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2021 In Pictures: The best photos from around the world

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
An Ethiopian woman argues with others over the allocation of yellow split peas distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in northern Ethiopia's Agula town in Tigray region on May 8, 2021. [Ben Curtis/AP Photo]
Published On 26 Dec 2021

From Trump supporters storming the US Capitol, the fall of Kabul to Taliban to the refugee crisis on Belarus-Poland border – a wrap of the best pictures.

Shredded trees and the shells of homes lie half buried in mud near the Taal volcano almost a year after it erupted in Batangas province, a popular tourist destination just south of Manila, Philippines
Shredded trees and the shells of homes lie half-buried in mud near the Taal volcano almost a year after it erupted in Batangas province, a popular tourist destination just south of Manila, Philippines, on January 10, 2021 [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
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Trump supporters scale a wall at the US Capitol during the January 6 riot
Supporters of former US President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC as they try to storm the building on January 6, 2021, while congressional leaders inside prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's election victory. [Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo]
A train passes a railway crossing surrounded by floodwaters from rain and melting snow in Nidderau near Frankfurt, Germany, on February 3, 2021. [Michael Probst/AP Photo]
Stephen Mudoga, 12, tries to chase away a swarm of locusts on his farm as he returns home from school, at Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya, on March 17, 2021. [Brian Inganga/AP Photo]
A child weeps as he is unloaded from an inflatable raft after being smuggled into the United States across the Rio Grande in Roma, Texas
A child weeps as he is unloaded from an inflatable raft after being smuggled across the Rio Grande into the US, in Roma, Texas, on March 28, 2021. [Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Photo]
People wait to cremate victims who died due to COVID-19 at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, amid a brutal second wave of the pandemic, on April 23, 2021. [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]
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A blast from an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City throws dust and debris
A blast from an Israeli air raid on a building in the besieged Gaza Strip throws dust and debris around the neighbourhood during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on May 13, 2021. [Hatem Moussa/AP Photo]
Performers dressed as rescue workers gather around the Communist Party flag during a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing
Performers dressed as rescue workers gather around the Communist Party flag during a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, on June 28, 2021. [Ng Han Guan/AP Photo]
Taliban fighters take control of Afghanistan's presidential palace after President Ashraf Ghani flees the country, in Kabul on August 15, 2021. [Zabi Karimi/AP Photo]
A home is engulfed in flames as the Dixie fire rages south of Janesville in Northern California
A home is engulfed in flames as the Dixie fire rages south of Janesville in Nnorthern California, US on August 16, 2021. [Ethan Swope/AP Photo]
Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border
Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, on November 8, 2021 after Poland increased security along European Union's eastern border. [Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA/AP Photo]