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Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 2/102

Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 2/102
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Revellers ride down during a carnival to mark the annual Orthodox St. Vasilij Day, the beginning of the Orthodox New Year,  in the village of Vevcani, North Macedonia on January 13, 2021. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

Revellers ride down during a carnival to mark the annual Orthodox St. Vasilij Day, the beginning of the Orthodox New Year, in the village of Vevcani, North Macedonia on January 13, 2021. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

Model Angeliki Tsionou displays a creation by Julien Fournie for his Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2021 fashion collection for a digital presentation of the fashion week, in Paris, Thursday, January 7, 2021. With shows taking place behind closed doors due to the virus pandemic, some designers such as Julien Fournie are becoming versatile: Getting their designs out to the public by making a film of their collection and streaming it online. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)

Model Angeliki Tsionou displays a creation by Julien Fournie for his Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2021 fashion collection for a digital presentation of the fashion week, in Paris, Thursday, January 7, 2021. With shows taking place behind closed doors due to the virus pandemic, some designers such as Julien Fournie are becoming versatile: Getting their designs out to the public by making a film of their collection and streaming it online. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)

A health professional during the covid-19 testing in the parish of Ponta Garça, Ponta Delgada, island of Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 19 January 2021. The population is being tested with the covid-19 rapid tests, and on 19 January about 1,500 people will take the test. (Photo by Eduardo Costa/EPA/EFE)

A health professional during the covid-19 testing in the parish of Ponta Garça, Ponta Delgada, island of Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 19 January 2021. The population is being tested with the covid-19 rapid tests, and on 19 January about 1,500 people will take the test. (Photo by Eduardo Costa/EPA/EFE)

A Carabinieri police officer wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 stands guard during the first hearing of a maxi-trial against more than 300 defendants of the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, in a specially constructed bunker near the Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme, southern Italy, Wednesday, January 13, 2021. A maxi-trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence. (Photo by Andrea RosaAP Photo)

A Carabinieri police officer wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 stands guard during the first hearing of a maxi-trial against more than 300 defendants of the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, in a specially constructed bunker near the Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme, southern Italy, Wednesday, January 13, 2021. A maxi-trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world’s richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence. (Photo by Andrea RosaAP Photo)

A protester is taken away by law enforcement officers during a rally held by opposition supporters on the parliamentary election day in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 10, 2021. (Photo by Petr Trotsenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

A protester is taken away by law enforcement officers during a rally held by opposition supporters on the parliamentary election day in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 10, 2021. (Photo by Petr Trotsenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

14-year old student Isla Stanton, begins her home school lesson via a video link, in Ashford, south England, Tuesday January 5, 2021, following new lockdown measures to limit the coronavirus including the closure of schools. The lockdown and home schooling has become a major issue, highlighting the wealth divide with provision of internet connectivity, equipment issues and the impact on upcoming school exams. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out further measures including closure of schools as part of a seven week lockdown period in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.(Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Wire via AP Photo)

14-year old student Isla Stanton, begins her home school lesson via a video link, in Ashford, south England, Tuesday January 5, 2021, following new lockdown measures to limit the coronavirus including the closure of schools. The lockdown and home schooling has become a major issue, highlighting the wealth divide with provision of internet connectivity, equipment issues and the impact on upcoming school exams. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out further measures including closure of schools as part of a seven week lockdown period in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.(Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Wire via AP Photo)

In this Saturday, January 23, 2021 file photo a girl hands over a coin to a Candombe artist performing at the Rambla of Montevideo, Uruguay. Countries with the least corruption have been best positioned to weather the health and economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a closely-watched annual study released Thursday by anti-graft watchdog organization, Transparency International. Uruguay scored 71 – putting it at 21st place on the list. It invests heavily in health care and has a strong epidemiological surveillance system, which has helped not only with COVID-19 but also other diseases like yellow fever and Zika, Transparency said. (Photo by Matilde Campodonico/AP Photo/File)

In this Saturday, January 23, 2021 file photo a girl hands over a coin to a Candombe artist performing at the Rambla of Montevideo, Uruguay. Countries with the least corruption have been best positioned to weather the health and economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a closely-watched annual study released Thursday by anti-graft watchdog organization, Transparency International. Uruguay scored 71 – putting it at 21st place on the list. It invests heavily in health care and has a strong epidemiological surveillance system, which has helped not only with COVID-19 but also other diseases like yellow fever and Zika, Transparency said. (Photo by Matilde Campodonico/AP Photo/File)

Artists perform during the Blacks and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia on January 5, 2021. Carnivals are held without public as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Daniel Rivera/AFP Photo)

Artists perform during the Blacks and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia on January 5, 2021. Carnivals are held without public as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Daniel Rivera/AFP Photo)

Skater Suzie Murray skates a Queens Park pond as new Covid–19 rules come into effect on January 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. New lockdown restrictions forbidding people from leaving home for non-essential reasons have come into force across the Scottish mainland. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

Skater Suzie Murray skates a Queens Park pond as new Covid–19 rules come into effect on January 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. New lockdown restrictions forbidding people from leaving home for non-essential reasons have come into force across the Scottish mainland. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

National Guard members patrol the National Mall on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Tight security measures are in place for Inauguration Day due to greater security threats after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

National Guard members patrol the National Mall on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Tight security measures are in place for Inauguration Day due to greater security threats after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

An armed woman who goes by the nickname “La Chola”, and who says she is a member of a female-led, self-defense group, patrols the edge of her town of El Terrero, where it shares a border with the town of Aguililla, in Michoacan state, Mexico, Thursday, January 14, 2021. In the birthplace of Mexico’s vigilante “self-defense” movement, a new group has emerged entirely made up of women, who carry assault rifles and post roadblocks to fend off what they say is a bloody incursion into the state of Michoacán by the violent Jalisco cartel. (Photo by Armando Solis/AP Photo)

