The clock at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland, traditionally runs three minutes fast and is set back to match Greenwich Mean Time only on Dec. 31. This year, it will keep running fast.
The pandemic and its many travel restrictions haven't stopped thousands of migrants from attempting the dangerous trip across the Mediterranean Sea this year. More than 1,000 have died at sea.
Many expected the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, to continue growing stronger, but the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the far-right party's deep internal divisions.
Neither the pandemic nor a brutal crackdown could silence the women behind the opposition movement in Belarus. Protests continue despite key opposition leaders being jailed or forced into exile.
Bajaj started walking around Limerick four years ago to lose weight. He obeys pandemic rules and still gets in a walk. Since taking up walking, his miles add up to the circumference of the planet.
President Trump signs into law the coronavirus relief and spending package. Nashville investigators identify the Christmas Day bomber. Plus, the EU launches its first round of COVID-19 vaccinations.
For the first time, a food stall has been excavated in its entirety in the city. The stall had remnants of 2,000-year-old food — giving researchers a glimpse into Pompeii street food.
Even as the European Union began vaccine rollouts on Sunday, nations around the globe are instituting severe lockdowns and travel restrictions. Fear of the U.K. variant is a key reason.