Our world in pictures
Pictures of the Month
A man walks down an empty street in Nantes as the sun sets during the nationwide 18:00 curfew restrictions taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. February 4, 2021
Pigeons take flight in Columbus Circle during a snowstorm. New York, USA. February 1, 2021
A man skis through Times Square during a snowstorm. New York, USA. February 1, 2021
A man takes a picture with his smartphone while sitting on a bench at a the flooded bank of the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany
Groundhog Club handler holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 135th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, USA
Two women jump off a seawall as they photograph rough surf along Lynn Shore Reservation in the aftermath of a snowstorm in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. February 2, 2021
Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend a funeral procession for Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik in Jerusalem. January 31, 2021
Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion, turns 100 in Budapest, Hungary. January 4, 2021
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at the North Portico of the White House. January 20, 2021
Members of the public donate their blood in a medical centre set up in the City Hall of Toulouse, France, as part of the largest blood donation operation in France. January 21
Migrants bathe in a natural hot spring in Sarajevo's western suburb of Ilidza. January 21, 2021
Priest Cesar Magana blesses animals during the feast of St Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals, in Pamplona, northern Spain. January 17, 2021
Lava flows from Mount Merapi as seen from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. January 19, 2021
Men bathe in the icy water of the Lena River at Yakutsk, Russia, during a traditional Epiphany celebration. The outdoor temperature was around -56℃. January 19, 2021
A visitor takes a tour to one of the world's largest natural caves, in central Vietnam's Quang Binh province. January 19, 2021
Dozens of crocodiles are seen in an inactive farm in the Jordan Valley near the Israeli Petzael settlement in the West Bank. January 18, 2021
A man dressed as Santa Claus suspended from a cable car waves at visitors upon arrival to the Sugar Loaf mountain. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A horse rears up on the snow, at the Elmadag Ski Resort in Ankara after a snowfall. January 22, 2021
Medical workers from a COVID-19 intensive care unit pose wearing their personal protective equipment with photos of themselves printed on it to be recognised by patients
A long time exposure shows a murmuration of starlings flying over pine trees and the equestrian statue of King Vittorio Emanuele II as the night falls over Rome, Italy
An inflatable Santa Claus decorates a Christmas tree sale in Frankfurt, Germany with the buildings of the banking district in the background. December 19, 2020
The moon covers the sun during a solar eclipse in Piedra del Aguila, Argentina. December 14, 2020.
Medical staff members wearing protective outfits wait to give COVID-19 tests to the passengers arriving at Palermo harbour, Sicily, Italy. December 15, 2020
A woman waits for a Long Island Rail Road train during a snowstorm in the Queens borough of New York, USA
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A couple eat their lunch inside plexiglass protection designed by Christophe Gernigon at the H.A.N.D restaurant in Paris, France
The team at Chabert et Fils restaurant in Lyon on the first day of its reopening after COVID-19-related restrictions were eased
Disinfectant and a cloth on the bar in a restaurant, Lyon. The tables are cleaned after every client
Restaurant guests use social distancing devices made of rubber tubing as Fish Tales Bar and Grill opens for in person dining during the pandemic. Ocean City, Maryland
Friends greet each other with their feet, a gesture also know as the 'Wuhan Shake', as they meet for lunch at Markthalle Neun in Kreuzberg district. Berlin, Germany
Mannequins are placed to help to assure social distancing at a restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania
