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Fireworks, group video calls and swimmers bracing cold Scottish waters - how 2021 began.

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 25 December and 1 January.

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around England.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this year.

Martin Bond says his 10-year project reveals the "normal side" of city life.

Images that defined the year a pandemic dominated the nation.

Dean Wilson is aiming to post 1,000 pictures of his "pebble of the day" discoveries.

A selection of some of the best images taken by agency photographers during the past year.

Farmer and writer James Rebanks explains how the coronavirus pandemic has affected him.

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 18 and 25 December.

Press Association photographers reflect on their best images from the past year.

An amateur photographer shares her passion for creating tiny scenes with food and model figures.

The photo shows the pair appearing to comfort one another in Australia.

Planets Jupiter and Saturn cross paths in the night sky, an event known as the great conjunction.

The lockdown hobby that became a photo-journal about London's theatre community.

These were the most popular England's Big Picture images on social media this year.

Snowy vistas from the early 1900s captured by a Barrow photographer and his sons are featured online.