2021 from above: Our top aerial photos of the year

Lava oozes from a new fissure near Fagradalsfjall, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, April 9, 2021.

Houses are seen on the edge of a cliff after it collapsed in the village of Nefyn, Wales, Britain, April 20, 2021.

A mass cremation of victims who died due to the coronavirus, is seen at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021.

A lake in a shape of a heart is seen surrounded by autumn-colored trees outside Balashikha, Moscow region, Russia, October 4, 2021.

A lone boat sits perched on a mound near Hensley Lake as soaring temperatures and drought continue to affect livestock and water supplies in Madera, California, July 14, 2021.

People pose for a photograph as they sit in deckchairs on the beach as rental deckchairs returned to the seafront after a 10 year absence in Blackpool, Britain, June 29, 2021.

An aerial view shows a herd of wild Asian elephants crossing the Yuanjiang River in Yunnan province, China, August 8, 2021.

An aerial picture shows land that used to be covered with Dead Sea water, near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 1, 2021.

Golden and rusty leaves color the autumn as a river barge navigates on the Canal du Nord, in Ruyaulcourt, France, November 3, 2021.

Melting water is seen on an iceberg at the Disko Bay close to Ilulissat, Greenland, September 14, 2021.

A giant sand portrait is seen on Whitby Beach, Britain, March 15, 2021. The 60m wide drawing by artist Jamie Wardley shows a child carrying water on dry, cracked ground next to the rising tide, to highlight the impact climate change is having on people's access to water.

Flags planted by protesters in tribute to those who have died of the coronavirus, a year after the Slovenian government called an official end to its coronavirus epidemic, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 1, 2021.

Tuk-tuks that used to transport tourists around the city are seen idle due to travel bans and border closures from the global coronavirus outbreak in a parking lot in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, February 3, 2021.

Cars drive on a road that leads from the Israeli town of Mitzpe Ramon into the Ramon crater in the Negev desert, southern Israel, October 22, 2021.