A year in pictures: Unforgettable images of 2020
From Black Lives Matter protests, to a global pandemic and Donald Trump, 2020 will be talked about for years to come.
• 4 Jan 2021
Bushfires rage out of control in Australia
Bushfires burn dangerously out of control on Australia s east coast, fanned by high temperatures and strong winds that have firefighters battling to save lives and property, as a change in wind conditions merged several large fire fronts.
Iranian general killed by US military via drone strike
On 2 January the US killed Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Iran s spreading military influence in the Middle East, in an air strike at Baghdad airport.