Thread: It's been a wretched year. A few inspirational highs and way too many devasting lows...many documented in pictures. These ones stood out for me. Starting with my favourite: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at The Endeavour Fund Awards in March - captured by @samhussein

Protester Patrick Hutchinson carries an injured counter-protester to safety, near Waterloo station during a Black Lives Matter protest in London, Britain, June 13, 2020. @REUTERS/ Dylan Martine

Margaret Keenan, 90, applauded by staff as she returned to her ward after she became the first person in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry @PA Jacob King

VE Day: 95-year-old Second World War veteran Signalman Eric Bradshaw, who is in isolation after testing positive for covid 19, at Anchor's Millfield care home in Oldham, Greater Manchester @Peter_J_Byrne @PA

The Duchess of Cambridge visits Baby Basics Sheffield (a volunteer project supporting families struggling to provide for their newborns) - to help unload a pallet of deliveries, before speaking with families about their experience of baby banks. @ChrisJack_Getty

Dominic Cummings leaving 10 Downing Street with a box, following reports that he was set to leave his position. @YuiMok /PA

Robyn Peoples (left) and Sharni Edwards, became the first couple to have same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland - on February 11 2020. Liam McBurney/PA

Captain Sir Thomas Moore receiving his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony at Windsor Castle @chrisJack_Getty

Beirut: Aerial shot of the damaged grain silo and the crater caused by the colossal explosion three days earlier - leaving scores of people dead or injured and causing devastation in the Lebanese capital. @AFP

Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury - WBC Heavyweight Title - The Grand Garden Arena at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States - February 22, 2020 Tyson Fury knocks down Deontay Wilder during the fight @REUTERS/ Steve Marcus

U.S. President Donald Trump speaking about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington LEAH MILLIS @Reuters

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife Jill, and Democratic 2020 U.S. vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her husband Doug, react after the news media announced that Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election JIM BOURG

Erica Daly, a District Nurse Team Leader at Mersey Care NHS, standing in front of the 'Liver Bird Wings', an artwork by Paul Curtis on a wall within Liverpool's Baltic Triangle. @Peter_J_Byrne / PA

Liverpool players celebrate with The Premier League trophy - following the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC at Anfield on July 22, 2020 in Liverpool, England Andrew Powell