2018 year in photos: Sweet, sorrowful, triumphal and tragic
From the Eagles' Superbowl victory to the opioid crisis, WHYY photographers bring 2018 into focus.
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The mood grows tense during the final two and a half minutes of the Super Bowl on Feb. 4, 2018, in which the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Fans celebrate in the streets of Philadelphia after the Eagles win the Super Bowl on Feb. 4, 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Fans in Northeast Philadelphia flood Frankford and Cottman avenues on Feb. 4, 2018, after the Eagles 41-33 win over the New England Patriots to become the 2018 Super Bowl Champions. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Jason Yurchak, 33, got the best present for his birthday: the Eagles took home the Lombardi trophy. To mark the occasion, he went out the day after the game and got a permanent reminder. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney welcomes the Lombardi Trophy to City Hall on Feb. 6, 2018, two days after the Eagles' Super Bowl victory. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Tens of thousands of gather on the Parkway Feb. 8, 2018, to celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl win. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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A fan tears up at the sight of the Eagles celebrating on stage as hundreds of thousands fill the Parkway in Philadelphia on Feb. 8, 2018, to celebrate the team's victory in Super Bowl LII. The Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Coach Doug Pederson high-fives fans while carrying the Vince Lombardi trophy on Broad Street during the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Championship parade on Feb. 8, 2018. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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The Santora family stays warm and festive as they wait to cheer on their winning Eagles during the Super Bowl parade in Philadelphia Feb. 8, 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Nick Foles waves to fans at Logan Circle during the Super Bowl parade in Philadelphia on Feb. 8, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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File photo: Hundreds of thousands fill the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Feb. 8, 2018, to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles winning Super Bowl LII. The Eagles beat the New England Patriots by 41-33. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Philadelphia Eagles players celebrate on Broad Street during the Super Bowl Championship parade on Feb. 8, 2018. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Fans are showered with confetti from passing team buses during the Super Bowl parade in Philadelphia, Feb. 8, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Philadelphia Eagles players hold the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the team's celebratory parade through Philadelphia on Feb. 8, 2018. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY)
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Fans cheer from atop a SEPTA bus shelter during the Super Bowl parade in Philadelphia. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Eagles teammates capture the moment atop the Super Bowl parade bus. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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The Eagles turn the corner onto the Ben Franklin Parkway where thousands of fans gathered for the Super Bowl parade on Feb. 8, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Eagles’ victory in Super Bowl LII was the marquee moment of 2018, and you can browse the photo gallery above to relive the thrill of victory and the delirium that followed.
Below you will find other moments, whether sweet or sorrowful, triumphal or tragic, captured by WHYY photographers throughout the year.
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The year in photos 2018. (WHYY photographers) -
A member of the Philly Suns does a lion dance through the streets of Chinatown in celebration of the Chinese New Year on Feb. 15, 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY) -
Bill Cosby makes a surprise stand-up appearance at LaRose Jazz Club in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood on Jan. 22, 2018. The comedian was later convicted of sexual assault charges and sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY) -
Thousands fill the Benjamin Franklin Parkway near the Philadelphia Museum of Art during the second Women's March on Jan. 20, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY) -
Philadelphia celebrates its final Wing Bowl on Feb. 2, 2018. After 26 years, sports radio station 94WIP announced that it would discontinue the raucous promotional event held prior to the Super Bowl each year. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
The Love Sculpture returns to Love Park just ahead of Valentine’s Day 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
Protesters gather at the Starbucks near Rittenhouse square on April 16, 2018, to protest the recent arrest of two black men who refused to make a purchase or leave. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
Villanova students celebrate the men's basketball team victory in the NCAA championship on April 2, 2018. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY) -
The Philadelphia Police and Fire Honor Guard fire a rifle salute in honor of fallen officers and firefighters during a ceremony at Franklin Square park on May 2, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
Participants in elaborate costumes dance on Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia to celebrate the annual Carnaval de Puebla on April 29, 2018. The celebration of Mexican culture and history honors Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY) -
A man rests his head on his arms in a heroin encampment in a vacant lot on Kensington Avenue on May 4, 2018. The encampment was later cleared out by the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
Tony Beltram of HACE separates the syringes from the rest of the trash on April 13, 2018, during the clean-up of a block-long stretch of grass between Gurney Street and the Conrail tracks, which once hosted a heroin encampment. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
Luis Angel Chaparro Crespo, 16, watches the trains go by from the window of his apartment on the sixth floor of the Harrison Homes in North Philadelphia. He and his parents left Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria because he needed surgery that could no longer be provided at home. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
Five-year-old Jose Marlon learns how to dance a traditional dance from Puerto Rico at APM's Three Kings Day/Octavious celebration for diplaced families from Puerto Rico in North Philadelphia on January 12, 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY) -
A catfish is pulled from the river at Pier 60 on the Delaware waterfront, near Tasker Street, in South Philadelphia on May 12, 2018. Users of the DIY recreational space are likely to lose it to developers. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
File photo: A white-painted ghost bike is parked on the Philadelphia Art Museum steps, ahead of the Ride of Silence on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
Teammates compete in the greased pole-climbing contest at the Ninth Street Italian Market Festival on May 20, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
File photo: Austin Bauman jumps her horse Miracles Happen at the 122nd annual Devon Horse Show on May 27, 2018. (Brad Larrison for WHYY) -
Sakinah Crew comforts her 7-year-old son, Swyhir, during a rally to seek justice for the death of Sandrea Williams. She was killed in a random act of gun violence outside of her mother’s home in West Philadelphia. Their teenage cousin was also injured by gunfire that night. (Emily Cohen for WHYY) -
