From Mexico to Afghanistan, a review of the migrant and refugee crises that marked the world.
The catastrophes that made the effects of climate change visible.
How 2021 showed us that social media can cause real and tangible harm.
Also, the highlights of sport and culture to close 2021.
Here's what you need to know to start the day.
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The 10 most shocking stories of the year
2021 was a year determined by the world's fight against covid-19 and progress in health and economic recovery, but in a world still in a pandemic.
The vaccination set the news beat.
But it was a turbulent 12 months beyond the coronavirus, beginning with an unprecedented insurrection, with the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, the details of which are still being investigated.
In June, in Surfside in South Miami, a building collapsed, killing dozens.
The most impressive videos of the year
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The most impressive images that 2021 left us
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Some of the most important news of 2021 for Latin America
A year that saw massive protests in several countries, as well as political changes and some tragedies such as what happened in Mexico, with the fall of a section of line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.
In Argentina, the ruling party lost the legislative elections.
In Chile, the change of the Pinochet Constitution began and a new president was elected.
In Cuba there were historical marches in favor of freedom.
And in Haiti they assassinated President Jovenel Moïse.
Take a look at the highlights of the region.
What was the most searched on Google this year?
Discover the trends 1:56
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The world's biggest migrant and refugee crises
From the crowds under a bridge on the US-Mexico border and Venezuelans walking through Latin America to the migrant camps in Belarus and the efforts to relocate thousands of Afghans after the end of a 20-year war, 2021 was a year marked by migratory crises.
Afghanistan came to the end of an era this year, but what's next?
The reality of giving birth in Mexico as a migrant 3:16
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Fires, floods ... the main climatic and meteorological stories
The climate crisis took a catastrophic toll around the world in 2021. From the Arctic to Louisiana to China's Henan province, signs that climate change is already altering our climate were everywhere.
The most expensive natural disasters of 2021 1:06
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The La Palma volcano captured the world's attention in 2021: the lava left destruction and chaos
The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma erupted from September to December 25.
It left thousands of people displaced, destroyed hundreds of hectares and buried the surrounding places with ash, turning some places into great deserts.
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Drone enters the interior of the volcano's crater and shows how it closes 0:44
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How much do you know about 2021?
Take this test and put your knowledge of what happened this year to the test
2021 was the year of vaccines, of the search for economic reactivation, of the insurrection in the United States and of several elections in Latin America.
Answer these questions and show that you were informed throughout the year.
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The best finds of the year
We are often drawn to rare finds in unexpected places, as well as archaeological excavations that make history and shed light on humanity's past.
This year there were no mysterious monoliths in the desert to keep us on our toes, but there were some incredible finds, as tiny as an insect trail on a famous work of art and as grand as an entire city.
Here, art and design discoveries Also look at discoveries about humans who lived centuries ago and new species discovered.
Humans arrived in America earlier than expected 0:47
Best of 2021 in sports
Brazilian and English clubs dominated the soccer world in 2021;
the Tokyo 2020 games were atypical Olympics, impossible to forget;
and look at the new champions who took America's sports by storm.
The Latin figures of Tokyo 2020 3:30
The year in technology
This year it showed that its platforms, especially Facebook and Instagram, can cause tangible, real damage, and its mechanisms are designed so that getting out is not easy.
Also read: What is it and how will we interact in that metaverse?
Also look at the news and protagonists who captured the attention on Google.
And don't miss out on seeing the biggest tech failures of 2021.
Find out what the metaverse is, what comes on Facebook 1:46
The best books of 2021, according to global trendsetters
To help you navigate this year's books, influential trendsetters share their favorite readings from 2021.
The figure of the year
+5 million
Since November, the world passed the death toll of 5 million from covid-19.
Look here for the other most important figures of the year.
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The date of the year
"Things are getting much worse (...) We are definitely facing natural ravages and deterioration in all ecosystems much worse than we imagined five years ago"
Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, comments on the successes and failures of COP26 in 2021.
Figueres: We are in time to build a healthy planet 1:44
Day selection
15 book options to start 2022 reading more
Is one of your resolutions in 2022 to read more?
These are some options to start the year reading.
And to finish...
The stories that made us smile in 2021
Amid the devastation and death we reported some inspiring stories, which throughout the year showed us that all is not lost.
They even briefly took the focus away from the discouraging news and events surrounding COVID-19.
Here we leave you the 10 stories that made us smile this 2021.
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