An armed woman who goes by the nickname “La Chola”, and who says she is a member of a female-led, self-defense group, patrols the edge of her town of El Terrero, where it shares a border with the town of Aguililla, in Michoacan state, Mexico, Thursday, January 14, 2021. In the birthplace of Mexico’s vigilante “self-defense” movement, a new group has emerged entirely made up of women, who carry assault rifles and post roadblocks to fend off what they say is a bloody incursion into the state of Michoacán by the violent Jalisco cartel. (Photo by Armando Solis/AP Photo)

Costumed people take part on the first day of a carnival celebration marking the Orthodox St. Vasilij Day in the village of Vevcani, Republic of North Macedonia, 13 January 2021. The Vevcani Carnival is one of the most famous village festivals in the Balkans. It is believed that the custom is over 1,400 years old and based on old pagan beliefs. Essentially the carnival is the ritual of calling after Saint Basil the Great, which coincides with the Twelve Days of the Orthodox Christmas and the Orthodox New Year. The festivity is held on 13 and 14 January every year. People in Vevcanci believe that with their masks they banish evil spirits. The participants of the carnival are known as Vasilicari. The highlights of the carnival include a political satire where masked villagers act out current events. In 1993, the carnival and the village of Vevcani officially became a part of the World Federation of Carnival Cities. (Photo by Nake Batev/EPA/EFE)

Costumed people take part on the first day of a carnival celebration marking the Orthodox St. Vasilij Day in the village of Vevcani, Republic of North Macedonia, 13 January 2021. The Vevcani Carnival is one of the most famous village festivals in the Balkans. It is believed that the custom is over 1,400 years old and based on old pagan beliefs. Essentially the carnival is the ritual of calling after Saint Basil the Great, which coincides with the Twelve Days of the Orthodox Christmas and the Orthodox New Year. The festivity is held on 13 and 14 January every year. People in Vevcanci believe that with their masks they banish evil spirits. The participants of the carnival are known as Vasilicari. The highlights of the carnival include a political satire where masked villagers act out current events. In 1993, the carnival and the village of Vevcani officially became a part of the World Federation of Carnival Cities. (Photo by Nake Batev/EPA/EFE)

A man bathes in the icy waters of the Dziekanowskie Lake near Lomianki, Poland, Monday, January 18, 2021 in temperatures as low as minus 12 degrees Celsius following an increasingly popular practice in Poland of 'walrusing' to stay fit. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)

A man bathes in the icy waters of the Dziekanowskie Lake near Lomianki, Poland, Monday, January 18, 2021 in temperatures as low as minus 12 degrees Celsius following an increasingly popular practice in Poland of ‘walrusing’ to stay fit. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)

A woman clings to a lamp post during flooding caused by heavy rains in Sucre, Bolivia on January 4, 2021. (Photo by Carlos Rodriguez/Courtesy Correo del Sur/Handout via Reuters)

A woman clings to a lamp post during flooding caused by heavy rains in Sucre, Bolivia on January 4, 2021. (Photo by Carlos Rodriguez/Courtesy Correo del Sur/Handout via Reuters)

People cry out as the body of their relative is recovered from the rubble of a building damaged by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on January 15, 2021. (Photo by Yusuf Wahil/AP Photo)

People cry out as the body of their relative is recovered from the rubble of a building damaged by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on January 15, 2021. (Photo by Yusuf Wahil/AP Photo)

A Buddhist monk looks on from a staircase in the middle of a park in central Bangkok on January 2, 2021. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)

A Buddhist monk looks on from a staircase in the middle of a park in central Bangkok on January 2, 2021. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)

In this January 23, 2021, file photo, a police officer detains a young woman during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Pushkin square in Moscow, Russia. Allies of Navalny are calling for new protests next weekend to demand his release, following a wave of demonstrations across the country that brought out tens of thousands in a defiant challenge to President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo/File)

In this January 23, 2021, file photo, a police officer detains a young woman during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Pushkin square in Moscow, Russia. Allies of Navalny are calling for new protests next weekend to demand his release, following a wave of demonstrations across the country that brought out tens of thousands in a defiant challenge to President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo/File)

Aymara people from the Lampa Grande district celebrate the “Roscasiri”, two hours from the city of Puno, southern Peru on January 02, 2021. This ancient Aymara event celebrates the change of command of the local authorities. They are adorned with breads and fruits that represent abundance. (Photo by Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP Photo)

Aymara people from the Lampa Grande district celebrate the “Roscasiri”, two hours from the city of Puno, southern Peru on January 02, 2021. This ancient Aymara event celebrates the change of command of the local authorities. They are adorned with breads and fruits that represent abundance. (Photo by Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP Photo)

Members of the National Guard protect the perimeter around the Capitol Building during the preparation for the United States Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC, USA on January 16, 2021. (Photo by Chris Tuite/ImageSPACE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Members of the National Guard protect the perimeter around the Capitol Building during the preparation for the United States Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC, USA on January 16, 2021. (Photo by Chris Tuite/ImageSPACE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

People watch a performance of members of the new circus company Cirk La Putyka in a pub window on January 21, 2021 in Prague as support of the culture sector hit by the pandemic of COVID -19. (Photo by Michal Cizek/AFP Photo)

People watch a performance of members of the new circus company Cirk La Putyka in a pub window on January 21, 2021 in Prague as support of the culture sector hit by the pandemic of COVID -19. (Photo by Michal Cizek/AFP Photo)

Raymond Hinze
Raymond Hinze is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He's worked as a writer, trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system admin, and various other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together.