XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021: WORLD NEWS (Part 2)
Refrigerated trailers are seen at a temporary morgue in Brooklyn, New York, the United States, June 15, 2021. The United States has recorded more than 54.3 million COVID-19 cases with over 824,300 related deaths as of Dec. 31, 2021, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Photo taken on June 22, 2021 shows the construction site of the Peljesac Bridge near Komarna, Croatia. The final piece of steel box girder for the Peljesac Bridge in southern Croatia was lifted and welded with the main structure on July 28, 2021. (Photo by Grgo Jelavic/Xinhua)
Photo released by the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue shows a partially collapsed residential building in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the United States, June 24, 2021. A total of 98 people were killed in the collapse. (Miami-Dade Fire Rescue/Handout via Xinhua)
The National COVID Memorial Wall drawn with red hearts and messages is pictured in London, Britain, Aug. 9, 2021. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
People cool off in the mist garden near the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York, the United States, Aug. 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Students sit on the ground inside a half-collapsed building at Shuhada-Alwahdah School in Al-Radhmah district of Ibb province, Yemen, Aug. 14, 2021. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2021 shows a damaged building after an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti. On Aug. 14, 2021, Haiti was hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever to hit the country, leaving more than 2,200 dead. (Photo by Katherine Hernandez/Xinhua)
People gather at the Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. The Afghan Taliban entered and took control of the capital of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021. (Xinhua)
A Chinese soldier carries a coffin containing remains of Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs killed in the 1950-53 Korean War during a repatriation ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Sept. 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)
Vehicles are submerged on a waterlogged road in New York, the United States, Sept. 2, 2021. Hurricane Ida brought torrential rain and heavy flooding to the U.S. Northeast region. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2021 shows COVID-19 vaccines on the production line of a factory of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) in Giza, Egypt. In April 2021, VACSERA inked a deal with the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech on creating a joint venture with a capacity of producing 2 million doses of vaccine per week. On July 18, 2021, the venture celebrated the production of the first 1 million doses of Sinovac vaccine. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (C) attends the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for a COVID-19 vaccine production factory in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 9, 2021. Construction of the first Chinese COVID-19 vaccine production facility in Europe started in Serbia on Sept. 9, 2021. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)
An aircraft of the Mexican Air Force performs during a military parade in celebration of Mexico's Independence Day in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2021. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)
Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2021 from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico shows immigrants attempting to cross the river Rio Bravo on the border between Mexico and the United States. (Xinhua)
The wrapped Arc de Triomphe is seen in Paris, France, Sept. 21, 2021. The wrapping was conceived by late Bulgarian-born artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
Angela Merkel greets supporters during an election rally of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for Germany's federal elections in Stralsund, northern Germany, Sept. 21, 2021. Olaf Scholz from Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) was sworn in on Dec. 8 as the new Federal Chancellor, taking the baton from his predecessor Angela Merkel who bowed out from the political stage after a 16-year run. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)
Photo taken on Sept. 23, 2021 shows the scene of volcanic eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2021 shows the opening ceremony of the Expo 2020 Dubai in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. (Xinhua)
Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2021 shows the vases of flowers installed to memorize gun violence victims at the Battery Park in New York, the United States. According to the organizers, 1,050 vases of flowers, which represent the number of people in New York State who died from gun violence in 2020, were installed at the gun violence memorial, aiming to inspire people to fight against gun violence. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Photo taken on Oct. 13, 2021 shows flowers at Atacama desert in north Chile. (Photo by Victor Auvelez/Xinhua)
The Lane Xang electric multiple unit train passes by the China-Laos borderline inside a tunnel, Oct. 15, 2021. The 1,035-km China-Laos Railway started operation on Dec. 3, 2021. (Photo by Cao Anning/Xinhua)
The first customer (R, front) of the newly opened Huawei flagship store in Vienna of Austria shows newly-bought goods on Oct. 20, 2021. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)
Military vessels of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy take part in a joint cruise following the joint Chinese-Russian naval drill "Joint Sea-2021" on Oct. 23, 2021. The joint naval exercise began on Oct. 14, 2021 and concluded on Oct. 23, 2021. (Photo by Sun Jingang/Xinhua)
Containers are seen at the Port of Baltimore in Maryland, the United States, Oct. 26, 2021. Trade protectionism has gathered steam against the backdrop of the pandemic, disrupting global supply chains. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
Artists perform during the "acrobat and dance" show organized by the Kenya Cultural Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 27, 2021. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)
A bus with Delta as its "terminal" is seen on the street in Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 5, 2021. Since November 2021, Europe has been once again at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Delta variant represented the vast majority of COVID-19 cases. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square following a march as part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice in London, Britain, Nov. 6, 2021. The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) was held from Oct. 31, 2021 to Nov. 12, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
Children are seen at a refugee camp near the Belarusian-Polish border in Belarus, Nov. 14, 2021. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2021 shows the exterior view of the National Wrestling Arena in Dakar, Senegal. The arena, the first modern one in Africa, is the largest aid project China has carried out in Senegal. (Xinhua/Li Yan)
Vehicles are seen near the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, Nov. 23, 2021.
The U.S. Department of Energy will make available releases of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the White House said on Nov. 23, 2021.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, have pledged to stick to the plan to increase oil production by 400,000 barrels per day in January 2022. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)
A reopening ceremony of the Avenue of Sphinxes is held in Luxor, Egypt, Nov. 25, 2021, after years of renovation works. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Photomontage taken on Nov. 26, 2021 shows a trail of China's space station over the Bent Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. China launched the spaceship Shenzhou-13 on Oct. 16, 2021. The three astronauts aboard will stay in orbit for six months during the country's longest-ever crewed mission. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
Passengers walk at the Michurinsky Prospekt station of the Moscow Metro in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 7, 2021. The Michurinsky Prospekt station, "a new landmark for Sino-Russian friendship" as China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) put it, features Chinese elements such as red pillars, patterns of Chinese character "shou" meaning longevity, and auspicious clouds. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows damaged houses in Mayfield, Kentucky, the United States. Over 30 tornadoes ripped through six central U.S. states from Dec. 10 to 11, 2021, killing at least 88 people. (Photo by Angie Yu/Xinhua)■
