Harry Daniels, an attorney for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., mimics one of the shots fired by sheriff's deputies as he investigates the scene of the killing in front of a mural recently painted next to mud splattered by Brown's car as he tried to escape in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. May 1, 2021. Picture taken May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

Harry Daniels, an attorney for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., mimics one of the shots fired by sheriff's deputies as he investigates the scene of the killing in front of a mural recently painted next to mud splattered by Brown's car as he tried to escape in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. May 1, 2021. At right is Brown's classmate and friend Corneal Harris. Picture taken May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

Lydia Getter, a childhood friend of Andrew Brown Jr., looks at a mural in his honor painted next to mud splattered by Brown's car as he tried to escape from sheriff's deputies who killed him in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. May 1, 2021. Picture taken May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

Lydia Getter, a childhood friend of Andrew Brown Jr., looks at a mural in his honor painted next to mud splattered by Brown's car as he tried to escape from sheriff's deputies who killed him in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. May 1, 2021. Picture taken May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

A military personnel holds an escape suit believed to be from the sunken Indonesian Navy KRI Nanggala-402 submarine during a media conference at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Indonesia, April 25, 2021. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

Police officers patrol the streets, as Madrid's more relaxed COVID-19 policies attract European tourists who are escaping lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

Tourists dine outdoors, as Madrid's more relaxed COVID-19 policies attract European tourists who are escaping lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

Tourists are seen in the streets, as Madrid's more relaxed COVID-19 policies attract European tourists who are escaping lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

Tourists are seen in the streets, as Madrid's more relaxed COVID-19 policies are attracting European tourists who are escaping lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

A bus, believed to carry U.S. citizen Michael Taylor, suspected of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape to Lebanon, leaves Narita airport, following Taylors' extradition to Japanese prosecutors, in Chiba, Japan, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Two buses, believed to carry U.S. citizens Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor, who are suspected of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape to Lebanon, leave Narita airport, following Taylors' extradition to Japanese prosecutors, in Chiba, Japan, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man, believed to be U.S. citizen Michael Taylor, suspected of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape to Lebanon, is escorted by Japanese officers upon his arrival at Narita airport, following Taylors' extradition to Japanese prosecutors, in Chiba, Japan, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man, believed to be U.S. citizen Peter Taylor, suspected of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape to Lebanon, is escorted by Japanese officers upon his arrival at Narita airport, following Taylors' extradition to Japanese prosecutors, in Chiba, Japan, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man, believed to be U.S. citizen Michael Taylor, suspected of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape to Lebanon, is escorted by Japanese officers upon his arrival at Narita airport, following Taylors' extradition to Japanese prosecutors, in Chiba, Japan, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japanese officers get prepared to escort U.S. citizens Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor, suspected of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape to Lebanon, upon their arrival at Narita airport, following their extradition to Japanese Prosecutors, in Chiba, Japan, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A plane, believed to carry U.S. citizens Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor, who are suspected of helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape to Lebanon, arrive at Narita airport, following Taylors' extradition to Japanese prosecutors, in Chiba, Japan, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Turkish pilot Noyan Pasin and his lawyer Erem Yucel talk to the media after the final hearing of seven people charged over their alleged involvement in former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan to Lebanon via Istanbul, outside a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ezgi Erkoyun

Fathi Bashagha, Interior Minister of the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) speaks to Reuters after escaping an assassination attempt on him, in Tripoli, Libya, February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Fathi Bashagha, Interior Minister of the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) speaks to Reuters after escaping an assassination attempt on him, in Tripoli, Libya, February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Fathi Bashagha, Interior Minister of the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) speaks to Reuters after escaping an assassination attempt on him, in Tripoli, Libya, February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Fathi Bashagha, Interior Minister of the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) speaks to Reuters after escaping an assassination attempt on him, in Tripoli, Libya, February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Fathi Bashagha, Interior Minister of the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) speaks to Reuters after escaping an assassination attempt on him, in Tripoli, Libya, February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

The loss of life in the coronavirus pandemic has been uneven between Eastern and Western Europe, with eastern countries escaping the worst of the first wave that devastated the West.

