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Our Favorite Global TikToks Of 2020: From A Handwashing Dance To A Literal Ice Box

As the clock ticks farewell to a terrible, horrible, very bad year, TikTok brought moments of joy. Here's what ticked the boxes for TikTok devotees.

Ambulances are parked outside the NHS Nightingale hospital at the Excel centre in east London on January 1, 2021. - London's Nightingale Hospital is ready to admit patients as hospitals in the capital struggle, the NHS has said. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 350,000

Health care workers are bracing for a deadly January, and President-elect Joe Biden cautioned that "the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough."

Pedro Pierluisi holds a press conference after being sworn in as Governor of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico on, August 2, 2019. - Puerto Rico's governor Ricardo Rossello stepped down as planned on August 2 after being pushed out of office by massive street protests. (Photo by Eric Rojas / AFP) (Photo credit should read ERIC ROJAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Puerto Rico Swears In A New Governor Who Inherits Multiple Crises

Pedro Pierluisi takes office amid the island's ongoing efforts to claw itself out of an economic crunch and recover from natural disasters.

Ashwani Sheoran, 37, stands for a portrait near a Walmart in Elkton, MD. on Monday, December 7, 2020. Sheoran worked as a Walmart pharmacist and allegedly witnessed how Walmart pharmacies failed to implement proper safeguards on prescribing of drugs like Oxycontin. When he spoke up, he was told to be quiet and was eventually let go from his job. Hannah Yoon for NPR

Former Walmart Pharmacists Say Company Ignored Red Flags As Opioid Sales Boomed

The giant retailer shipped billions of opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. An NPR investigation found employees warned company executives their stores were being used by "pill mill" doctors.

Norman G. Einspruch, 88, a cardiology patient at Jackson Memorial Hospital, receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center, in Miami, Florida on December 30, 2020. (Photo by Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP) (Photo by EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images)

COVID-19 Cases Surge In U.S. As Vaccinations Fall Below Government Predictions

Saturday's total of 299,087 new cases marks a new single-day high for the U.S. Meanwhile, vaccination campaigns are off to a disorganized start.

It All Comes Down To This — 2 Georgia Races That Will Determine Control Of The Senate

If Democrats pick up both seats in Tuesday's Georgia runoff elections, they will wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Republicans. If Republicans win one, though, they will retain it.

Grocery Store Opens In Longtime Binghamton Food Desert

"The opening of Greater Good Grocery ends a 25-year void that left thousands of North Side residents struggling to access healthy, affordable food for their families."

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging New Yorkers to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them. "This is not only an individual responsibility; it is a community obligation," he said.

Cuomo Won't Get Vaccine Until His Group's Turn In Black, Hispanic, Poor Communities

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said testing for COVID-19 was more readily available in richer, whiter communities in the state. He added: "This can't happen again, and it can't happen with this vaccine."

A line forms outside a COVID-19 testing clinic in Lower Manhattan. Long waits have created a business opportunity for line standers who used to queue up for others at Broadway shows and other major events.

In New York, Waiting For A COVID-19 Test Is A Business Opportunity

A business that traditionally provided line standers for Broadway shows and other events, now serves people who don't want to wait hours outside a health clinic.

Empire State Trail bridge along Onondaga Lake. ELLEN ABBOTT / WRVO PUBLIC MEDIA

750-Mile Empire State Trail Completed With ‘Iconic’ Bridge In Central New York

The Empire State Trail is now complete in New York state. It includes 750 miles of hiking and biking trails from New York City to Canada, and Albany to Buffalo.

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