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又一年即将过去，让我们跟随这些年度照片，回顾2021的跌宕起伏。
Yohaness, from Eritrea, prays with other migrants as they arrive at the coast of Italy aboard the Spanish vessel Open Arms, on Jan. 4, 2021, after being rescued in the Mediterranean sea. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
1月4日，意大利海岸。来自厄立特里亚的约哈内斯正与其他移民一起祈祷，他们在地中海获救后，乘坐西班牙船只"张开双臂"抵达此处。
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
1月6日，华盛顿。特朗普的支持者试图冲破国会大厦的警察屏障，因为国会准备确认当选总统乔·拜登的胜利。
A farmer smokes a bidi, or hand-rolled cigarette, during a tractor rally to protest new farm laws in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, on Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
1月7日，印度新德里郊区，加济阿巴德。一名农民在拖拉机集会上抽着生卷烟，抗议新的农业法。
Shredded trees and the shells of homes lie half buried in mud near the Taal volcano almost a year after it erupted in Batangas province, a popular tourist destination just south of Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
1月10日，菲律宾首都马尼拉南部。距塔尔火山爆发一年后，一个著名旅游景点里，撕裂的树木与断壁残垣一同葬在灰白泥中。
A penguin swims in an enclosure housing gentoo and chinstrap penguins at Mexico City's Inbursa Aquarium on Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
1月13日，墨西哥城因布尔萨水族馆。一只企鹅在围栏里游泳。那里有巴布亚企鹅和帽带企鹅。
Plastic bottles and other garbage float in Potpecko lake near Priboj, in southwest Serbia, on Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
1月22日，塞尔维亚西南部。塑料瓶和其他各种各样的垃圾漂浮在普里博伊附近的波特科湖。
A train passes a railroad crossing that is surrounded by floodwaters from rain and melting snow in Nidderau near Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A horse is wrapped in plastic on a merry-go-round at a park open for business during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Jan. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
1月31日，乌拉圭，蒙得维的亚。在新冠疫情中开业的主题公园里，新到的旋转木马上的一匹小马还被塑料布包裹着。
Stephen Mudoga, 12, tries to chase away a swarm of locusts on his farm as he returns home from school, at Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya, on March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
3月17日，肯尼亚纳库鲁县，埃尔布根。12岁的斯蒂芬·穆多加在放学回家时试图赶走农场里的一群蝗虫。
Jen Ho Lee, a 76-year-old South Korean immigrant, poses in her apartment in Los Angeles on March 31, 2021, with a sign from a recent rally she attended in Koreatown against anti-Asian hate crimes. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
3月31日，洛杉矶。76岁的韩国移民李仁浩在她的公寓里摆出了这一标语。该标语来自她最近在韩国城参加的反对亚裔仇视犯罪的集会。
A protester takes cover behind a tree as the police use a water cannon to clear a group of people in the Bois de la Cambre park in Brussels, where they held an unauthorized gathering despite coronavirus restrictions on April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
4月2日，布鲁塞尔，坎布雷森林公园。当警察用高压水枪驱逐人群时，一名抗议者躲在树后。疫情限制下，他们仍在那里举行了一场未经授权的集会。
In this photo created with an in-camera multiple exposure, registered nurse Lisa Lampkin, part of the first group of nurses who had been treating coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit, stands for a photo in the empty COVID-19 ICU at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., on April 6, 2021.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
4月6日，加州米辛维耶霍市，普罗维登斯教会医院。注册护士丽莎·兰普金站在空荡荡的新冠重症监护室外用相机多次曝光，拍摄了这张照片。她是第一批在重症监护病房治疗冠状病毒患者的护士中的一员。
A funeral worker removes empty coffins that held remains that were later cremated at La Recoleta cemetery in Santiago, Chile, during the coronavirus pandemic, on April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
4月21日，智利圣地亚哥，拉雷科莱塔公墓。在新冠疫情期间，一名殡葬工人正在移走装有待火化遗体的棺材。
Yemeni fighters backed by the Saudi-led coalition ride on the back of an armored vehicle as they leave the front lines of Marib, Yemen, on June 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
6月19日，也门马里布前线。由沙特领导的也门战士乘坐在装甲车后部离开。
A voodoo pilgrim bathes in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers during an annual celebration in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, on July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man watches as a wildfire approaches Kochyli beach near the village of Limni, Greece, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Athens, on Aug. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Thodoris Nikolaou)
