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Evan Frost

That was this year? MPR News' best photos of 2018

Supporters of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed cheer.
Supporters of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wave Ethiopian and American flags while waiting for him to speak inside Target Center in Minneapolis on July 30, 2018.
Evan Frost | MPR News

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Looking back at a whole year's worth of news photography from any year can be overwhelming. So much happened this year that we forgot about a few things that consumed our attention just months ago — the Olympics were in February, remember?

Despite the relentless pace of news this year, there was no shortage of photographs that made us slow down and feel something: the joy of your united home country, mist blowing off Lake Superior, or snow — in April.

There's no way to fit a whole year in 32 photos, but from a burning oil refinery to goats climbing on cops to yes, the raccoon, these are the photos that made 2018 for us.

Our staff and freelance photographers have crossed the state and country to make these images, and we hope they can help you stop and feel, something we haven't had much of a chance to do this year.

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Santa Larry Jefferson shapes his beard .
Santa Larry Jefferson shapes his beard before the beginning of his shift at The Santa Experience at the Mall of America on Nov. 29, 2018, in Bloomington. Santa Larry lives in Texas but comes to work at the Mall of America for two weeks every winter. He was the mall's first black Santa.
Evan Frost | MPR News
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Supporters of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed cheer.
Supporters of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wave Ethiopian and American flags while waiting for him to speak inside Target Center in Minneapolis on July 30, 2018.
Evan Frost | MPR News
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Two men walk away after capturing images of the smoke plume.
The large plumes of black smoke rising from the site of the Husky Energy oil refinery fire were a magnet for people looking to record the smoke and flames with their phones April 26, 2018, in Superior, Wis.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News