More than 5,000 hours of work went into preparing for the show
This isn’t the first pandemic on Earth. And this wouldn’t be the last one either. Humanity has endured calamities and diseases that have wiped out billions of lives over centuries that homo sapiens can think back.
What makes it different this time is the camaraderie we were armed with in fighting the deadly pathogen. Coronavirus was just one of the disasters that befell us this year. There were wars. There were cyclones and tornadoes. There were famine and drought. For a moment, frailties of life weighed on us heavily, but we were quick to rise above our fears, ego and greed. Moment when humanity reinvented itself. We relearned to dream, hope, love, care, smile, empathise, and celebrate small things. We shall overcome, together.
Emely (left) is reunited with her mother Glenda Valdez and sister Zuri in Austin, Texas. It had been six years since Valdez said goodbye to her daughter Emely in Honduras when the girl made the trip alone to the US. Emely has been returned to her mother’s custody.
A healthcare worker attends to a patient in a field hospital for Covid-19 at Portimao in the Algarve region of Portugal.
Japanese musician Manami Ito, who is also a qualified nurse and former Paralympic swimmer, plays the violin using her prosthetic arm in Shizuoka.
Determination writ large on her face, a young Palestinian girl broods in front of her home damaged in Israeli bombardment in Gaza City.
When winter rains miseries on the Umm Jurn camp for the displaced in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib, these children are able to live the moment of exhilaration.
Relatives comfort each other during the cremation of a Covid-19 victim at the Old Seemapuri Cremation Ground in New Delhi, India.
An elderly person being administered the Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital in Prayagraj in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.
More than 5,000 hours of work went into preparing for the show
People feel safe and comfortable in Dubai, having easy access to all the possible services at any time of the day
The show at Sheikh Zayed Festival in Al Wathba features 2,022 drones
A total of 177,958kg of fireworks were used in coordination with 10,400 firing orders and 1,235 firing directions
The highlight of the highlights, without a doubt, was him welcoming his adorable twins — Sheikha and Rashid
With strict health, safety measures in place, the Emirate offers a reliable shield from the virus
Sheikh Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed wish prosperous New Year to leaders of friendly nations
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi extended New Year wishes to the nation