From military coups to supply chain woes and new tech, the world continued to see significant changes in 2021. The year began in shocking fashion with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in Washington, while the climate crisis remained front of mind and tensions in Asia grew ever more severe.
Afghan people sit inside a U.S. military aircraft in Kabul on Aug. 19, after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. | AFP-JIJI
Actress Paing Phyoe Thu holds up the three-finger salute, a symbol from the "Hunger Games" series, on Feb. 17 during one of many protests in Yangon, Myanmar, against a military coup that swelled to hundreds of thousands of people in a few days. | The New York Times
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