[MUSIC PLAYING]
SPEAKER 1: A montage captures a retrospective showcase
of images and videos from around the world throughout the year
2021.
Outside a clinic in the Philippines,
two health care workers in full personal protective equipment
sit on the concrete.
Their expressions are heavy with exhaustion.
Afghan refugees alight from a passenger jet.
A crowd is there to greet them.
Caption-- this year more than ever the world searched.
SPEAKER 2: This year has been extremely challenging for me.
SPEAKER 1: In a Google Search box, how to heal
is translated into different languages.
In Mexico City, a woman looks at a memorial wall.
In an urban concrete playground, a man
in a face shield and PPE sprays play equipment
with disinfectant in Bangkok, Thailand.
Next, a firefighter watches a raging inferno
engulf a forest in Russia.
SPEAKER 2: I am broken.
SPEAKER 1: At the National Mall in Washington, DC,
a woman sits on a bench, gazing out
across fields of small white flags
memorializing citizens who have died of COVID-19.
In a video post, the speaker sheds tears.
SPEAKER 2: And I am healing.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to honor someone.
Near a Brazilian seaside, a man in PPE
strolls amid weight flags pegged to rows of string.
Next, at a stone monument in London,
a woman draws a heart in red marker
alongside countless others.
SPEAKER 3: I'm here at the memorial wall
because I wanted to do something to remember my mom.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- will there be another lockdown?
On an otherwise deserted city thoroughfare,
two individuals cross the street.
Next, a man wearing a COVID mask wanders
past a red wall that reads, "Hang in there, Sydney,"
in bold white paint.
Now a white dog with black spots peers out
of an apartment window.
The speaker is a health care worker.
In her car, she adjusts her surgical cap
as she records a social media post.
SPEAKER 4: For some reason, I'm having anxiety.
Obviously, it's normal with everything
that's going on right now.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to take care of your mental health.
At a US Open press conference, tennis star Naomi Osaka
fights back tears.
Her visor is pulled low on her forehead
as she touches the bridge of her nose with both hands.
NAOMI OSAKA: I think I'm going to take a break for a while.
SPEAKER 5: You can get through it.
And if you can get through it, there's
a greater reward on the other side.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to stay strong.
At the Tokyo Olympics, American gymnast Simone Biles
prepares for a routine.
Caption-- when can I get the vaccine?
Images show citizens from around the world
getting their COVID-19 vaccinations
and showing off their arms.
SPEAKER 6: Just like anybody else,
I'm just trying to do my little part to try and save
my community.
SPEAKER 7: Ta-da.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to be resilient.
A mechanic raises the garage door of their shop,
and a woman stick an open flag in a post on their Mississippi
Mud Pottery store.
SPEAKER 8: I'm just really excited we're back open.
SPEAKER 9: And I am smiling under my mask.
SPEAKER 10: The critical scenes of the day the fans came back.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to make a comeback.
A player runs across the field in a soccer stadium.
Two soccer coaches embrace.
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: Welcome back to the theater.
SPEAKER 1: On a stage, Lin-Manuel Miranda,
lit by a spotlight, holds his hand to his chest.
Now fireworks erupt in the night sky.
At a massive outdoor festival, pop superstar Billie Eilish
ignites the crowd.
BILLIE EILISH: You guys, it's been so long.
SPEAKER 1: Next, the K-pop group BTS
breaks into a synchronized dance routine.
Caption-- how to be yourself.
Actor Elliot Page poses in a black blazer
with a green rose in the lapel.
Next, he gives an interview.
ELLIOT PAGE: You're looking at yourself in the mirror,
and you're just like, there I am.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- what is my purpose.
Louisiana teen Ziala Avant Garde is showered with confetti
upon becoming the first African-American
to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Next, 13-year-old Wago Yui performs
in the opening ceremony for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
South Korean actor Yuh-Jung Youn acknowledges the crowd
with her Oscar for actress in a supporting role.
Now 18-year-old tennis player Emma Raducanu
holds her head in elated disbelief
as she becomes the US Open champion.
African-American actor Michael K. Williams
makes an impassioned speech as he accepts the Made in New York
Award at the IFP Gotham Awards.
MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS: Be your best.
Never, ever, ever stop dreaming.
I don't care what they tell you.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to move forward.
In a residential neighborhood, a dense crowd of demonstrators
fill the streets.
SPEAKER 11: We, the jury, in the above-entitled matter,
as to count three, find the defendant guilty.
SPEAKER 1: People embrace.
Caption-- stop Asian hate.
Protesters march down a city street
during an anti-racism march.
Actress Sandra Oh addresses the crowd.
A demonstrator hoists a poster that
reads, "Protect Asian Lives."
SANDRA OH: I am proud to be Asian.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to use my voice.
Samoan Briana Frelund gives a speech
at the 2021 United Nations climate change
conference in the UK.
BRIANA FRELUND: We are not drowning.
We are fighting.
VANESSA NAKATE: We cannot keep quiet about climate injustice.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to help our planet.
The Earth's curvature glows against the darkness
of outer space.
People take part in a reforestation effort in Kenya.
Uganda climate activist Vanessa Nakate speaks.
VANESSA NAKATE: No action is too small.
SPEAKER 12: We just have to band together as a community
and give people's lives back.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- ways to help your community.
Soldiers in uniform send boxes of food
along a makeshift conveyor belt. Next,
citizens wave to a passing fire truck.
Caption-- when can I visit my family?
At a front door, a woman greets her adult son
with a loving embrace.
A health care worker jumps into the arms
of a woman in a military uniform.
In a joyful reunion, a man hops excitedly
and hugs a family member.
Poet Amanda Gorman recites "The Hill We Climb".
At a memorial, a young daughter wipes the tears
of her grief-stricken mother.
Then the Linda Lindas perform in a public library in LA.
AMANDA GORMAN: Even as we grieved, we grew.
That even as we hurt, we hoped that even as we tired,
we tried, that we'll forever be tied together victorious.
SPEAKER 1: Caption-- how to be hopeful.
At Subaru Park Soccer Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania,
professional female soccer players
link arms on the pitch in a show of solidarity.
In a scene from the TV show "Ted Lasso",
the main character points up at a blue and yellow sign
posted above the door frame that reads, "Believe."
Next, fireworks light up in Taipei.
A brilliant light show ushers in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Now a series of videos captures emotional airport reunions.
A young weeping mother with her baby in her arms
is embraced by her own mother.
Caption-- to everyone fighting to come back stronger,
search on.
Google.
yearinsearch.google.