NEW YORK (WABC) -- January 1, 2020 in Times Square set the scene for a year that started in the light. "It was the first time the Times had featured a picture of a same-sexed couple kissing on the front page of the paper," said Jeffrey Henson Scales, of the New York Times. But then 2020 was filled with so much darkness. "This year was particularly poignant because globally everyone was experiencing the same news event," Scales said. COVID-19 gripped the world. It was a grim scene in Queens on April 16th. Scales is part of the team at the New York Times that puts together the annual Year in Pictures.