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The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.

Laura is blamed for at least 10 deaths, and it's estimated to have caused anywhere from $4 billion to $12 billion in damages. But officials and experts say the price tag could have been far worse.

Run by a South Korean woman, the Cosmos Karaoke Bar in Namie, Japan, is a haven for residents who've come back to live in a town that was evacuated and fell into decay after the 2011 nuclear disaster.

"This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfires in our state's history," Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said. Fires are burning more than 900,000 acres across the state.

Celebrations, milestones and daily routines happen whether we're ready or not, and the summer of 2020 was no different. As Americans sought relief in an ongoing pandemic, they got creative.

The Commitment March called for the same reforms that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. did 57 years ago.

Photographer Eric Lee finds his own childhood reflected in his multimedia project, "Where We're Really From." It explores growing up Asian American, through two young brothers, Henry and Hayle Pham.

Is it possible to hear the music of 2020 without getting lost in the noise? NPR Music's critic Ann Powers studies a year during which nearly everything about loving music was turned upside down.

Medical advances have reduced the infection fatality rate in the U.S. But experts warn that indoor gatherings, cold temperatures and pandemic fatigue augur dark months ahead.

Celebrations erupted in cities from Los Angeles to Boston, including in some of the cities pivotal to President-elect Joe Biden's victory.