20212021 IN PICTURESIN PICTURES
ABOVE
A crowd scatters as
animal rights activists
release a bear into
the wild in northern
Iraq in February
— only for it to turn
on its rescuersABOVE RIGHT
Overwhelmed by
flood debris, local
authorities in Belgium
turn a five-mile
stretch of motorway
near Liège into a
temporary dumpBELOW
Performers in a gala
show held in front of
President Xi in Beijing
on June 28 — to
celebrate the 100th
anniversary of China’s
GETTY IMAGES, REUTERS, AP, EYEVINE Communist Party