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    2020 in review: Best aerial views of the year

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    2020 in review: Best aerial views of the year

    Deep messages resound when you look at murals with a birds'-eye view


    Published:  December 22, 2020 12:00 Reuters  and  Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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    Decommissioned cruise ships are dismantled at the Aliaga ship-breaking yard in the Aegean port city of Izmir, western Turkey. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A search and rescue team, surrounded by red fire retardant, look for victims under burned residences and vehicles in the aftermath of the Almeda fire in Talent, Oregon. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Excavators and bulldozers are seen at the construction site of a new hospital being built to treat coronavirus patients following an outbreak and the city's lockdown on the outskirts of Wuhan, China. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Crosses cast shadows at the Parque Taruma cemetery, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Manaus, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters
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    An aerial of the golden Virgin statue at the top of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace during a lockdown imposed in Cambrai, France. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A man walks on a road blanketed with volcanic ash from the erupting Taal Volcano in Tagaytay, Philippines. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Bodies are buried on New York's Hart Island amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The Place de l'Etoile and the Arc de Triomphe are deserted in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Hundreds of residents, affected by the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic, line up in their vehicles as they await their turn to collect groceries from the San Antonio Food Bank in San Antonio, Texas. Image Credit: Reuters
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    John-Miles Lewis, the son of civil rights pioneer and longtime U.S. Representative John Lewis, reaches out and touches the casket of his father as Lewis lies in state at the center of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington Image Credit: Reuters
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    Fog surrounds a road in Kvaerndrup, on the island of Funen, Denmark. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A man makes his way on a flooded highway following a storm near the village of Artesiano, in central Greece. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A view shows damaged buildings in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A person and a shark swim through a school of salmon at Sydney's Bondi Beach in Australia. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Destroyed planes lie damaged around a Southland Field hanger in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Sulphur, Louisiana. Image Credit: Reuters
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    People enjoy Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Artists fill in the letters of a "Black Lives Matter" mural on E. Pine Street as protesters establish what they call an autonomous zone while protesting against racial inequality and calling for the defunding of the Seattle police, near the department's East Precinct in Seattle, Washington. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Sunbathers lie in circles marked on the grass to aid in social distancing at Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco, California Image Credit: Reuters
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    Damage is seen after floods caused by torrential rain, in Kumamura, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Image Credit: Reuters
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    An empty Times Square is seen following the outbreak of coronavirus in New York City, Image Credit: Reuters
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    Beach-goers stand on salt formations in the Dead Sea near Ein Bokeq, Israel. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The construction site of the future Tesla Gigafactory is seen in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park is seen empty of visitors after it closed in an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus, in Orlando, Florida. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A fallen tree lies in an area of the Amazon jungle cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The remnants of a building burnt down during demonstrations after the death of George Floyd are seen in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Homes are flooded within a village after the River Nile broke the dykes in Jonglei State, South Sudan. Image Credit: Reuters
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    School buses are parked after California issued a stay-at-home order, in Los Angeles. Image Credit: Reuters
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    An unfinished flight terminal, part of the abandoned construction site of a Mexico City airport that was scrapped two years ago, is now flooded by summer rains in Texcoco on the outskirts of Mexico City. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Artwork by French-Swiss street artist Saype, entitled "Beyond Walls," is seen on a floating barge over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. The pieces created by Saype in Istanbul are part of a project to create a spray-painted "human chain" across the world to encourage humanity and equality. Image Credit: Reuters

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