The National’s best staff photographer photos of 2020 - chosen by our readers
Victor Besa s children playing as the sun sets on the Corniche won 28% of the votes
First place: Abu Dhabi residents wait for the Al Fursan planes to arrive - but unfortunately the air display was cancelled. Children play on top of a wooden fishing boat on display as the sun sets at the Corniche. Victor Besa / The National
Second place: Farm workers and labourers from Pakistan and India play an informal game of volleyball next to the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid highway between the Dubai and Abu Dhabi highway. Antonie Robertson / The National
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On Sunday, the eyes of the racing world will be on Abu Dhabi for the season finale of this year’s Formula One Grand Prix. For the first time, the stands will be empty with most spectators banned
owing to coronavirus restrictions, but there’s still an annual tradition that is going ahead – the Etihad Airways Dreamliner flypast.
Just ahead of lights out on the final 55-lap race at Yas Marina Circuit, Etihad s Captain Mohammed Al Tamimi will perform a starting line flyover, navigating a Boeing 787 Dreamliner just a few hundred feet above the ground. The Etihad Boeing 787 Dreamliner in F1 Grand Prix livery. Courtesy Etihad