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2021: The year in pictures

In the news

Bad Bunny performs onstage during The 22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 18, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In pictures: The 2021 Latin Grammys

Alison Henry embraces her son Liam as they meet after arriving on a flight from the UK, following the easing of pandemic travel restrictions at JFK international airport in New York on November 8, 2021. - Long lines formed at border crossings as the United States reopened to foreign visitors vaccinated against Covid-19, ending 20 months of restrictions that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

US borders reopen after Covid-19 travel ban

US President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Pope Francis as they meet at the Vatican, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. President Joe Biden is set to meet with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican, where the world's two most notable Roman Catholics plan to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and poverty. The president takes pride in his Catholic faith, using it as moral guidepost to shape many of his social and economic policies.

Popes and US presidents

HOUSTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 02: Will Smith #51 and Travis d'Arnaud #16 of the Atlanta Braves celebrate the team's 7-0 victory against the Houston Astros in Game Six to win the 2021 World Series at Minute Maid Park on November 02, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

The best photos from the 2021 World Series

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell in Alexandria, Virginia on September 7, 2012.

Colin Powell's life in pictures

Star Trek actor William Shatner experiences weightlessness with three other passengers during the apogee of the Blue Origin New Shepard mission NS-18 suborbital flight near Van Horn, Texas, U.S. in a still image from video October 13, 2021. Blue Origin/Handout via REUTERS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

William Shatner goes to space

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 19: Anya Taylor-Joy attends the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards at L.A. LIVE on September 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Red carpet photos from the Emmys

Getting Met Gala-ready with Symone

Taliban officials, including Zabihullah Mujahid, third from right, announcing victory at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Afghans woke up Tuesday morning to the reality of an Afghanistan firmly under the control of the Taliban amid intensifying fears that their country was being subsumed by a repressive regime as it battles an escalating economic and humanitarian crisis. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)

Afghanistan in crisis after Taliban takeover

U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, B battery 2-8 field artillery, fire a howitzer artillery piece at Seprwan Ghar forward fire base in Panjwai district, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan, June 12, 2011. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS)

20 years in Afghanistan: America's longest war

MARKLEEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/07/17: A sign welcoming people to California seen in front of the Tamarack fire.
The Tamarack fire continues to burn through more than 21,000 acres and is currently 0% contained. It was started by a lightning strike. (Photo by Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Wildfires raging in the West

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 23: Naomi Osaka of Team Japan lights the Olympic cauldron with the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

The best photos from the Tokyo Olympics

Conan O'Brien backstage on the set of his newly revamped show "Conan," at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., Jan. 10, 2019. On Jan. 22, O'Brien will return to his TBS late-night show in new half-hour format.

Conan O'Brien's late-night career

China's President Xi Jinping (top centre L) arrives for a gala in Tiananmen Square, next to a giant portrait of former Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong, in Beijing on October 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

100 years of China's Communist Party