Even amidst stay-at-home orders and restricted mobility, the photographers commissioned for stories this year were able to connect us with events around the world.
![Comcrop worker harvesting greens](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ND20_singapore_06518-web.jpg?w=3000)
ZAKARIA ZAINAL
![](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ND20_nuclear_plant_0011-web.jpg?w=2665)
SPENCER LOWELL
![Climate migrant with suitcase](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SN_3-sa.jpg?w=2400)
SUSHAVAN NANDY
![photograph of two protestor arms holding up smartphones in the night](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DSC_0684.jpg?w=2997)
PHILIP KEITH
![](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ma20cover-formag-4.jpg?w=1465)
![JF20 cover](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/JF20_cover.jpg?w=1471)
![](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/SO20_manufacturing_turn1-web.jpg?w=2915)
MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER
![Jiwei Li and Deb Raji](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TR35-Vintiner-eoy1.jpg?w=3000)
DAVID VINTINER
![VertiVegies worker inspects plants](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ND20_singapore_01219-web.jpg?w=3000)
ZAKARIA ZAINAL