From the effects of the coronavirus pandemic to the aftermath of armed clashes, here are some of the most striking images of the year as taken by RFE/RL's photographers.
2021: The Year's Best From RFE/RL's Photographers
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A woman on Mount Chatyr-Dag in Crimea, Ukraine, on May 16. Crimean Tatar youth climb the mountain every year to honor the memory of those who died during the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944.
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A medic performs a swab test for COVID-19 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on May 24.
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Catholic faithful at a forest chapel near the village of Dubok in Belarus on July 4. The chapel is open just once a year.
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A rally at the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, in support of an LGBT Pride event, on July 6. Far-right activists attacked some Pride events in the city, resulting in the death of a cameraman and dozens of injuries.
