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PATRICK KERKSTRA 2020 was a year like no other. For everyone of George Floyd in Minneapolis. We focused MANAGING EDITOR — including the photojournalists of our lenses on rising flames and toppling The Inquirer. statues, while billowing tear gas and escalating EVAN S. BENN tensions surrounded us. In October, another DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS While our work — illustrating the first draft police killing, this one in our backyard, renewed of history — is not like that of heath-care calls for social justice and racial equality in the EDITORS professionals or first responders, we name of Walter Wallace Jr. DANESE KENON responded to this historic year by providing DIRECTOR OF VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY a different type of essential service. The A contentious election put the eyes of the pictures we made provided a window into world on Philadelphia as votes were counted. FRANK WIESE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY each other’s lives, into cities that suddenly And, as the year drew to a close, a front- seemed deserted, into emotions that filled page picture by staff photographer Elizabeth RACHEL MOLENDA our streets. Robertson showed a woman, in quarantine DIGITAL PHOTO EDITOR after a COVID-19 exposure, looking down from There are times in history that we will always her apartment window. There’s a Christmas PHOTOGRAPHERS remember, and the pictures from those tree visible, which the woman told Liz she set ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ HEATHER KHALIFA moments remind us exactly where we were up earlier than usual this November because MICHAEL BRYANT YONG KIM when they happened. The assassinations of “I needed something to raise my spirits.” STEVEN M. FALK DAVID MAIALETTI JFK and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CHARLES FOX JOSÉ F. MORENO TOM GRALISH ELIZABETH ROBERTSON The first steps Neil Armstrong took on the Indeed, 2020 was marked by protests, by JESSICA GRIFFIN TIM TAI moon. The resignation of President Richard politics, and by a pandemic that prevented MONICA HERNDON TYGER WILLIAMS Nixon. The explosion of the Challenger. The us from spending time with the people we 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers. photograph in their offices, homes, and COPY EDITORS schools, allowing them to get comfortable BRIAN LEIGHTON When Philadelphians think back on 2020, we with us and open their lives to our cameras. EMILY WARD will instantly recognize a year full of moments Still, these themes did not consume the SALES & MARKETING that changed our world — ones we will entire year, and we captured scenes of ELIZABETH PARKS remember for years to come. unexpected joy, of unabashed triumph, and DEANNA FOX of unparalleled resilience. In February, staff photographer Jessica Griffin DIGITAL KATHRYN SHEPLAVY was in Chinatown, where Mayor Jim Kenney We hope these images help you remember JULIE WESTFALL dined at Ocean Harbor Restaurant. He assured our shared history of 2020. DAIN SAINT residents: “The city is safe. America is safe. Everybody should relax.” A month later, I was — Tom Gralish, Staff Photographer DESIGN BY INQSTUDIOS sent to City Hall to photograph Kenney’s news ELIZABETH SAMET conference where he announced the city’s first SVP CREATIVE DIRECTOR case of COVID-19. See more images and videos from the Year in Pictures: Inquirer.com/2020Pictures JEN STRAUSS SHANNON CALLERY CREATIVE DIRECTOR, DESIGN ART DIRECTOR By the end of May, all of our staff had been deployed on coverage of the coronavirus, as PAUL SIEGELL MATTHEW LAWRENSON well as the protests that rose up throughout CREATIVE DIRECTOR, COPY GRAPHIC DESIGNER the region in response to the police killing JEANINE REILLY JENE ADAMS DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGNER SERVICES

JESSICA GRIFFIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER You’ll find a handful of QR codes throughout l Laila Williamson cheers outside the Convention Center the Year in Pictures that you can scan with after Joe Biden was projected to win and your phone’s camera to see Inquirer videos. become President-elect on Nov. 7. Here’s how to do it on an iPhone or Android 9 or later:

1. OPEN YOUR CAMERA 2. POINT IT AT THE QR CODE 3. CLICK THE BANNER OR NOTIFICATION STEVEN M. FALK / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l The Sixers pause in memory of Kobe Bryant, his jersey from Lower Merion High School framed on the court, before a game against the Golden State Warriors on Jan. 28. Bryant and eight others, including his 13-year- old daughter, died in a helicopter crash two days earlier.

4 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 5 TOM GRALISH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l The Philadelphia Orchestra plays in front of an empty house at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center in March. The live virtual performance was broadcast online and included the world premiere of Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht. MICHAEL BRYANT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Volunteers with Muslims Serve food pantry hand out 400 bagged lunches packed by Philabundance on a Sunday in April. The food distribution at Thomas Paine Plaza in Center City takes place Thursday-Monday to help feed the hungry during the coronavirus pandemic.

DAVID MAIALETTI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Philadelphians Janine McAlonan and her daughter, Lexi, who has lymphoma, were taking extra precautions in the spring because of Lexi’s compromised immune system.