Sgt. Frank Kelly, of the 19th District, plays with Swyhir Crew, 7, who was inside his home down the street from where his teenage cousin and another boy were shot and his neighbor, 17-year-old Sandrea Williams, was killed on May 11, 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY) -
Renaissance Noir performs in the Black Panther Burlesque show at The Trocadero on Friday, May 11, 2018. Noier, who produced the show, was inspired by the general character, Okoye, who led the Wakandan armed forces in the movie. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
Yannie dances over the South Street Bridge before the procession to Oshun, the Goddess of the River, during the Odunde festival on June 10, 2018. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY) -
Meek Mill reaches out to supporters outside the Criminal Justice Center on June 18, 2018, before his hearing to ask for a new trial on 10-year-old gun and drug charges. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
Philadelphia police officers clear protesters from the path of a government vehicle, driven by United States Secret Service agents, during Vice President Mike Pence's visit to an event organized by Republican Governors Association at a Rittenhouse Square hotel on June 19, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
MOVE member Debbie Africa makes her first public appearance since being released from prison after 39 years and 10 months of incarceration on June 19, 2018. She is joined by her son, Michael Africa Jr., whom she gave birth to while incarcerated. (Emily Cohen for WHYY) -
Leighdy Morris, Queen of the RBG Brigade, participates in the annual Juneteenth parade through Center City, June 23, 2018. She says Juneteenth, celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, should be a national holiday, like the Fourth of July. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
Located in a remote spot on the Delaware River tubing route, the Famous River Hot Dog Man is the only game in town for tubers, whose lazy journeys can last four to six hours. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
Members of the Conscious Elders Network get arrested in front of the Philadelphia ICE office on June 29, 2018. Informally known as the "Old Farts," the group came out against the Trump administration’s policies of separating children and families who are suspected of illegal border crossing.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) -
Olivia, 5, daughter of an undocumented immigrant father from Mexico, stands in the fountain holding a self-made sign. She's joined by her family as they take part in the End Family Deportation rally, on June 30, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
Spectators watch fireworks from Von Colln Athletic Field on July 4, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY) -
For nearly a quarter century, Terry McNally has played Marie Antoinette for Philadelphia's Bastille Day satirical celebration in the city's Fairmount section. She put her wig on for the last time July 14, 2018, after the Eastern State Penitentiary announced that it would no longer sponsor the event. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY) -
At least three protesters are arrested after sanitation department workers clear out the remains of what started as an Abolish ICE protest camp, near Philadelphia City Hall, on July 31, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
Savannah Corcoran, 6, from Plains, Pennsylvania, came to see President Donald Trump at the Make America Great Again rally in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 2, 2018. She dressed in patriotic garb, which she found earlier that day at Joann Fabric. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY) -
Artist Janet Echelman twirls in the mist during the public unveiling of the first section of the site-specific art installation titled Pulse at the Dilworth Park’s fountain, on Sept. 12, 2018. (Bastiaan slabbers for WHYY) -
Bishop Dennis Sullivan prostrates himself at the altar during an evening of prayer for the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy on Sept. 28, 2018, in Blackwood, New Jersey. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY) -
High school students lie down in the City Hall courtyard for a die-in, part of a national day of protest against gun violence on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. An even deadlier school shooting in February in Parkland, Florida, brought increased attention to gun control issues. (Emma Lee/WHYY) -
2019 Miss America winner Ms. Adriana Trenta walks the runway during the Miss'd America Pageant held at the Bogata in Atlantic City, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. The annual drag competition raises money for LGBTQ charities. (Anthony Smedile for WHYY) -
Zarbeth Teelucksingh (right) and a friend show off their hats at Le Dîner en Blanc on Aug. 16, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY) -
Under threat of arrest, Keyri Artillero Apolonio, 14, and her mother, Carmela Apolonio Hernandez, stand in front of an entrance at 2000 Market St., demanding a meeting with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey on Oct. 10, 2018. Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant, took sanctuary in a North Philadelphia Church with her four children last December. (Brad Larrison for WHYY) -
Susan Wild, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's new 7th Congressional District, speaks to attendees during a campaign event Oct. 22, 2018, at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Wild was one of four women elected in November to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Matt Smith for WHYY) -
Graffiti artists, or "writers" as they're called within the community, tag a wall adjacent to a mural dedicated to the late graffiti and hip-hop artist Karaz on Nov. 3, 2018. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY) -
Around 200 people came to the Pennsylvania Capitol on Nov. 3, 2018, to celebrate the work of muralist and activist Michelle Angela Ortiz, a project called "Familias Separadas." The protesters asked Gov. Tom Wolf to shut down Berks Family Residential Center. (Dani Fresh for WHYY) -
Frankie Franceschini, Linda McCarthy, Bonnie Shuman, and Sandy McCarthy (left to right) react as results come in for the 2018 midterm elections Nov. 6, 2018, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. (Emily Cohen for WHYY) -
Flyers mascot Gritty helps balloon handlers during the 99th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in Center City Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) -
Dante, a 3-year-old wire-haired Vizsla, strikes a noble pose during the National Dog Show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, Nov. 17, 2018. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY) -
Handlers listen intently during the herding group competition at the National Dog Show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 17, 2018. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY) -
Costumed revelers march through Northern Liberties for the 2018 Parade of Spirits on Dec. 15, 2018, a celebration of the darker side of the winter holidays. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Our photo team also fanned out across the city to capture a day in the life of Philadelphia, a video that chronicles the tremendous effort and coordination required to keep the city running.
And videographer Kimberly Paynter struck a chord with this video about a Philly student who overcame his difficult childhood and is headed for Harvard.
And through the lens of Kimberly Paynter, we hear from Krishna worshiping, celibate monks from a remote part of India, who visited the United States for the the first time in April to teach dance at Drexel University.
For more great photos and videos, check out the WHYY visual blog, View Finders.
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