2021 Feature

Students from New York University, right, dine outdoor under a heavy snowstorm at a restaurant in Manhattan, New York, December 16, 2020. Indoor dining was once again barred in New York City restaurants on December 14 in a significant reversal of the cityÕs reopening that comes as officials try to halt the escalation of a second wave of the coronavirus and avoid a broader shutdown.

In this photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2020, In this photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan wearing a biohazard suit and gloves to protect against the coronavirus, blesses Lyudmila Polyak, 86, suspected of having coronavirus at her apartment in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals.

Caught In a highly political power game between Turkey and the EU --- The announcement of Turkey opening the Turkish border on 29 February prompts tens of thousands of refugees and migrants to take buses, from Istanbul in particular, to northwest Turkey and the Greek border. They hope to enter the EU in a way that is safe and easy, but the Greek border agents have not opened their border barrier and the many refugees and migrants are stranded in an area near the border crossing Pazarkule; others settle down in various places on the outskirts of the town of Edirne. In a park a Syrian family from Damascus has made a makeshift tent out of a tarpaulin. The two sisters, ages eight and ten, play inside the tent. The father is afraid to say what their names are. The family don???t enjoy the tent for long; that night, the police demolish the camp. After some weeks, all the disappointed refugees and migrants have left the border area and Greece can report that it has kept the outer border of the EU closed. 5 March 2020

Tina Talbot of Waterford hands off items to her mother Sue Talbot of Clarkston while holding her 9-year-old son Phillip Talbot before seeing Santa Claus for his first time at Branching Out Nursery in Fenton on Thursday, December 10, 2020 for a free photo session given by photographer Kristy Hyten after hearing her story. Talbot spent 20 months in prison for fatally shooting her husband in 2018 at their Waterford home after several years of domestic violence. Talbot was released from prison in late November 2020 and will be on parole for the next 24 months. She's adjusting to life at home again, getting reacquainted with her 9-year-old son, Phillip, who has autism and is hoping for a fresh start and a new life.

Lane't Lynn, 24, lifts her son London Velvaz, 1 1/2, as she and daughter Kalaya Warren, 3, move out of Americas Best Value Inn back into their car in Sacramento on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. They spent the last few days in the hotel and were headed to the welfare office to see if they could be reimbursed to stay more days in another hotel. Sacramento leads U.S. in homeless families sleeping outside.