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  From battling a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic to Taliban's Afghanistan takeover, 2021 was a turbulent year for the world. Beginning with a riot at the US Capitol, this bittersweet year went on to see a huge vaccination drive across the world that reinstated hope amid the darkness of the pandemic. Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra won gold in men's javelin throw event at Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games while Harnaaz Sandhu brought home the Miss Universe crown after 21 years. Meanwhile, the farmers' agitation against the Centre's farm laws yielded victory with the rollback of the legislations, ending their year-long protests. Here are the 10 most defining images of the year that 2021 was: US Capitol Violence Pro-Trump protesters on a rampage during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, at the Capitol Building in Washington on January 6, 2021. India's First Vaccine Consignment Leaves Serum Institute Of In...

  Beijing:  A lockdown of 13 million people in the Chinese city of Xian entered its seventh day on Wednesday, with many unable to leave their homes and virtually dependent on deliveries of necessities as new COVID-19 infections persisted. Xian reported 151 domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms for Tuesday, or nearly all of the 152 cases nationwide, bringing the total number of local Xian cases to nearly 1,000 during the Dec. 9-28 period. No cases of the Omicron variant have been announced in the city. While the Xian outbreak is small compared with outbreaks in many other places around the world, officials imposed tough curbs on travel within and leaving the city from Dec. 23, in line with Beijing's drive to immediately contain outbreaks as they appear. Since Monday, the Xian government has stopped granting permission to people seeking to leave their homes to buy essentials, as epidemic containment measures rose a notch. It said in-person shopping could be...