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PHOTO PACKAGE Year-Ender: 2020: Biggest News Events In Pictures

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These images show some of the big events that defined 2020.

A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone of a Union Jack flag during an event to celebrate the friendship between Belgium and Britain, at the Grand-Place, in Brussels, on January 30, 2020. - Britain's departure from the European Union was set in law on January 29, amid emotional scenes, as the bloc's parliament voted to ratify the divorce papers. After half a century of sometimes awkward membership and three years of tense withdrawal talks, the UK will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time (2300 GMT) on January 31, 2020. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD/AFP)
5 A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone of a Union Jack flag during an event to celebrate the friendship between Belgium and Britain, at the Grand-Place, in Brussels, on January 30, 2020. - Britain's departure from the European Union was set in law on January 29, amid emotional scenes, as the bloc's parliament voted to ratify the divorce papers. After half a century of sometimes awkward membership and three years of tense withdrawal talks, the UK will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time (2300 GMT) on January 31, 2020. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD/AFP)
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a copy of USA Today's front page showing news of his acquitttal in his Senate impeachment trial, as he arrives to address the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis 
6 U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a copy of USA Today's front page showing news of his acquitttal in his Senate impeachment trial, as he arrives to address the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis 
A passenger wears a mask and covered with a plastic bag, as a preventative measure following a coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, walks outside the Shanghai railway station in Shanghai on February 9, 2020.  The World Health Organization (WHO) declares coronavirus as global health emergency on January 30, 2020. After an alarming rise in cases around the world, WHO labelled the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.  
7 A passenger wears a mask and covered with a plastic bag, as a preventative measure following a coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, walks outside the Shanghai railway station in Shanghai on February 9, 2020. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) declares coronavirus as global health emergency on January 30, 2020. After an alarming rise in cases around the world, WHO labelled the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

 
Local resident Larisa Beletskaya, 70, stands in front of an apartment block damaged during recent fighting between the armed forces of Ukraine and Luhansk separatists, in the settlement of Holubivske in Luhansk region, February 19, 2020. (REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko)
8 Local resident Larisa Beletskaya, 70, stands in front of an apartment block damaged during recent fighting between the armed forces of Ukraine and Luhansk separatists, in the settlement of Holubivske in Luhansk region, February 19, 2020. (REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko)

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