2021 Spot News
First Place - 2021 Spot News
Police with guns drawn watch as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press
Second Place - 2021 Spot News
A Capitol Hill Police officer sprays pepper spray as rioter breaks through a window on the ground floor of the U.S Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images
Third Place - 2021 Spot News
A Palestinian man carries a dead child taken out of the rubble of a destroyed residential building following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The Israeli airstrikes flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.
Khalil Hamra / Associated Press
Honorable Mention - 2021 Spot News
Madrid Emergency Service (SUMMA) UVI-3 unit's Dr Navid Behzadi Koochani treats a patient inside his home during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, March 2, 2021. "These are situations that affect you emotionally... You're there the next day thinking over how fragile life really is and, on the other hand, how lucky we are to be alive," said Behzadi.
Juan Medina / Reuters
Honorable Mention - 2021 Spot News
Lawmakers evacuate the floor as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press