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Best Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 39/102

Best Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 39/102
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Revellers showed their excitement at being allowed back inside pubs in Leeds in northern England on May 17, 2021, as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease. (Photo by Nb press ltd)

Revellers showed their excitement at being allowed back inside pubs in Leeds in northern England on May 17, 2021, as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease. (Photo by Nb press ltd)

French robot “Pepper the droid” looks at the signal from a staff member at the exhibition “Robots – The 500-Year Quest to Make Machines Human” in the Hong Kong Science Museum, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)

French robot “Pepper the droid” looks at the signal from a staff member at the exhibition “Robots – The 500-Year Quest to Make Machines Human” in the Hong Kong Science Museum, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)

Garment workers stand on the trucks as they head to work outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Cambodia on Thursday ended a lockdown in the capital region. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)

Garment workers stand on the trucks as they head to work outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Cambodia on Thursday ended a lockdown in the capital region. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)

People watch as lava flows from an eruption from the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The glow from the bubbling hot lava spewing out of the Fagradalsfjall volcano can be seen from the outskirts of Iceland's capital, Reykjavík, which is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) away. Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will never stand still. That's perhaps no clearer than in Iceland where the Fagradalsfjall volcano has awoken from a slumber that has lasted 6,000 years, give or take a year or two. (Photo by Miguel Morenatti/AP Photo)

People watch as lava flows from an eruption from the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The glow from the bubbling hot lava spewing out of the Fagradalsfjall volcano can be seen from the outskirts of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, which is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) away. Pandemic or no pandemic, the world will never stand still. That’s perhaps no clearer than in Iceland where the Fagradalsfjall volcano has awoken from a slumber that has lasted 6,000 years, give or take a year or two. (Photo by Miguel Morenatti/AP Photo)

Spectators socialise in the Marshall Arena during night 14 of the 2021 Unibet Premier League darts tournament on May 25, 2021 in Milton Keynes, England. Despite the first 10 events of the competition being played behind closed doors, easing in lockdown restrictions has allowed audiences to attend the final stages. Held under Covid-secure conditions including socially-distanced tables, table service for food & beverage, and pre-entry screening, the five nights are leading up to the final on Friday with a £250,000 prize for the winner. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Spectators socialise in the Marshall Arena during night 14 of the 2021 Unibet Premier League darts tournament on May 25, 2021 in Milton Keynes, England. Despite the first 10 events of the competition being played behind closed doors, easing in lockdown restrictions has allowed audiences to attend the final stages. Held under Covid-secure conditions including socially-distanced tables, table service for food & beverage, and pre-entry screening, the five nights are leading up to the final on Friday with a £250,000 prize for the winner. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Model Freya Lee, dressed as the Lady of Shalott, poses for a photograph in the “Escape your mind” show garden during a photocall to promote the Harrogate Spring Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, northern England on May 19, 2021. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)

Model Freya Lee, dressed as the Lady of Shalott, poses for a photograph in the “Escape your mind” show garden during a photocall to promote the Harrogate Spring Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, northern England on May 19, 2021. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)

Fire billow from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 10, 2021. Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rockets fired by the Islamist movement Hamas amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP Photo)

Fire billow from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 10, 2021. Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rockets fired by the Islamist movement Hamas amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. (Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP Photo)

People dance during a party to celebrate the end of the curfew, as Belgium reopens their outdoor space, including terraces of bars and restaurants, after closing down for months due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in central Brussels, Belgium, May 8, 2021. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)

People dance during a party to celebrate the end of the curfew, as Belgium reopens their outdoor space, including terraces of bars and restaurants, after closing down for months due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in central Brussels, Belgium, May 8, 2021. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)

Vendors carry huts on a motorbike along a street in Kandal province, Cambodia on May 13, 2021. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP Photo)

Vendors carry huts on a motorbike along a street in Kandal province, Cambodia on May 13, 2021. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP Photo)

Dancers perform La Morenada, or Dance of the Black Slaves, in Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Dancers gathered in defense of the traditional dance they say is part of the Bolivian cultural heritage which was recently claimed by the Peruvian city Puno, causing a diplomatic row. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)

Dancers perform La Morenada, or Dance of the Black Slaves, in Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Dancers gathered in defense of the traditional dance they say is part of the Bolivian cultural heritage which was recently claimed by the Peruvian city Puno, causing a diplomatic row. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)

Employees clean the Marilyn Monroe's wax statue at the Grevin was museum in Paris on May 12, 2021, ahead of its reopening following the closure as part of restrictions to fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP Photo)

Employees clean the Marilyn Monroe’s wax statue at the Grevin was museum in Paris on May 12, 2021, ahead of its reopening following the closure as part of restrictions to fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP Photo)

A view of the multivisual show “Light Ragaz”, projected onto a stone wall in the gorge of the Tamina canyon in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, 10 May 2021. The art attraction in the gorge runs from 13 May to 16 October. (Photo by Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA/EFE)

A view of the multivisual show “Light Ragaz”, projected onto a stone wall in the gorge of the Tamina canyon in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, 10 May 2021. The art attraction in the gorge runs from 13 May to 16 October. (Photo by Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA/EFE)

A Victoria and Albert Museum employee stands before a costume for the Queen of Hearts by Bob Crowley on display at the “Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser” exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)

A Victoria and Albert Museum employee stands before a costume for the Queen of Hearts by Bob Crowley on display at the “Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser” exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)

Natural History Museum workers install a 3M Black Marlin skeleton for the “Our Broken: How We Got Here and Ways to Fix it” at the Natural History Museum on May 13, 2021 in London, England. The Natural History Museum re-opens to the public on Monday 17th May. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Natural History Museum workers install a 3M Black Marlin skeleton for the “Our Broken: How We Got Here and Ways to Fix it” at the Natural History Museum on May 13, 2021 in London, England. The Natural History Museum re-opens to the public on Monday 17th May. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Police staff members Bea Stapleford (L) and Yas Mattocks demonstrate the use of a lock on device during a media open day to showcase protest and public order police activities for the upcoming in person G7 Summit at the Police headquarters in Exeter, southwest England on May 20, 2021. (Photo by Geoff Caddick/AFP Photo)

Police staff members Bea Stapleford (L) and Yas Mattocks demonstrate the use of a lock on device during a media open day to showcase protest and public order police activities for the upcoming in person G7 Summit at the Police headquarters in Exeter, southwest England on May 20, 2021. (Photo by Geoff Caddick/AFP Photo)

Raymond Hinze
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