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For billions of people around the world, January the 1st, 2020 like a great day. It the start of a year that like science fiction - 2020. Many people great hopes for the year ahead. Few what a rollercoaster ride 2020 would be and how the world would . The year has been by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has hundreds of thousands of deaths, economic chaos, lockdowns and masked populations. Another huge event was the death of George Floyd at the hands of U.S. police in July. This the Black Lives Matter movement and global protests. The year ended with Joe Biden voted in as the President-elect of the USA.

Different people will different memories of 2020. Our reporters people around the world to tell us what they will remember 2020 for. Ahmed Hussein from Lebanon said he would never the massive explosion at a Beirut port in August that at least 190 people. He said he God none of his family or friends were hurt, but was sad at the destruction of his city. Lucy Baxter, a nurse in the UK, said her happiest moment with the news of the vaccines for COVID-19. She said she could light at the end of a long and dark tunnel. Ayumi Miyamoto of Japan was by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics but is happy they will ahead in 2021. She said 2021 would a good year.