Images of the pandemic year show how people in New York, across the U.S. and around the world experienced shutdown, quarantine and the slivers of hope that emerged with the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines.
Along the way, mask-wearing and other prevention practices became politicized, protests against police killings rang out nationwide and Americans voted by a variety of means in an historic presidential election.
NYCity News Service journalists captured these scenes month by month, from March to March.
Photo editor Leonardo March