2019 THE YEAR IN PHOTOS A look at the people, places and events that captured our attention through the lenses of Associated Press photographers
ANDREW HARNIK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Donald Trump turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California while Vice President Mike Pence watches as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5.
Top AP photos of 2019 range from the
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urs is a world of sweeping vistas, and intimate scenes. In 2019, Associated Press photographers captured both. A single Border Protection officer stands in the rain at the border. Pieces of heavy equipment, replacing a stretch of border wall, are dwarfed by the open, blue sky. Hordes of Hong Kong activists, umbrellas in hand, are glimpsed through a window framed by tattered posters. A police water cannon, seen from above, sprays scores of Chilean demonstrators. The scale of some images is breathtaking. Trails of rockets light the night sky over Sederot, Israel. A drone’s eye view tracks the dividing line between lush Amazon jungle on one side of a road, and burnt ruins on the other. Sometimes, the focus is even tighter, like the full-frame face of a silverback gorilla, peering intently into the camera. Or the wrinkled, 88-year-old woman in Blaj, Romania — just one eye in the picture, gazing forward as she awaits Pope Francis’ arrival. In their eyes, the photographers find vistas.
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The Associated Press selected 150 of its top images in 2019, including photos from national and international sporting events, the entertainment industry, U.S. politics and other national news events. The package also includes snapshots from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, South America and Africa. Visit our website and search “2019 in photos” to view the full collection of images. TOP RIGHT: A U.S. Border Protection officer stands in heavy rain near the border fence on Jan. 1 between San Diego, Calif., and Tijuana, Mexico. DANIEL OCHOA DE OLZA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOTTOM RIGHT: Anti-government protesters are seen through a window with peeled off posters in Hong Kong on Oct. 1. VINCENT YU, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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POLITICS, PAGE 5
ENTERTAINMENT, PAGE 6
SPORTS, PAGE 7
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BRANDON POLLOCK, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A honey bee covered in pollen works over a flower at the Cedar River Natural Resource Area near Washburn, Iowa, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.
BRANDON POLLOCK, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Hudson’s Ethan Fulcher is tackled by North Tama’s Luke Pennell as he tries to pull in a pass Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Hudson, Iowa.
BRANDON POLLOCK, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Dewdrops left by overnight fog cling to strands of spider web on wild grape vines this week in Waterloo.
KELLY WENZEL, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER KELLY WENZEL, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Brooks Boos, 4, whispers his Christmas wish into Chief Elf Kathy Merry’s bag during the Snowflake Express on Saturday morning.
Sandra Baas cries happy tears as she waits to take her seat in the McLeod Center for the College of Education Commencement Ceremony at UNI on Saturday morning. “I don’t want this to end,” Baas says.
KELLY WENZEL, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Jason Johnston sits and strums his guitar on his front porch in Waterloo on Wednesday evening. 00 1
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MATIAS DELACROIX, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A police water cannon sprays anti-government demonstrators in Valparaiso, Chile, on Oct. 26.
VADIM GHIRDA, ASSOCIATED PRESS ARIEL SCHALIT, ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel, on May 4.
Ana, an 88-year-old Greek Catholic, waits for the arrival of Pope Francis and the start of the Divine Liturgy and the beatification of seven martyred bishops of the Eastern-rite Romanian Catholic Church, in Blaj, Romania, on June 2.
VICTOR R. CAIVANO, ASSOCIATED PRESS FELIPE DANA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A silverback mountain gorilla named Segasira looks up as he lies under a tree in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, on Sept. 2.
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A lush forest thrives next to a field of charred trees in Vila Nova Samuel, Brazil, on Aug. 27. The fires that swept parts of the Amazon this year added to global worries about a warming climate, as well as the sense of urgency at the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations.
GREGORY BULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Workers replace sections of the border wall, left, with new sections, right, on Jan. 8, in Tijuana, Mexico.
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WONG MAYE-E, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Joshua K. Love gives a haircut to his nephew, Jintarius Turner Love, 7, at Love’s home in Greenwood, Miss., on June 8. Love never graduated from the Catholic grade school where he says he was sexually abused, and today he can’t read or write well enough to pass the state exam required for a barber’s license.