8月6日，雅典以北约160公里（100英里）的希腊利姆尼村附近。一名男子在观看一场野火逼近科奇利海滩。
People board a ferry to evacuate from Pefki village on Evia island north of Athens, Greece, on Aug. 8, 2021, as a wildfire devours pristine forests on the island and smoke and ash block out the sun. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
8月8日，雅典北部埃维亚岛的佩弗奇村，人们登上一艘渡轮准备撤离。那时野火吞噬了岛上的原始森林，烟雾和灰烬遮天蔽日。
A sculpture rests in front of a Grizzly Flats home destroyed by the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County, Calif., on Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
8月17日，加州埃尔多拉多县。被卡尔多山火烧毁的灰熊公寓住宅前，一座雕塑静静躺在地上。
Men place a coffin containing the remains of Francois Elmay into a tomb after recovering his body from the rubble of a home destroyed four days earlier by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Tobek, Haiti, on Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
8月18日，海地托贝克。人们从房屋废墟中找到弗朗索瓦·艾尔梅的尸体，装进棺材，放进坟墓。四天前，这里发生了7.2级地震。
Children jump over a puddle of water as they play during a rainstorm on a street in Barcelona, Spain, on Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
9月18日，西班牙巴塞罗那。一条街道上，孩子们在暴雨中玩耍时跳过水坑。
Laila poses for a photo on Sept. 27, 2021, as she plays in a poor neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, where hundreds of internally displaced people from the eastern part of the country have been living for years. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
9月27日，阿富汗喀布尔。小女孩莱拉在一个贫困社区玩耍，数百名来自阿富汗东部的流离失所者在那里生活多年。
A man carries a mannequin dressed as Superman ahead of a no confidence vote against Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu's government in Romania's parliament in Bucharest, on Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
10月5日，布加勒斯特。在罗马尼亚议会中，一名男子带着一个装扮成超人的人体模型进行不信任投票，反对罗马尼亚总理弗洛林·西图的政府。
Climbing assistant Lawrence Schultz ascends the Three Sisters sequoia tree during an Archangel Ancient Tree Archive expedition to plant sequoia seedlings, on Oct. 26, 2021, in Sequoia Crest, Calif. The group hopes to preserve the genetics of giant sequoias, once considered nearly fire-proof and now in jeopardy of being wiped out by increasingly intense wildfires. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
10月26日，加州红杉克雷斯特。登山助理劳伦斯·舒尔茨在一次大天使古树档案探险中攀登了三姐妹红杉树，他们希望保存巨型亮杉的基因。这种树曾经被认为具有抗火性，现在却面临着被日益增多的野火烧至灭绝的危险。
Hindu devotees leave after performing rituals on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India, on Nov. 10, 2021, during the Chhath Puja festival, held to thank the sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
11月10日，新德里，亚穆纳河畔。查斯普贾节期间，印度教的虔诚信徒们在举行宗教仪式后离开场地。在印度传统中，举行该节日是为了感谢太阳神维持地球生命。
Holocaust survivor Rivka Papo, 87, gets makeup applied during a special beauty pageant honoring Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem, on Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
11月16日，耶路撒冷。87岁的大屠杀幸存者里夫卡·帕波在一场纪念大屠杀幸存者的特别选美大赛上化妆。
重难点表达解释
shred v.to cut or tear sth into small pieces 切碎，撕碎（多用被动）
例:So we're gonna get this cabbage shredded.
cremate v. to burn a dead body, especially as part of a funeral ceremony 火化
例: She wants Chris to be cremated.
pristine adj. not developed or changed in any way; left in its original condition 未开发的；处于原始状态的
例: Humans take up83 percent of the Earth's land surface to live on, farm, mine or fish, leaving just a few areas pristine for wildlife, according to a new report recently.
fire-proof 耐火的，防火的
pageant n. a competition for young women in which their beauty, personal qualities and skills are judged 选美比赛
例: She was a contestant in this year's Miss America pageant.
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https://apnews.com/article/2021-top-photos-associated-press-d0b894e16a0f7759745c7888331c314b
文案 | 赵巍 肖敏瑜 刘铸 陈宇昕 陈瀚 余梓骞
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