The loss of life in the coronavirus pandemic has been uneven between Eastern and Western Europe, with eastern countries escaping the worst of the first wave that devastated the West.

The loss of life in the coronavirus pandemic has been uneven between Eastern and Western Europe, with eastern countries escaping the worst of the first wave that devastated the West.

Lee Ga-hyeon, 17, a high school student and a fan of the K-pop boyband BTS, poses for a photograph on a street in Cheonan, South Korea, December 16, 2020. Lee has a big wish for 2021 - to finally escape her bedroom in a city about 100 km (60 miles) from Seoul and see her pop idols BTS in person at a live event. "BTS is like a vitamin for me, but the coronavirus took it from me which made me really angry," said Lee. The pandemic forced BTS to cancel a world tour in 2020 that would have taken the seven-member band through Asia, Europe and the United States, and its New Year's Eve concert will be online. For Lee, there were no more trips to Seoul to see concerts and hang out with friends, and instead life has gone largely online, where South Korea's hyper-connectivity helped her host a YouTube channel showcasing BTS events from the past three years. It was a year that reminded her how special it was to have friends even though they remained apart. But it left her hoping that the new year will allow her to pursue her dream of studying mass communications and law at university. "Last year I spent a lot of time chatting with friends face-to-face on break time and lunch time, but I couldn't do it at all this year," said Lee. "I finally realized how precious that time was." REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEARCH "GEN-Z COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Turkish pilot Noyan Pasin chats with his lawyer Erem Yucel before a hearing of seven people charged over their alleged involvement in former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan to Lebanon via Istanbul, outside a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ezgi Erkoyun

Turkish pilot Noyan Pasin is pictured before a hearing of seven people charged over their alleged involvement in former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan to Lebanon via Istanbul, outside a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Bulent Usta

Muhammed Abubakar, a 15-year-old boy who escaped from men who kidnapped hundreds of students from his school, looks on in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Retired 747 pilot Yvonne Kershaw waves from an escape hatch on Boeing 747 jumbo G-VROY, named "Pretty Woman", being retired from passenger service by Virgin Atlantic Airways, before its redeployment as a freight and military carrier, in a maintenance hanger at Heathrow Airport, London, Britain, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Retired 747 pilot Yvonne Kershaw waves from an escape hatch on Boeing 747 jumbo G-VROY, named "Pretty Woman", being retired from passenger service by Virgin Atlantic Airways, before its redeployment as a freight and military carrier, in a maintenance hanger at Heathrow Airport, London, Britain, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of the missing Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit who was abducted earlier in the year by unknown gunmen in Phnom Penh where he had lived to escape criminal charges for criticising the former Thai junta, arrives a the court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Heng Mengheang

Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of the missing Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit who was abducted earlier in the year by unknown gunmen in Phnom Penh where he had lived to escape criminal charges for criticising the former Thai junta, arrives a the court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Heng Mengheang

Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of the missing Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit who was abducted earlier in the year by unknown gunmen in Phnom Penh where he had lived to escape criminal charges for criticising the former Thai junta, arrives a the court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Heng Mengheang

A view of a manhole cover near the Kwun Yam Temple in Hong Kong's Hung Hom district, leading to a network of sewers connected to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China, September 29, 2020. Hundreds of protesters trapped during the siege of PolyU last November used this network of sewers to escape, which volunteers like Dave, a diver, helped scout out. Picture taken September 29, 2020. REUTERS/James Pomfret To match Special Report HONGKONG-DEMOCRACY/ACTIVISTS

Dave, a diver, holds a reel of diving thread, similar to what he used during the November 2019 siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) when he dived into the submerged sewage system from Victoria Harbour to help scout a subterranean escape route from the campus, as he participates in a recent diving expedition in the waters off Hong Kong, China, in this undated image. REUTERS/Staff To match Special Report HONGKONG-DEMOCRACY/ACTIVISTS

