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In Pictures: Cop26, Covid-19 and flying canines during 2021 in Scotland

A colourful round-up of the year’s major events in pictures.

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Thursday 30 December 2021 09:00 EST
Puppet Little Amal visits the green zone at Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow for the opening of the Gender Day event (Jane Barlow/PA)
Puppet Little Amal visits the green zone at Cop26 summit at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow for the opening of the Gender Day event (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

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It was an incredible year in Scotland as the world’s focus fell on Glasgow during the Cop26 climate summit as the country battled Covid.

Here are a selection of some of the most arresting images of the year.

The Scottish Parliamentary Election in May saw some familiar faces come and go.

The Covid-19 pandemic was an ever-present shadow over 2021.

Glasgow hosted the Cop26 climate conference, with politicians, protesters and activists all receiving a warm welcome.

Community spirit was always close to hand when truly needed…

The highs and lows continued in the sporting spectrum.

The Queen and her family took some solace in a return to the familiar sites and sounds of Scotland after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh

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