8 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 9 JESSICA GRIFFIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Narberth Ambulance paramedic Tim Mumford holds the finger of a 76-year-old resident of the Rosemont Care & Rehabilitation Center in Bryn Mawr. Mumford’s crew was called after the patient complained of fever and shortness of breath in April. INSIDE A COVID-19 HOSPITAL

JESSICA GRIFFIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l EMT Sarah Awad (left) and paramedic David Goroff from Narberth Ambulance respond to a call for difficulty breathing in a patient at a rehabilitation facility in Bryn Mawr.

10 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 11 HEATHER KHALIFA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Dr. Ala Stanford (center), of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, takes a break with other volunteers outside of a coronavirus testing site at Miller Memorial Baptist Church in April.

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12 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 13 TIM TAI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform a flyover past City Hall in April to honor health-care workers.

MONICA HERNDON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Stephan Jamaine Alford, who was struggling with homelessness in the spring, kneels in prayer as Father PASTOR KEEPS Matt Guckin gives a blessing at St. Francis de Sales THE FAITH Catholic Church.

14 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures JESSICA GRIFFIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Left: Protesters marching against police brutality took over the Vine Street Expressway on June 1.

Above: Police responded by shooting tear gas into the crowds.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer 17 DAVID MAIALETTI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l A crew from Mural Arts paints over a three-story mural of former Mayor that had looked over the Italian Market in . The mural was removed four days after a controversial statue of Rizzo was hauled away from the Municipal Services Building in Center City.

TYGER WILLIAMS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Kerry Anne and Michael Gordon celebrate their wedding day in June with Black Lives Matter supporters near 16th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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18 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 19 CHARLES FOX / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Above: Protesters and police clash outside of City Hall in May during a Justice for George Floyd rally.

Left: Kindergarten teacher Zoe Sturges hands out daisies to National Guardsmen in June. She climbed over a barricade to reach them and was taken into custody and issued a citation.

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20 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 21 YONG KIM / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Flames rise from a police cruiser during a protest in Center City on May 30 in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

22 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 23 HEATHER KHALIFA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Dominique Wallace, the wife of Walter Wallace Jr., is comforted during his funeral service at National Temple Baptist Church. MOURNING Wallace was shot and killed by Philadelphia police on Oct. 26. WALTER WALLACE JR.

24 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 25 ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l People honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a candlelight vigil outside of City Hall on Sept. 19. DAVID MAIALETTI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Above: quarterback Carson Wentz walks off the field during a fourth-quarter break against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 20. The Eagles lost 37-19.

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l Right: A Citizens Bank Park employee walks through stands filled with cardboard cutouts of fans before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 20. The Phillies lost 6-3.

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28 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 29 DAVID MAIALETTI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l A worker walks by an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex as the dinosaurs are packed up from the Jurassic Quest show outside of the Wells Fargo Center in September.

JESSICA GRIFFIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Four-year-old Juniper Assis Finlayson colors a chalk rainbow A LOVE LETTER she and her mom created in their neighborhood around 26th TO PHILLY and Poplar Streets.

30 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 31 JESSICA GRIFFIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l People argue in front of the Pennsylvania Convention Center as votes continued to be counted on Nov. 5.

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32 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 33 JOSE MORENO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Former Vice President Joe Biden stops at his childhood neighborhood in Scranton on Election Day. Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania helped him secure the Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency.

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TOM GRALISH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Sen. Kamala Harris, now vice president-elect, speaks at a campaign rally at Citizens Bank Park on the eve of the election on Nov. 2.

34 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 35 HEATHER KHALIFA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l President Donald Trump rubs the back of Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R., N.J.) at a Keep America Great campaign rally in Wildwood in January. Van Drew, who switched over to the Republican Party, kept his seat in November’s election.

TOM GRALISH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Leslie Baum Rossi (center) offers supporters yard signs, shirts, caps, and more at her “Trump House” in Youngstown, Pa., before a Trump campaign event in nearby Latrobe.

36 Inquirer.com/2020Pictures The Philadelphia Inquirer 37 ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Marchers carry messages along Market Street on Nov. 7 after Joe Biden was declared president-elect and the city erupted in celebration. ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Teacher Megan DiToro squirts hand sanitizer into the hands of pre-K students at Nativity of Our Lord School in Warminster.

ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER l Anna Evenosky, 22, looks out the window of her Walnut Street apartment, where she was quarantining in November due to a COVID-19 exposure at work. She said by text that she put up her Christmas tree earlier than usual this year because “I needed something to raise my spirits.”

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l On the cover: Members of Our Father’s Heart ministry $4.99 pray in silence in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum View more pictures: in June, during a fifth day of protests over the killing of Inquirer.com/2020Pictures George Floyd by Minneapolis police.