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2020 in pictures

Press pictures from around the Isle of Man documenting an unforgettable year.

February 16: waves and a rainbow at Castletown harbour in the aftermath of Storm Dennis.

HMS Prince of Wales, the second of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, spotted off the coast of the Isle of Man on February 20

The arrival of a new Shannon class RNLI lifeboat in Peel

Chief Minister Howard Quayle at a coronavirus daily briefing

Residents put Christmas lights up in their gardens to spread some cheer and goodwill as the coronavirus crisis escalated

Strand Street in Douglas is deserted during the Covid-19 lockdown

Community nurses from the Southern District Nursing Team photographed at Cregneash during the Covid-19 pandemic.

An emergency sitting of Tynwald is conducted remotely for the first time in the court's history on April 3, 2020

Members of the Isle of Man Constabulary gather outside Police Headquarters for a minute's silence in memory of a retired Police officer who died from Covid-19

May 29, 5.30am: an unofficial memorial service at the Mona's Queen anchor at Kallow Point in Port St Mary, 80 years to the minute since the ship was destroyed at Dunkirk.

Isle of Man Government coronavirus daily briefing for Thursday, June 4, with Chief Minister Howard Quayle and Health and Social Care Minister David Ashford

An evening eucharist at an empty St German's Cathedral in Peel, broadcast over the internet to the congregation during lockdown

June 9: more than 1,500 people took part in an anti-racism protest on Douglas Promenade in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

June 9: a nursing home in Douglas hosts socially-distant 'drive-in' visiting, giving residents a chance to see their families for the first time in 12 weeks.

June 9: a nursing home in Douglas hosts socially-distant 'drive-in' visiting, giving residents a chance to see their families for the first time in 12 weeks.

Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Gozney signs a proclamation of a State of Emergency on the Isle of Man due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Demolition work on Duke Street, Douglas.

July 6: crowds were asked not to gather at the annual Tynwald Day ceremony at St John's.

A sculpture of sea god Manannan watches over the annual Tynwald Day ceremony at St John's.

A display of noctilucent clouds in the early hours of July 11, seen from the Point of Ayre.

A display of noctilucent clouds in the early hours of July 11, seen from the Point of Ayre.

An assembly at Henry Bloom Noble school dedicated to the island's community response during the 2020 Covid-19 outbreak. Pictured is runner Christian Varley, who raised more than £100,000 for the Manx Solidarity Fund by completing 19 marathons in 19

National 18' dinghy 'Hurricane' wins the 2020 Isle of Man Dinghy Championship

During a national service of reflection, a candle is lit in memory of each of the 24 people who died in the Isle of Man in the first wave of Covid-19.

The Oie Houney winter fire festival on Peel beach.

The 2020 South Barrule Trail Race.

December 10: the funeral cortge for Hector Duff, who died aged 101, passes through Onchan.