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An electronic board displays "Happy New Year" as confetti falls after the ball drop at Times Square during New Year's celebrations in New York City Jan. 1, 2025.![Police investigate a crime scene on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana]()
Police investigate a crime on Bourbon Street in New Orleans Jan. 1, 2025.![A Tesla Cybertruck exploded]()
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, killing the driver and injuring seven others in Las Vegas Jan. 1, 2025.![Firefighters fight the flames from the Palisades Fire]()
Firefighters fight flames from the Palisades Fire burning the Theatre Palisades during a powerful windstorm in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Jan. 8, 2025.![Donald Trump takes the oath of office]()
Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania and his children look on during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2025.![Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River]()
Emergency response units search the crash site of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., Jan. 30, 2025. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kan., collided in midair with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport.![Protesters in New York City over Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil being arrested]()
Demonstrators hold banners as they march during a protest after the arrest by U.S. immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University in New York City March 10, 2025.![Helicopter wreckage pulled out of Hudson]()
A crane vessel lifts the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in New York City April 10, 2025.![Members of the clergy attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis]()
Members of the clergy attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis at the Vatican April 26, 2025.![Pope Leo XIV waves after being elected]()
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025.![Camp Mystic flooding in Texas]()
A search-and-rescue volunteer holds a T-shirt and backpack with the words Camp Mystic on them in Comfort, Texas, July 6, 2025.![Charlie Kirk speaks to the audience just before he was shot]()
Charlie Kirk speaks before he is assassinated during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Sept. 10, 2025.![Iryna Zarutska memorial]()
A memorial dedicated to Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 11, 2025. Zarutska was stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte.![Files in Jeffrey Epstein's home]()
This redacted photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows files documented on Aug. 12, 2019, during a search of Jeffrey Epstein's home on Little St. James island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.![U.S. National Guard stand at the Lincoln Memorial]()
Members of the U.S. National Guard stand at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2025.![Flowers are arranged at an outdoor memorial on a university campus.]()
A makeshift memorial on the Brown University campus near the site of a shooting in Providence, R.I., Dec. 15, 2025.![Kilmar Abrego Garcia smiles after being released from prison]()
Kilmar Abrego Garcia shakes hands with attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg as he arrives with wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt, Md., Dec. 22, 2025.Year in focus: Images that defined America in 2025
From moments of celebration to scenes of devastation, 2025 delivered images that defined a turbulent year in America. These photos captured some of those defining stories.
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- Year in focus: Images that defined America in 2025
