TIME share their annual unranked selection of the best 100 photos of the year. Featuring international photographers with shots covering all the lowlights of 2020 ranging from COVID, bushfires, social unrest, Trump rallies, the Beirut expolosion and more.
A man sprays mace, left, as another man fatally fires a gun, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 in Denver. The man on the left side of the photo was supporting the “Patriot Rally” and sprayed mace at the man on the right side of the image. The man at right, then shot and killed the protester at left. A private security guard working for a TV station was in custody Saturday after a person died from a shooting that took place during dueling protests in downtown Denver, the Denver Post reported. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)Paramedic Danny Kim documents Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ March 31-April 7 2020LOUISVILLE, KY – SEPTEMBER 23: Demonstrators embrace each other after hearing the Grand Jury verdict on September 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Protesters marched in the streets after the Kentucky Grand Jury verdict indicts 1 of 3 officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police officers during a no-knock warrant at her apartment on March 13, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Protesters stand outside the Statehouse Atrium where reporters listen during the State of Ohio’s Coronavirus response update on Monday, April 13, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. About 100 protesters assembled outside the building during Gov. Mike DeWine’s weekday update on the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, upset that the state remains under a Stay-At-Home order and that non-essential businesses remain closed. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)A koala found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia on Jan. 16, 2020. Photo by Adam FergusonOn May 31, a demonstrator in New York spray-paints a poster of Derek Chauvin’s knee on George Floyd’s neck. “Out of nowhere, this guy pulled out a purple spray can and just started writing on it,” the photographer recalled. “These ladies were walking by and paused to look at it. They were looking at it, like, ‘Is this to attack us or to stop us from being silent?’”The night sky glows red from the Holser Fire in Piru, Calif., on Aug. 17 as a water-dropping helicopter works to slow the spread of flames that consumed more than 1,000 acres by the end of its first day just East of Lake Piru. Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times/ShutterstockPro-democracy activists flash three-fingered salutes during a demonstration at Kaset intersection, suburbs of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. Thai authorities worked Monday to stem a growing tide of protests calling for the prime minister to resign by threatening to censor news coverage, raiding a publishing house and attempting to block the Telegram messaging app used by demonstrators. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA- AUGUST 29: An aerial view from a drone shows railcars that derailed as Hurricane Laura passed through the area on August 29, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The hurricane came ashore bringing rain and high winds to the southeast region of the state, reaching wind speeds of 150 mph and a 9-12 feet storm surge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Police clash with protesters on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Hong Kong after a new law went into effect on Tuesday. The Hong Kong police moved swiftly on Wednesday to enforce China’s new national security rules with the first arrests under the law, as the city immediately felt the chilling effect of Beijing’s offensive to quash dissent in the semiautonomous territory. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)Merlin Coles watches horse racing from Royal Ascot on television at his home in Bere Regis, Britain, on June 17, 2020. Coles 3, is sitting on his horse, Mr Glitter Sparkles, with his dog, Mistress, as racing resumed behind closed doors after the coronavirus outbreak. Paul Childs Reuters
