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In 2020, photographers captured a world in distress

This is the world that photographers captured in 2020, a world beset by every sort of catastrophe -- natural and unnatural disaster, violent and non-violent conflict.
This is the world that photographers captured in 2020, a world beset by every sort of catastrophe -- natural and unnatural disaster, violent and non-violent conflict. (Photo | AP)
This is the world that photographers captured in 2020, a world beset by every sort of catastrophe -- natural and unnatural disaster, violent and non-violent conflict. (Photo | AP)
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Migrants flee from the second fire in two days at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on September 9, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Migrants flee from the second fire in two days at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, on September 9, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Josefa Ribas, 86, who is bedridden and suffers from dementia, is attended to by nurse Laura Valdes during a home care visit in Barcelona, Spain, on April 7, 2020. Ribas' husband, Jose Marcos, fears what will happen if the coronavirus enters their home and infects them. 'I survived the post-war period (of mass hunger). I hope I survive this pandemic,' he said. (Photo | AP)
Josefa Ribas, 86, who is bedridden and suffers from dementia, is attended to by nurse Laura Valdes during a home care visit in Barcelona, Spain, on April 7, 2020. Ribas' husband, Jose Marcos, fears what will happen if the coronavirus enters their home and infects them. 'I survived the post-war period (of mass hunger). I hope I survive this pandemic,' he said. (Photo | AP)
Protesters storm the San Francisco de Borja church, which belongs to the Carabineros, Chile's national police force, in Santiago, Chile, on October 18, 2020, the first anniversary of the start of anti-government mass protests over inequality. (Photo | AP)
Protesters storm the San Francisco de Borja church, which belongs to the Carabineros, Chile's national police force, in Santiago, Chile, on October 18, 2020, the first anniversary of the start of anti-government mass protests over inequality. (Photo | AP)
Sneakers and a Los Angeles Lakers jersey with the number 8 worn by NBA star Kobe Bryant hang at a memorial for Bryant in Los Angeles on February 2, 2020, a week after he was killed in a helicopter crash. (Photo | AP)
Sneakers and a Los Angeles Lakers jersey with the number 8 worn by NBA star Kobe Bryant hang at a memorial for Bryant in Los Angeles on February 2, 2020, a week after he was killed in a helicopter crash. (Photo | AP)
One-year-old Yazan has his oxygen mask removed after heart surgery at the Tajoura National Heart Center in Tripoli, Libya, on February 27, 2020. Yazan's perilous trek from his small desert hometown culminated in a five-hour surgery. He is one of 1,000 children treated by Dr. William Novick's group since it first came to Libya after the 2011 uprising. (Photo | AP)
One-year-old Yazan has his oxygen mask removed after heart surgery at the Tajoura National Heart Center in Tripoli, Libya, on February 27, 2020. Yazan's perilous trek from his small desert hometown culminated in a five-hour surgery. He is one of 1,000 children treated by Dr. William Novick's group since it first came to Libya after the 2011 uprising. (Photo | AP)
An emergency crew recovers the body of a boy killed in a government airstrike in the city of Idlib, Syria on February 11, 2020. (Photo | AP)
An emergency crew recovers the body of a boy killed in a government airstrike in the city of Idlib, Syria on February 11, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Swarms of desert locusts fly into the air from crops in Katitika village in Kenya's Kitui county on January 24, 2020. In the worst outbreak in a quarter-century, hundreds of millions of the insects swarmed into Kenya from Somalia and Ethiopia, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region. (Photo | AP)
Swarms of desert locusts fly into the air from crops in Katitika village in Kenya's Kitui county on January 24, 2020. In the worst outbreak in a quarter-century, hundreds of millions of the insects swarmed into Kenya from Somalia and Ethiopia, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region. (Photo | AP)
Rescue workers and local residents search for survivors in the wreckage of a plane that crashed with nearly 100 people onboard in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Rescue workers and local residents search for survivors in the wreckage of a plane that crashed with nearly 100 people onboard in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22, 2020. (Photo | AP)
People stand in their balconies during a nationwide confinement to counter the coronavirus in Barcelona, Spain on March 29, 2020. (Photo | AP)
People stand in their balconies during a nationwide confinement to counter the coronavirus in Barcelona, Spain on March 29, 2020. (Photo | AP)
A woman wearing a mask to protect against infection from COVID-19 is reflected in a tinted chapel window, along with a metal casing said to contain the remains of St. Dimitrie of Basarabov, the patron saint of the Romanian capital, in Bucharest, Romania on Oct. 25, 2020. The feast of St. Dimitrie of Basarabov, which usually lasts for a week and draws up to 100,000 people, was cut way back this year due to the coronavirus. (Photo | AP)
A woman wearing a mask to protect against infection from COVID-19 is reflected in a tinted chapel window, along with a metal casing said to contain the remains of St. Dimitrie of Basarabov, the patron saint of the Romanian capital, in Bucharest, Romania on Oct. 25, 2020. The feast of St. Dimitrie of Basarabov, which usually lasts for a week and draws up to 100,000 people, was cut way back this year due to the coronavirus. (Photo | AP)
A child wearing a mask to protect against the coronavirus rests on the bank of the Yangtze River in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on April 16, 2020. (Photo | AP)
A child wearing a mask to protect against the coronavirus rests on the bank of the Yangtze River in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on April 16, 2020. (Photo | AP)
A reveler dressed in a Spider-Man costume strikes a pose at the 'Ceu na Terra' or Heaven on Earth street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 22, 2020, during the Carnival celebration. (Photo | AP)
A reveler dressed in a Spider-Man costume strikes a pose at the 'Ceu na Terra' or Heaven on Earth street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 22, 2020, during the Carnival celebration. (Photo | AP)
A model wears a creation for the Givenchy fashion collection during Women's fashion week Fall/Winter 2020/21 presented in Paris on March 1, 2020. (Photo | AP)
A model wears a creation for the Givenchy fashion collection during Women's fashion week Fall/Winter 2020/21 presented in Paris on March 1, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Cuban singer Cimafunk hugs a woman during a music conga through the streets of Cuba's Old Havana neighborhood during the 35th Havana International Jazz Festival on January 15, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Cuban singer Cimafunk hugs a woman during a music conga through the streets of Cuba's Old Havana neighborhood during the 35th Havana International Jazz Festival on January 15, 2020. (Photo | AP)
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