View a pandemic atlas: How US compares to other countries in our fight to curb COVID-19

The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake.

On every continent, households have felt its devastation. But each nation has its own story of how it coped. The following charts assess how the 13 countries have weathered the pandemic — and where the case counts of those nations stand on the cusp of year two of the contagion.