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The image above of a potter in a workshop in Ahmedabad, India, arranging earthen lamps used to decorate homes and temples during Diwali, was captured by Amit Dave for Reuters.

He’s one of the travel photographers who, against the odds in 2020, managed to capture some of the beauty that the world has to offer.

Throughout the year, photographers across the globe have brought the world to us, while we’ve been cut off from the great ‘out there’.

Out of the thousands of photos the outlet considered, CNN has whittled them down to a few of their favourites.

We picked eight of those, to share with you.

Image: Celebrations for a three-day Los Krathong festival in Thailand, Mladen Antonov/Getty

Image: People walk through the 19th-century Bethesda Terrace in New York, Gary Hershorn/Getty

Image: The moon over the Venezuelan capital, Frederico Parra/Getty

Image: The new Museum of the Future in Dubai, Karim Sahib/Getty

Image: Restoration on the pulpitum at York Minster cathedral in the UK, Ian Forsyth/Getty

Image: Marigold flowers harvested ahead of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Prakash Mathema/Getty

Image: Newly discovered ancient sarcophagi in Egypt, Nariman El-Mofty/AP

Image: A man stands in the fog on a pier at Lake Ammersee in southern Germany, Christof Stache/Getty

Armchair travel at its best.

If that wasn’t enough photography to brighten your Monday, check out the talented people vying for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award.

I’m particularly fond of the photo of the Asian palm civet kitten.

[source:cnn]