The images of 2020 will remain fresh in our minds long after this year has ended. Grief, loneliness, resilience and joy — Covid-19 has tested us in ways we could scarcely have imagined just 12 months ago. Through it all, our photographers have chronicled these experiences, capturing the beauty, poignancy and inner strength of our nation. Powerfully sad image of respect shown to fallen Garda Horkan Mark Condren I'll never forget the night of June 17, 2020. About 1am I was woken by a text: A Garda has been shot and is in a critical state. I was shocked that this has happened again, not just as a photojournalist, but being part of a family who has had a long tradition with An Garda Síochána. My dad Larry served as a sergeant for 37 years in Cork, as did my Uncle Sean in Dublin. My wife, asleep beside me in that early morning, is a serving garda in Dublin.