Dave, a diver, participates in a recent diving expedition in the waters off Hong Kong, China, in this undated image. During the November 2019 siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Dave dived into the submerged sewage system from Hong Kong’s iconic Victoria Harbour, helping to scout a subterranean escape route from the campus. REUTERS/Staff To match Special Report HONGKONG-DEMOCRACY/ACTIVISTS

Dave, a diver, participates in a recent diving expedition in the waters off Hong Kong, China, in this undated image. During the November 2019 siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Dave dived into the submerged sewage system from Hong Kong's iconic Victoria Harbour, helping to scout a subterranean escape route from the campus. REUTERS/Staff To match Special Report HONGKONG-DEMOCRACY/ACTIVISTS

A canoeist paddles on the river Thames as a minibus escapes floodwater from the river bursting its banks at high tide in London, Britain, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Gino Verani, 87, looks outside the window, at his home in San Fiorano, Italy, February 23. 2020. Marzio Toniolo, Verani's grandson, who took the photo, said that Verani would often look outside the window to browse. That window, Toniolo said, represented his only escape route in moments when he could not get out, first due to the lockdown and then due to the worsening condition of his health. SEARCH "TONIOLO GRANDFATHER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Relatives wave to inmates of the Puente Grande maximum security prison while being transferred by bus to another facilities following the federal government's decision to close the prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

Relatives react after inmates of the Puente Grande maximum security prison were transferred by bus to another facilities following the federal government's decision to close the prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

Relatives wave to inmates of the Puente Grande maximum security prison while being transferred by bus to another facilities following the federal government's decision to close the prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

Relatives wave to inmates of the Puente Grande maximum security prison while being transferred by bus to another facilities following the federal government's decision to close the prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

Relatives react after inmates of the Puente Grande maximum security prison were transferred by bus to another facilities following the federal government's decision to close the prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

Relatives wave to inmates of the Puente Grande maximum security prison while being transferred by bus to another facilities following the federal government's decision to close the prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

A convoy of Mexico's federal forces escort a bus with inmates of the Puente Grande maximum security prison while being transferred to another facilities following the federal government's decision to close the prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

A general view shows the Puente Grande maximum security prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, as it's closing after a federal government's decision, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 29, 2020. Picture taken September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

A general view shows the Puente Grande maximum security prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, as it's closing after a federal government's decision, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 29, 2020. Picture taken September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

A convoy of Mexico's National Guard leaves the Puente Grande maximum security prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, as it's closing after a federal government's decision, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 29, 2020. Picture taken September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

A general view shows the Puente Grande maximum security prison, which gained notoriety after the escaping of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001, as it's closing after a federal government's decision, in El Salto, Jalisco state, Mexico September 29, 2020. Picture taken September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza

Steve Piersall helps remove a tree which fell onto a house in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., August 28, 2020. The residents of the home escaped injury. Image taken with a drone. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Workers Bobby Ore and Steve Piersall remove a tree which fell onto a house in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., August 28, 2020. The residents of the home escaped injury. Image taken with a drone. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A woman wears a mask reading "I want to escape COVID to democracy" during a rally to demand the Thai government to resign, to dissolve the parliament and to hold new elections under a revised constitution in Bangkok, Thailand August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A man is being escorted after he was detained when police raided a nightclub for hosting a party in violation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in which people were crushed to death or asphyxiated when they were trying to escape when police arrived to break up the event, in Lima, Peru, August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

A man is being tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after he was detained when police raided a nightclub for hosting a party in violation of COVID-19 restrictions and where people were crushed to death or asphyxiated when they were trying to escape when the police arrived, in Lima, Peru August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

A woman relaxes by the sea in Torvaianica, near Rome as people escape high temperatures that are expected to rise over the next few days, Italy August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane