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2020 In Pictures: The best photos from around the world

From Black Lives Matter protests in the US and pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong to the continuing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, here’s a wrap of 2020 in pictures.

Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph while wrapped in a blanket after staying several days in a tent at an evacuation centre at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge. Summers evacuated from near Molalla, Oregon, which was threatened by the Riverside Fire [John Locher/AP Photo]
Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph while wrapped in a blanket after staying several days in a tent at an evacuation centre at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge. Summers evacuated from near Molalla, Oregon, which was threatened by the Riverside Fire [John Locher/AP Photo]
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Malnourished boy Hassan Merzam Muhammad lies on a bed at his house in Abs district of Hajjah province, Yemen. The country is the world's most at risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in 2021, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned, marking the third year running the war-ravaged nation has earned the grim recognition. [Eissa Alragehi/Reuters]
Malnourished boy Hassan Merzam Muhammad lies on a bed at his house in Abs district of Hajjah province, Yemen. The country is the world's most at risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in 2021, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned, marking the third year running the war-ravaged nation has earned the grim recognition. [Eissa Alragehi/Reuters]
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A protester next to a burning police vehicle in Los Angeles during a Black Lives Matter demonstration over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes. [Ringo HW Chiu/AP Photo]
A protester next to a burning police vehicle in Los Angeles during a Black Lives Matter demonstration over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes. [Ringo HW Chiu/AP Photo]
Gang members seen inside a cell at Quezaltepeque jail during a media tour in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador. [Jose Cabezas/Reuters]
Gang members seen inside a cell at Quezaltepeque jail during a media tour in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador. [Jose Cabezas/Reuters]
A woman stands by a lamp post in Belarus capital Minsk as riot police move along a street during a rally of opposition supporters, who accused President Alexander Lukashenko of election fraud. [Sergei Gapon/AFP]
A woman stands by a lamp post in Belarus capital Minsk as riot police move along a street during a rally of opposition supporters, who accused President Alexander Lukashenko of election fraud. [Sergei Gapon/AFP]
A member of the Lebanese army walks past rubble at the site of a blast in capital Beirut's port area that killed some 200 people and left thousands homeless. [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]
A member of the Lebanese army walks past rubble at the site of a blast in capital Beirut's port area that killed some 200 people and left thousands homeless. [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]
Rescue workers and residents search for survivors in the wreckage of a plane that crashed with nearly 100 people on board in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan. [Fareed Khan/AP Photo]
Rescue workers and residents search for survivors in the wreckage of a plane that crashed with nearly 100 people on board in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan. [Fareed Khan/AP Photo]
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Riot police detain a man as they clear protesters taking part in a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong. [Dale De La Rey/AFP]
Riot police detain a man as they clear protesters taking part in a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong. [Dale De La Rey/AFP]
A migrant carries her belongings following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece. [Elias Marcou/Reuters]
A migrant carries her belongings following a fire at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece. [Elias Marcou/Reuters]
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida. [Tom Brenner/Reuters]
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida. [Tom Brenner/Reuters]
A woman from the Turkana tribe walks through a swarm of desert locusts at Lorengippi village near the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya. [Baz Ratner/Reuters]
A woman from the Turkana tribe walks through a swarm of desert locusts at Lorengippi village near the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya. [Baz Ratner/Reuters]
Anurak Jeantawanich, 52, pushes against police officers during an anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand. 'I could sense danger coming,' said Jeantawanich. 'I looked each of them in the eye and told them not to come any closer, that there were a lot of young students and girls here.' [Jorge Silva /Reuters]
Anurak Jeantawanich, 52, pushes against police officers during an anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand. 'I could sense danger coming,' said Jeantawanich. 'I looked each of them in the eye and told them not to come any closer, that there were a lot of young students and girls here.' [Jorge Silva /Reuters]
Migrants from Morocco and Bangladesh wait on an overcrowded wooden boat for aid workers from the Spanish search and rescue group Open Arms off the Libyan coast. [Santi Palacios/AP Photo]
Migrants from Morocco and Bangladesh wait on an overcrowded wooden boat for aid workers from the Spanish search and rescue group Open Arms off the Libyan coast. [Santi Palacios/AP Photo]
A police officer holds a pistol during clashes with protesters near a barricade of burning tyres in the Kariobangi slum of Nairobi, Kenya. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]
A police officer holds a pistol during clashes with protesters near a barricade of burning tyres in the Kariobangi slum of Nairobi, Kenya. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]
A home is seen engulfed in flames during the Glass Fire in St Helena, California, US. [Stephen Lam/Reuters]
A home is seen engulfed in flames during the Glass Fire in St Helena, California, US. [Stephen Lam/Reuters]

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