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Photos: The Non-Pandemic Events That Helped Shape 2020 Around The World

In a year overshadowed by COVID-19, the world saw plenty of other significant developments. Here are some glimpses of the protests, conflicts — and efforts at peace — that helped define 2020.

Health workers from Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China, share an emotional embrace with their peers from a hospital in Jilin province at the Tianhe Airport. Colleagues who worked on the front lines together bid farewell as Wuhan lifted its coronavirus lockdown in April.

International Stories You Loved In 2020

The coronavirus, the rescue of an abused elephant, harassment of Black diplomats and the hunt for Nazi-looted instruments are some of the subjects of the year's most popular NPR international stories.

San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon made NBA history Wednesday, becoming the first woman to lead a team in the regular season. She's seen here talking to her players as they faced the Los Angeles Lakers at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Spurs' Becky Hammon Becomes First Woman To Act As Head Coach Of An NBA Team

"Obviously, it's a big deal. It's a substantial moment," Hammon said after the game. But she added it would have been nice to win.

International Stories You Loved In 2020

The coronavirus, the rescue of an abused elephant, harassment of Black diplomats and the hunt for Nazi-looted instruments are some of the subjects of the year's most popular NPR international stories.

Anti-abortion rights activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 5. The court's new conservative supermajority puts the fate of Roe v. Wade in doubt.

Supreme Court's New Supermajority: What It Means For Roe v. Wade

There are two schools of thought: either the right to abortion will be systemically hollowed out, leaving it a right on paper only, or Roe will be overturned.

Then-Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber Talks Priorities As California Secretary Of State

Dr. Shirley Weber talks about her nomination as California secretary of state and hopes for her successor.

Billy White, owner of Red Rose Tattoo in Zanesville, Ohio, will cover up people's previous racist tattoos. But first he ensures it reflects a genuine change in ideology. He's seen more interest in covering up tattoos this year than before.

As Statues Of America's Racist Past Were Removed This Year, So Were Tattoos

2020 saw an unprecedented number of statues and other symbols related to America's racist past removed. People with racist tattoos followed suit, by getting their tattoos covered up.

Dr. Gagandeep Kang, an infectious diseases researcher at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, says India has "dodged a bullet" in the pandemic.

Even With 10 Million COVID-19 Cases, A Doctor Says India 'Dodged A Bullet'

Dr. Gagandeep Kang says the pandemic's toll on India has been much less than what she had feared. She reflects on what the country has learned over the past few months.

You Might Be Ready To Forget 2020. This Film Reminds You Why You Shouldn't

2020 will be over soon. But director Tyler Jones says it's important that we take time to honor and amplify the lessons learned during this year of racial reckoning.

Nerissa Black works as a telemetry nurse at the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif. Since early December, she's been tasked with caring for six critically ill patients per shift instead of four.

California Is Overriding Its Limits On Nurse Workloads As COVID-19 Surges

The state has a law strictly regulating nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals. But the governor recently said hospitals could lift those limits in pandemic times, and nurses are crying foul.

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