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Staff Picks from 2020 By: IMB Staff December 22, 2020 Editor’s note: The Global Communications Team at IMB is responsible for creating the graphics, photos, videos and stories you see on IMB’s website and beyond. We hope you enjoy looking through some of our favorite content from this year. “This is a popular tourist spot in Prague, the Lennon Wall, where people go and write their message of love and take a selfie. I thought the picture of this wall sums up the year of 2020 pretty well. We have all been affected by COVID-19 in one way or another this year. Even the legendary singer w...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Sam James waves from the canopy of a blue gum towering over houses in the King St area of Timaru. It was brought down limb by limb, which were carefully lowered as they were cut and then put through a chipper to be taken away. While James climbs the trees, a ground person, Zack Wilson, guides them and watches for potential issues, while Smyth is the observer and back-up climber if needed. JOHN BISSET/Stuff The branches of the bluegum had to be lowered carefully to avoid hitting buildings. Smyth said while dropping a tall blue gum in an urban setting required care, it was ...

PM Ardern: Flattening curve wasn't enough for New Zealand December 16, 2020 (Mainichi Japan) New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is interviewed in her office at the parliament in Wellington on Dec. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Sam James) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambition, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. She said the target grew from an early realization...

Nick Perry New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is interviewed in her office at parliament in Wellington, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of almost every other nation: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambition, Prime Minister Ardern revealed Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press. She said the target grew from an early realization the nation’s health system simply couldn’t cope with a big outbreak.(AP Photo/Sam James) December 15...

Flattening the curve was ‘not sufficient’ for New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern says Ardern said the nation’s health system would not be able to cope with a big outbreak. By Press Association Wednesday 16 Dec 2020, 7:10 AM Dec 16th 2020, 7:10 AM 43,360 Views 35 Comments New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Wellington today. Image: Sam James Image: Sam James NEW ZEALAND’S ELIMINATION strategy for the coronavirus was driven as much b...