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Editors' Selection

Our editorial team has been capturing this year's most compelling moments and making them available to you every day. Click the button below to take a look at 200 of their highlights from this historic period. For the top 50, click here and for the top 10, click here
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Month-by-month

For non-genre specific curations, revisit each month individually to view all the image highlights

 
 

Stories of interest

Take a look at some of the events and stories that dominated the headlines in 2020

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Awards Season

In what seems like a lifetime ago, 2020 delivered a landmark Oscars, with Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Parasite’ winning Best Picture, and in doing so, becoming the first non-English-language film to take Hollywood's top prize. Other big Awards Season winners included Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix and Billie Eilish.
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US Election

Starting with a field of candidates and narrowing to a nailbiter finale between Trump and Biden, see the evolution of Decision 2020 from start to finish.
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Black Lives Matter

While the BLM movement precedes 2020, this is the year it grew to global prominence and touched millions of lives worldwide.
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Coronavirus

The pandemic is undoubtedly what this year will be most known for, and the visuals that accompany it have been some of the most striking in history.
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Royal

From across the pond to the the Great White North, explore the lives and times of the royals, both current and former.
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Awards Season

Take a look at the best of film, television, and music acknowledged in 2020

 
 

Entertainment

From the Golden Globes, at the beginning of the year, to a socially-distanced 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - see all our entertainment content, separated month-by month or together in one stack

 
 

News

The headlines in 2020 were dominated by Coronavirus, the Black Lives Matter movement and the US Presidential election.

 
 

Sport

A year which saw many sporting events around the world postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic

 
 

Obituaries

Famous faces lost in 2020, from Kobe Bryant to Sean Connery

 
 
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