Draped by her toddler son, a mother works from home while her daughter attends her first day of remote learning in Hastings on Hudson, New York, on September 8.
A monitor displays students learning remotely while others attend class in-person at a San Fransisco elementary school on October 5.
A chilid receives Halloween treats via a candy chute in New York Ciity.
On May 30 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, SpaceX launched the first U.S. astronauts into space from U.S. soil since 2011.
Christopher, Nicolas, and Jonathan Boys (along with their mom, Catherine) ride in one of more than 25 vehicles to say a socially distant "Happy Birthday" to now-eight-year-old Peyton Buss in Thousand Oaks, California.
A boy sits under a polling booth while his mom votes in Portland, Maine, on November 3.
Children have a socially distanced lunch at Woodland Elementary School in Milford, Massachusetts, on September 11.
Volunteer Minka Macaule, 14, feeds an injured koala joey at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park in Australia on January 8. Reports estimated that about three billion animals were affected by Australia's devastating wildfires.
Four-year-old Mason Wilkes poses in a Black Panther costume in front of a painting during a tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, who died of colon cancer on August 28.
A boy holds up a thank-you sign to medical staff and essential workers near New York City's NYU Langone Health Hospital on May 17.
Magellanic penguins Izzy and Darwin take a trip from their home at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium to visit dinosaurs at the Field Museum of Natural History in July, when both facilities were closed to visitors.
A boy plays with a basketball in Naples, Italy, in front of a mural of NBA star Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on January 26.
Nya Rhane Christian Sena walks down a makeshift red carpet in the parking of of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Boston. The ceremony was one of eight mini-graduations held by the school in June to keep students safe.
Mountain goats clop through empty streets of Llandudno, Wales, on March 31.
Let's end 2020 with something sure to make kids smile: a new animal discovery. Found in forests along Australia's east coast, the great glider was once thought to be a single species. But new DNA sequencing reported in November shows that the marsupial is actually three species. That means that scientists have discovered two new adorable animals.