Sights that would have been unthinkable back then have now become commonplace – queues outside supermarkets, rainbows in windows, boarded up restaurants and shoppers wearing masks.
We asked you for your pictures that sum up a year of restrictions, lockdowns and uncertainty.
Here are 11 of your images of a year many of us would rather forget.
9. Baking up a storm
Lorraine Blyth was one of many to embrace baking over lockdown - including making these delicious-looking homemade steak bakes. Photo: UGC
10. Lockdown skies
Colin Andrews took this picture of "clouds constantly changing" above his home. Photo: UGC
11. Daily exercise
Paul Beech shared this picture of a swimmer "alone but focused on the destination". Photo: UGC
12. Stay home, save lives
Benjamin Holm took this image of "the year spent at home". Photo: UGC
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