DAVID GOLDMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carol Dean, right, embraces Megan Anderson and her 18-month-old daughter, Madilyn, as Dean sifts through the debris of the home she shared with her husband, David Wayne Dean, who died when a tornado destroyed the house in Beauregard, Ala., on March 4. “He was my wedding gift,” said Dean of her husband, whom she married three years ago. “He was one in a million. He’d send me flowers to work just to let me know he loved me. He’d send me some of the biggest strawberries in the world. I’m not going to be the same,” she said.
NOAH BERGER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A firefighter sprays water while embers threaten a residence as the Hillside fire burns through San Bernardino, Calif., on Oct. 31.
DAVID J. PHILLIP, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tyler Holland guides his bike through the water as winds from Tropical Storm Barry push water from Lake Pontchartrain over the seawall in Mandeville, La., on July 13.
GREGORY BULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Floodlights from the U.S., left, illuminate multiple border walls, center, as traffic flows along a street in Tijuana, Mexico, on Jan. 7. 00 1
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POLITICS
President Donald Trump throws a hat as he arrives to speak at a Nov. 26 campaign rally in Sunrise, Fla. SUSAN WALSH, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAROLYN KASTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, right, arrives with her guest, Ana Maria Archila of New York, to hear President Donald Trump deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5.
ABOVE: People crowd around U.S. White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, back left, to take selfies with her at the end of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, or We-Fi, event sponsored by the World Bank Group on April 17 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She was there promoting a White House global economic program for women. JACQUELYN MARTIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEFT: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, stands beneath a painting of George Washington at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 10 as she and House Democratic committee chairs announce they are pushing ahead with two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — charging he corrupted the U.S. election process and endangered national security in his dealings with Ukraine. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
VICTORIA JONES, POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Queen Elizabeth II and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive with others through the East Gallery at Buckingham Palace in London ahead of the State Banquet on June 3. 00 1
BEBETO MATTHEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris of California meets with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, for lunch at Sylvia’s Restaurant in the Harlem neighborhood of New York on Feb. 21.
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ENTERTAINMENT
PETROS GIANNAKOURIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Singer Jessica Jung arrives at the opening ceremony and the premiere of the film “The Dead Don’t Die” at the 72nd international film festival in Cannes, France, on May 14.
FRANK AUGSTEIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ballet dancer Erin King of Ballet Central prepares to pose for photos at the Central School of Ballet in London on Feb. 20. The dancers were preparing for a photo-call inspired by the 1945 musical “Carousel” by Rodgers and Hammerstein from the Ballet Central 2019 tour.
JORDAN STRAUSS, INVISION VIA AP
Lady Gaga, winner of the Academy Award for best original song for “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born,” gets emotional in the press room during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 24.
ABOVE LEFT: A model wears a creation by Julien Macdonald at the Spring/Summer 2020 fashion week runway show in London on Sept. 16. VIANNEY LE CAER, INVISION VIA AP
ABOVE RIGHT: Singer Yola Carter poses in Nashville, Tennessee, on LEFT: Jury member Elle Fanning poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” at the 72nd international film festival in Cannes, France, on May 21. VIANNEY LE CAER, INVISION VIA AP
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MARK HUMPHREY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard (35) covers the puck during the third period of the team’s NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 12. The Red Wings won 3-2.
ABOVE: Megan Rapinoe, right, celebrates with Alex Morgan after Rapinoe scored the opening goal from the penalty spot during the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between the United States and The Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France, on July 7. The U.S. won 2-0. FRANCISCO SECO, ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOP RIGHT: Tiger Woods reacts after winning the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., on April 14. DAVID J. PHILLIP, ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOTTOM RIGHT: San Francisco 49ers offensive guard Mike Person walks on the sideline in the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins on Oct. 20 in Landover, Md. ALEX BRANDON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Serena Williams falls while attempting to return the ball to Alison Riske during a women’s quarterfinal match of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 9.
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CEDAR VALLEY NATURE
TOP LEFT: Fall colors paint a stand of sumac at the Cedar River Natural Resource Area near Washburn. TOP RIGHT: A yellow-bellied flycatcher works the trees along the Cedar River in Cedar Falls. LEFT: Mallard ducks swim across a pond near Big Woods Lake in Cedar Falls. BOTTOM LEFT: Raindrops cling to flowers at George Wyth State Park in Waterloo. BRANDON POLLOCK PHOTOS, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BOTTOM RIGHT: Butterflies fly around and land on flowers in the Grace Gardens of the Walnut Neighborhood in Waterloo. KELLY WENZEL, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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