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New Year's Eve celebrations around the world

World

Photos: Muted celebrations ring in new year around the world

Revelers around the world bid farewell to another year marred by the pandemic.

Illustration of NBC News illustrations and photographs from 2021.

Specials

The standouts: A year of illustrations and photography at NBC News

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year shortlist captures tender moments amid nature's brutality

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Seth Wenig / AP

U.S. news

Blue skies as the 95th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade returns

Jen and Molly in a photograph from Karen Marshall's "Between Girls."

Culture Matters

This photographer spent 30 years photographing the same group of friends

Gen. Colin Powell testifies before a Senate committee on his appointment as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sept. 20, 1993.

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From soldier to statesman: Colin Powell's life in pictures

Nikon Small World gallery.

Weird Science

Small world: See a louse leg and a rat embryo up close

NY: 20th Anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks at Ground Zero

Anthony Behar / Sipa USA via AP

Remembering 9/11

Photos: Remembering those lost 20 years ago on 9/11

People in front of New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral react with horror as they look down Fifth Ave towards the World Trade Center towers after planes crashed into their upper floors.

Marty Lederhandler / AP

Remembering 9/11

20 years ago: Looking back at 9/11 in pictures

Scenes in Kabul, Afghanistan, after the Taliban took over the city.

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World

Scaling walls, climbing a plane: Chaos in Kabul as Taliban take over

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World

Photos: A look back at the massive explosion that rocked Beirut

Belgium's Fanny Lecluyse competes in the Women's 100m Breaststroke at the Tokyo Games on July 25, 2021.

Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

Olympics

Photos: Tokyo Olympics Day Two

Image: Sailing - Olympics: Previews

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Olympics

Photos: Tokyo Olympics Day One

Image: Opening Ceremony - Olympics: Day 0

Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

Olympics

Photos: Spectacle endures at Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony

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Boris Roessler / dpa via AP

News

Photos: Floodwaters sweep through western Europe