 27, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)Empty streets in Newtown on April 12, 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Under pressure from a global pandemic. (Photo by Dino Lloyd)A general view of the empty streets in front of City Hall on the first day of the national lockdown on March 27, 2020 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images / Darren Stewart)A Chinese boy wears a protective mask as he walks on a nearly empty section of the Great Wall on March 27, 2020 near Badaling in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / Getty Images)General view of an empty Copacabana beach during a blockade intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on March 22, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Wagner Meier / Getty Images)A stray dog sits in the middle of a deserted road as India remains under an unprecedented lockdown by the highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) on April 7, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir / Getty Images)
A warm thank you to Kim McCarthy of Gallo Images for her generous help in producing this selection of images. DM / ML
