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Best Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 41/102

Best Pictures of the Year 2021, Part 41/102
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A skull painted gold stands out from amongst the 20 000 skeletons stored in the church ossuary of the Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim some 50 kilometers south of Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A skull painted gold stands out from amongst the 20 000 skeletons stored in the church ossuary of the Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim some 50 kilometers south of Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A photo taken by Aysegul Aksoy, working as an anesthetic technician at Umraniye Training and Research Hospital shows Aksoy's colleague, a health worker looking out from a face shield during a shift, helping coronavirus patients, at the hosptial in Istanbul, Turkey on May 11, 2021. Aksoy, opened “One Photograph, Thousand Stories” exhibition consisting of the photographs she took during the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Aysegul Aksoy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A photo taken by Aysegul Aksoy, working as an anesthetic technician at Umraniye Training and Research Hospital shows Aksoy’s colleague, a health worker looking out from a face shield during a shift, helping coronavirus patients, at the hosptial in Istanbul, Turkey on May 11, 2021. Aksoy, opened “One Photograph, Thousand Stories” exhibition consisting of the photographs she took during the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Aysegul Aksoy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Rescuers carry a migrant to disembark from a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)

Rescuers carry a migrant to disembark from a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)

Campact activistst wearing masks featuring German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Economy Minister Peter Altmaier stage a protest against the government's climate protection law at the German Chancellery in Berlin on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP Photo)

Campact activistst wearing masks featuring German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Economy Minister Peter Altmaier stage a protest against the government’s climate protection law at the German Chancellery in Berlin on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP Photo)

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain on May 31, 2021. (Photo by Jason Cairnduff/Reuters)

Ice sculptures of children created by Sand in Your Eye to highlight the importance of COP26, the global climate conference, are seen at New Brighton Beach on the Wirral peninsular in New Brighton, Britain on May 31, 2021. (Photo by Jason Cairnduff/Reuters)

People celebrate on a street in the neighborhood of Born, as the state of emergency decreed by the Spanish Government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) gets lifted in Barcelona, Spain, May 9, 2021. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)

People celebrate on a street in the neighborhood of Born, as the state of emergency decreed by the Spanish Government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) gets lifted in Barcelona, Spain, May 9, 2021. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)

A woman wearing a protective face mask joins former British armed forces members and supporters at a “Respect Our Veterans” parade and rally, following the collapse of the trial in Belfast of two British soldiers over the killing of Official IRA leader Joe McCann, London, Britain, May 8, 2021. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)

A woman wearing a protective face mask joins former British armed forces members and supporters at a “Respect Our Veterans” parade and rally, following the collapse of the trial in Belfast of two British soldiers over the killing of Official IRA leader Joe McCann, London, Britain, May 8, 2021. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)

Honoree Scarlett Johansson is “slimed” while accepting the MTV Generation Award via video during the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on May 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBS)

Honoree Scarlett Johansson is “slimed” while accepting the MTV Generation Award via video during the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on May 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards/Getty Images for MTV/ViacomCBS)

De Team Israel Start-Up Nation rider Italy's Alessandro De Marchi rides past a field during the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia 2021 cycling race, 177 km between Modena and Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna, on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/AFP Photo)

De Team Israel Start-Up Nation rider Italy’s Alessandro De Marchi rides past a field during the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia 2021 cycling race, 177 km between Modena and Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna, on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/AFP Photo)

Aerial view of a sinkhole that was found by farmers in a field of crops in Santa Maria Zacatepec, state of Puebla, Mexico on May 30, 2021. (Photo by Jose Casta-Ares/AFP Photo)

Aerial view of a sinkhole that was found by farmers in a field of crops in Santa Maria Zacatepec, state of Puebla, Mexico on May 30, 2021. (Photo by Jose Casta-Ares/AFP Photo)

A boat carrying an animal figure made of white narcissi parades during the 61st Daffodils Festival on the Grundlsee, Ausseerland region, Austria, on May 30, 2021. Due to compliance with the Corona measures, the 61st Daffodil Festival was held in 2021 year without events and without an audience. The Daffodil Festivalis Austrias largest flower festival, and takes place every year in the idyllic alpine region when the white star-shaped narcissi are in bloom between the middle of May and the middle of June. (Photo by Barbara Gindl/APA/AFP Photo)

A boat carrying an animal figure made of white narcissi parades during the 61st Daffodils Festival on the Grundlsee, Ausseerland region, Austria, on May 30, 2021. Due to compliance with the Corona measures, the 61st Daffodil Festival was held in 2021 year without events and without an audience. The Daffodil Festivalis Austrias largest flower festival, and takes place every year in the idyllic alpine region when the white star-shaped narcissi are in bloom between the middle of May and the middle of June. (Photo by Barbara Gindl/APA/AFP Photo)

In this June 22, 2021 file photo, Fabian Santos, a street vendor and supporter of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele poses with a Bukele mask outside a vaccination center in San Salvador, El Salvador. Bukele has convinced most Salvadorans that his government is on the move against poverty and gang violence, said Leonor Arteaga, program director at the Due Process of Law Foundation, a regional rule of law organization based in Washington. “No one can deny that he effectively has the support of the majority of the population and he is using that support and manipulating it to advance his agenda”. (Photo by Salvador Melendez/AP Photo)

In this June 22, 2021 file photo, Fabian Santos, a street vendor and supporter of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele poses with a Bukele mask outside a vaccination center in San Salvador, El Salvador. Bukele has convinced most Salvadorans that his government is on the move against poverty and gang violence, said Leonor Arteaga, program director at the Due Process of Law Foundation, a regional rule of law organization based in Washington. “No one can deny that he effectively has the support of the majority of the population and he is using that support and manipulating it to advance his agenda”. (Photo by Salvador Melendez/AP Photo)

Animals that are made out of recycled material are on display at the interactive exhibit about the story of Noah's Ark, at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 21, 2021. The Jewish Museum of Berlin is opening a new museum for children between the ages of three and ten. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)

Animals that are made out of recycled material are on display at the interactive exhibit about the story of Noah’s Ark, at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 21, 2021. The Jewish Museum of Berlin is opening a new museum for children between the ages of three and ten. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)

Mary Magdalene dance on top of an NYPD police car during the 29th Annual New York City Dyke March on June 26, 2021 in New York City. The Dyke March which calls itself a march protest, rather than a parade, is a “demonstration of our First Amendment right to protest” according to their website. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the march was held virtually in 2020. This year’s march began at Bryant Park and ended in Washington Square Park. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Mary Magdalene dance on top of an NYPD police car during the 29th Annual New York City Dyke March on June 26, 2021 in New York City. The Dyke March which calls itself a march protest, rather than a parade, is a “demonstration of our First Amendment right to protest” according to their website. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the march was held virtually in 2020. This year’s march began at Bryant Park and ended in Washington Square Park. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

A member of the LGBT community celebrates sexual diversity in Mexico City, Saturday, June 26, 2021. Thousands of people marched through Paseo de la Reforma for one of the largest Gay pride events in Latin America. (Photo by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)

A member of the LGBT community celebrates sexual diversity in Mexico City, Saturday, June 26, 2021. Thousands of people marched through Paseo de la Reforma for one of the largest Gay pride events in Latin America. (Photo by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)

Raymond Hinze
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