Pictures of the year: Natural Disasters

A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, U.S., August 22, 2021. Reuters photographer Fred Greaves: "As a photographer covering wildfires in California, 2021 was one of the most challenging years that I can remember. A severe multi-year drought along with sustained hot and windy weather created multiple “mega-fires” that were unpredictable and quickly consumed hundreds of square miles."

Lava is seen through the window of a kitchen from El Paso following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, September 28, 2021.

Theophilus Charles, 70, sits inside his house which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana, U.S., August 30, 2021.

Caravans are destroyed in an area affected by floods caused by heavy rainfalls in Kreuzberg, Germany, July 19, 2021.

People board a ferry during evacuation as a wildfire burns in the village of Limni, on the island of Evia, Greece, August 6, 2021.

Lava and smoke rise following the eruption of a volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma, in El Paso, Spain, September 25, 2021. Picture taken with long exposure.

A tree burns during a wildfire near the village of Taastaakh in the region of Yakutia, Russia August 11, 2021.

A horse is photographed in Tacande while the Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to erupt, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, November 28, 2021.

Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn are rescued by a group of people after rainstorms lashed the western Canadian province of British Columbia, triggering landslides and floods, shutting highways, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada November 16, 2021.

The Dixie Fire burns at night in Taylorsville, California, July 27, 2021.