The winners of the Historic Photographer of the Year Awards 2020 from triphistoric.com celebrate the places and cultural sites around the world that offer a window to the history that exists all around us. This year, restricted by Covid, photographers were called on to scour their photographic archive to share their imagery of those places that dominate our past. Here: The Brighton Palace Pier. (Photo by Michael Marsh/Historic Photographer of the Year 2020)

A dog jumps into the pool during the Flying Dogs competition in Kamnik, Slovenia, September 10, 2016. (Photo by Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters)

A cat sits in the flooding waters from Hurricane Matthew in downtown Nichols, South Carolina, October 10, 2016. (Photo by Randall Hill/Reuters)

Chinese women ride a bicycle together on a street September 10, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

A woman sorts tobacco leaves at the Cohiba cigar factory “El Laguito” in Havana September 10, 2012. (Photo by Desmond Boylan/Reuters)

Lightning strikes above Perch Rock Lighthouse in Merseyside, North West England on August 10, 2020. (Photo by Bav Media/The Sun)

Clowns pose for a picture during the International Clown Day in Guadalajara, Mexico, on December 10, 2019. (Photo by Ulises Ruiz/AFP Photo)

People dance in a park on a foggy day in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, China October 10, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)