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Best Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 25/102

Best Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 25/102
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In this photo taken using slow shutter speed, Muslim women offer an evening prayer called “tarawih” marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Monday, April 12, 2021. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sеx from dawn to dusk. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)

In this photo taken using slow shutter speed, Muslim women offer an evening prayer called “tarawih” marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Monday, April 12, 2021. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sеx from dawn to dusk. (Photo by Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo)

Members of the Armenian community in Romania, wearing face masks, are reflected in an icon as clergymen carry a structure symbolizing the tomb of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday religious service, at the Armenian Church in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 30, 2021. Dozens gathered inside and outside Bucharest's Armenian Church, an imposing white building fashioned after the main Armenian Apostolic Church cathedral. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

Members of the Armenian community in Romania, wearing face masks, are reflected in an icon as clergymen carry a structure symbolizing the tomb of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday religious service, at the Armenian Church in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 30, 2021. Dozens gathered inside and outside Bucharest’s Armenian Church, an imposing white building fashioned after the main Armenian Apostolic Church cathedral. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

Children play next to an armed riot police officer during a raid of the National Environmental Guard through scrape littered back yards in Vidra, Romania, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Many people in the Roma community in SIntesti scrape a dangerous living by illegally setting fire to whatever they can find that contains metal, from computers to tires and electrical cables. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

Children play next to an armed riot police officer during a raid of the National Environmental Guard through scrape littered back yards in Vidra, Romania, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Many people in the Roma community in SIntesti scrape a dangerous living by illegally setting fire to whatever they can find that contains metal, from computers to tires and electrical cables. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A worker at the Bin Salman farm sits amidst freshly picked Damascena (Damask) roses in the air, used to produce rose water and oil, in the western Saudi city of Taif, on April 11, 2021. Every spring, roses bloom in Taif, transforming pockets of the kingdom's vast desert landscape into fragrant pink patches. And for one month in April, they produce essential oil that is used to cleanse the outer walls of the sacred Kaaba, the cubic structure in the holy city of Mecca towards which Muslims around the world pray. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine/AFP Photo)

A worker at the Bin Salman farm sits amidst freshly picked Damascena (Damask) roses in the air, used to produce rose water and oil, in the western Saudi city of Taif, on April 11, 2021. Every spring, roses bloom in Taif, transforming pockets of the kingdom’s vast desert landscape into fragrant pink patches. And for one month in April, they produce essential oil that is used to cleanse the outer walls of the sacred Kaaba, the cubic structure in the holy city of Mecca towards which Muslims around the world pray. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine/AFP Photo)

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against a tax reform bill launched by Colombian President Ivan Duque, in Cali, Colombia on April 29, 2021. Workers' unions, teachers, civil organizations, indigenous people and other sectors reject the project that is underway in the Congress, considering that it punishes the middle class and is inappropriate in the midst of the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Paola Mafla/AFP Photo)

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against a tax reform bill launched by Colombian President Ivan Duque, in Cali, Colombia on April 29, 2021. Workers’ unions, teachers, civil organizations, indigenous people and other sectors reject the project that is underway in the Congress, considering that it punishes the middle class and is inappropriate in the midst of the crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Paola Mafla/AFP Photo)

Javier Anto, 90, reacts in front of his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated – and united – Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Javier Anto, 90, reacts in front of his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated – and united – Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

The remains of a woman who died from complications related to COVID-19 are placed into a niche by cemetery workers and relatives at the Inahuma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo)

The remains of a woman who died from complications related to COVID-19 are placed into a niche by cemetery workers and relatives at the Inahuma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo)

A Serbian flag waves on the Serbian Parliament building during a protest in front of the Serbian Parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Environmental activists are protesting against worsening environmental situation in Serbia. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo)

A Serbian flag waves on the Serbian Parliament building during a protest in front of the Serbian Parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Environmental activists are protesting against worsening environmental situation in Serbia. (Photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo)

28-day bear cub “Boncuk”, new resident of the Gaziantep Zoo, is seen with his friend Chimpanzee named “Can” for socialising in Gaziantep, Turkey on April 05, 2021. (Photo by Adsiz Gunebakan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

28-day bear cub “Boncuk”, new resident of the Gaziantep Zoo, is seen with his friend Chimpanzee named “Can” for socialising in Gaziantep, Turkey on April 05, 2021. (Photo by Adsiz Gunebakan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Members of Libyan motorcycle clubs take part in a bike ride in the eastern city of Benghazi, on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Abdullah Doma/AFP Photo)

Members of Libyan motorcycle clubs take part in a bike ride in the eastern city of Benghazi, on April 27, 2021. (Photo by Abdullah Doma/AFP Photo)

Magdelaine Gibson of Secret Spa sprays a client just after midnight at her home in London, Monday April 12, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. (Photo by Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire via AP Photo)

Magdelaine Gibson of Secret Spa sprays a client just after midnight at her home in London, Monday April 12, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. (Photo by Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire via AP Photo)

Relatives of a person who died of COVID-19 mourn at a crematorium in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, April 30, 2021. An infection surge in Nepal has prompted the government to impose new lockdowns in major cities and towns, restricting the movement of people and vehicles and shuttering markets, offices and schools. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)

Relatives of a person who died of COVID-19 mourn at a crematorium in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, April 30, 2021. An infection surge in Nepal has prompted the government to impose new lockdowns in major cities and towns, restricting the movement of people and vehicles and shuttering markets, offices and schools. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)

Ash rises into the air as La Soufriere volcano erupts on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, seen from Chateaubelair, Friday, April 9, 2021. (Photo by Orvil Samuel/AP Photo)

Ash rises into the air as La Soufriere volcano erupts on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, seen from Chateaubelair, Friday, April 9, 2021. (Photo by Orvil Samuel/AP Photo)

Muslims monitor the hilal in a building using a telescope on Monday, April 12, 2021. The determination of the hilal is to find out the start of Ramadan for Muslims around the world. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, the month of fasting in which Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. (Photo by M. Tohir/Sijori Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Muslims monitor the hilal in a building using a telescope on Monday, April 12, 2021. The determination of the hilal is to find out the start of Ramadan for Muslims around the world. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, the month of fasting in which Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. (Photo by M. Tohir/Sijori Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Girls celebrate the Songkran Festival or the Lao New Year, in Luang Prabang, Laos on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Girls celebrate the Songkran Festival or the Lao New Year, in Luang Prabang, Laos on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Japan’s Miho Nonaka in action during the women’s semi-final of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Meiringen, Switzerland on April 17, 2021. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

Japan’s Miho Nonaka in action during the women’s semi-final of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Meiringen, Switzerland on April 17, 2021. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

Julia Everson
Julia is a freelance writer and lifelong learner with an ongoing curiosity to study new things. She enjoys checking out the latest grammar books and writing about video games more than anything else. If she's not running through Colorado’s breathtaking landscape, she's indoors hidden away in her cozy game room trolling noobs and leveling up an RPG character. She is a Final Fantasy IX apologist (although she loves them all… except XV), coffee aficionado, and a bit of a health nut. Julia graduated from Western Kentucky University with a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing.