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1 January 2021

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Let us take you on a photographic journey of a challenging 2020. (Click to enlarge.)

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At Seven Mile Beach, the coast was clear. Someone had left a hand painted sign with a message for Cayman Islands residents. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay.

A Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officer stops a vehicle at a check point on Wednesday night during the daily hard curfew. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

After serving as the spot for fine dining in the eastern districts for nearly 30 years, the sun is setting on The Lighthouse restaurant in Breakers under the helm of long-time captain Giuseppe Gatta. Photo: Taneos Ramsay

A large sinkhole, and several others, appeared on Seven Mile Beach. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Electric scooters could be part of an integrated transport network - Photo: Stephen Clarke

High northeasterly winds on Sunday helped re-ignite a deep-seated fire at the George Town landfill, which then spread and built into one of the largest dump fires the Cayman Islands has seen. Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Smoke emits from the George Town landfill during March's blaze.

Tropical Storm Zeta brought rain and windy conditions to the island.

Surfers take to the waters of the South Sound on Saturday as high seas impacted Grand Cayman. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

2020 Miss Cayman Islands Universe Mariah Tibbetts

Visitors to Starfish Point have noted an increase in the number of starfish at the popular beach. Department of Environment deputy director Tim Austin says the decrease in foot traffic in the area could be why more starfish are coming closer to the shore.

Carolyn Powell has become a familiar face at the top right-hand corner of residents’ TV screens during the government’s COVID-19 press briefings. Photo: Taneos Ramsay

RFA Argus Wildcat helicopter that provided air cover over Cayman in the absence of the RCIPS choppers which were away for maintenance work. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Department of Environmental Health staff remove a derelict car from a site at Beach Bay on Monday. - Photos: Taneos Ramsay

The beacon tower had been used as a flight navigational aid for aircraft landing at Owen Roberts International Airport. It had replaced the airport’s original beacon that was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

Vanjae Ramgeet and Skylar Mack being led out of the courthouse on their way to prison after sentencing on 15 Dec. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Dozens of demonstrators gathered at Heroes Square for a peaceful protest against Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush. Photo Taneos Ramsay.

The Church of God Bodden Town building was sat unfinished for several now. Now a contractor has been hired to finish the project. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

This fireman offered a cheery smile as he sought donations.

The shoreline on Regal Beach has been washed away after recent storm weathers passing through the Cayman area. Photos: Taneos Ramsay

Tropical Storm Eta brought heavy rains, high winds and flooding to Cayman on 7 Nov. 2020. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Hazard Management Cayman Islands is asking motorists to stay off the streets tomorrow as flooding in expected in several areas. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Landscapers got back to work Monday as regulations began to be relaxed, but Premier Alden McLaughlin has warned that some could have that entitlement revoked if they break social distancing laws. Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Health care workers will be among the first to be vaccinated. Photo: Taneos Ramsay

School buses transport arriving passengers to government-monitored isolation units on Monday. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Divers enter the water to help waft sand from an 800-foot-long area that was impacted in an incident involving a tug and boat. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Initiatives like the Marriott's front office training program has attracted new local talent but work permits will still be needed, tourism leaders say.

51 reservists become Cayman’s first regiment platoon. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Heavy mid day downpour causes localised flooding in parts of George Town and Savannah. Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Scores of well-wishers, family and friends gathered for the final flight of the late Captain Robert Hamaty Friday at Owen Roberts International Airport.

During 2020, a series of Saharan dust clouds settled over the Cayman Islands, causing hazy conditions for more than a week. - Photo: File

The coastline at South Sound Dock was covered with sargassum. - Photo: Reshma Ragoonath

Cayman's public beaches and ironshore is reopened to the public. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Carmen Conolly's stall featured crafts, quilts and embroidery at Red Sky at Night.

Protesters stand to the side of the Glass House, the former Government Administration Building, on Friday. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Campaigners celebrate with Shirley Roulstone, second from right, after the judge's decision Wednesday. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Ailian Evans leads the Angels and Warriors Beach Walk, carrying a portrait of her son Nolan, who died in 2018 at the age of seven months. - Photo: Andrel Harris

A vendor chops fresh coconuts at the 5th annual Coco Fest at Pedro St. James. - Photo: Andrel Harris

The coronavirus crisis has strengthened the bonds between the Overseas Territories. One example is the joint venture to create an air bridge between the UK, Bermuda and Cayman.

Cayman's beaches were closed in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19

-Photo: Stephen Clarke

People line up outside Foster's Republix store in West Bay. The supermarket company announced that two of its staff at the West Bay store have tested positive for COVID-19. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Morning and evening rush-hours are continuing to frustrate commuters in Cayman. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Cayman’s oldest man, shoemaker and saxophonist Wellesley Howell, turned 105.

Captain Nicholas Nothnagel, of the National Helicopters in Trinidad, presenting Darren McLean with his First Officer bars.- Photo: Submitted

Chris Luijten holding a mangrove that was wrongfully trimmed at Prospect Point. Photo by: Carolina Lopez

This area of mangroves by Uncle Bob Road, West Bay, has been cleared. - Photo: Carolina Lopez

Phil Reed won the full marathon in a time of 3 hours, 4 minutes and 22 seconds. - Photos: Taneos Ramsay

A chainlink fence and thick shrubbery makes this clearly marked access point unpassable. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Passengers disembark from a British Airways flight from London, one of the first to arrive following the soft reopening of Cayman's borders on 1 Oct. – Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Staff at Foster's embracing life without masks. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

From left, Cayman Compass journalist Reshma Ragoonath, Governor's Office Policy Officer Simone Eade, RFA Argus TAG officer Lt. Christian Smith, Governor Martyn Roper and Capt. Philip Dennis RN, Commander of the UK Task Group in the Caribbean before the flyover on Friday. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

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