archivePictures of the Year

An armed riot police officer detains a protester during a security anti-terrorists operation in a street after clashes in Almaty,...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches as nurse Jennifer Dumasi is injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, during a visit...

Health workers remove the body of a COVID-19 victim from a container, being used as a makeshift morgue, to turn...

Robot Franziska cries because someone stands in its way while cleaning the floor as a replacement for the missing cleaning...

Revellers ride down during a carnival to mark the annual Orthodox St. Vasilij Day, the beginning of the Orthodox New...

Old woman stands in the entrance of her home with a rifle during the shelling of the azeri army over...

A smiley face is seen carved into the head of a sunflower in a field in Dunham Massey, Britain, August...