2020: A Year in Pictures The stories behind the photographs
This collection of photographs is a reminder that 2020 has been a year of opposites: Loneliness and community. Despair and hope. Fear and kindness.
We don’t yet know the full impact coronavirus will have on the mental and physical health of people around the world, or on children s education, or gender equality. But we do know that not everyone will have an equal chance in the comeback. If your family’s already living in poverty, you have no safety net. If you re the only breadwinner, you can t take time off to grieve. A pandemic is harder to fight in a refugee camp. Economic catastrophe is exacerbated by conflict.