2018 Year In Pictures

As the year comes to a close, it's time to take a look back at some of the moments that made the last 365 days so special.

GateHouse Media staff photojournalists capture tens of thousands of images every year, and here are some of their favorites.

Children play with their glow sticks around the Iron Horse Statue while waiting for the fireworks to start in Hingham Harbor on Sunday, July 1, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/ Robin Chan]

Robin Chan

Wicked Local South Unit

Beth Keating of Braintree is hit by a wave that sends her wig flying, while her friends, Jenn Manning of Marshfield and Danielle Harrington of Marshfield, join her in the Polar Plunge at Rexhame Beach to ring in the New Year on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/ Robin Chan]
Hingham High School's Isabelle Gay leaps 16 feet 7 inches on this jump and scores second place in the meet against Silver Lake at Hingham High on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/ Robin Chan]
Waves crash the breaker to Scituate Harbor by the lighthouse as high tide approaches on Thursday, March 8, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/ Robin Chan]
Rockland High's Zachary Sharland celebrates after hitting a three-pointer to give Rockland a 39-32 advantage in the fourth quarter of their game against Norwell in the Division 3 South quarterfinal at Rockland High on Thursday, March 1, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/ Robin Chan]
Eric Johnson and Chris Azizian of Extreme Tailgators fight a different type of fire, and smoke while cooking up burgers at the annual cookout for Hanover town employees at Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.

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Benjamin Walsh is arraigned in his room at Milford Hospital on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 after he was accused of killing his girlfriend in Needham and the attempted murder of his parents in Millis. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]

Art Illman

MetroWest Daily News

The casket of lifelong Waltham resident Joseph Burgoyne III, who died at the age of 62, is led out of Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church in Waltham, as Diana Ross' version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" plays on a loudspeaker on January 22, 2018. At right is Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian and the Middlesex Sheriff Dept. Honor Guard. Burgoyne, owner of Ideal Concrete Block Co., was a civic and business leader. In front of the casket is City Councilor Paul Brasco. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]
Hopkinton High School senior Sean Herlihy, right, is chased by Amber as he sleds down Ash Street during a winter snowstorm on March 13, 2018. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]
Sudbury Town Historian Lee Swanson, portraying Rev. James Sherman, walks in the Old Town Cemetery, as the Sudbury Companies of Militia and Minute march from Sudbury to Concord on April 19, 2018, in observance of the original Patriots' Day. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]
Hopkinton High School's girls basketball team celebrates its 48-40 Division 2 state semi-final victory over Northampton at Worcester State University on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. From left are, Ivy Gogolin, Regan Keavany, Caroline Connell, Lilly Morningstar, Amelia Senseney, and Ashley McDermott. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]
Framingham Highway Dept. Supervisor Dan Greenwood measures an original Shoppers World wooden toy soldier at the Cushing Maintenance Building on Nov. 29, 2018, where six new soldiers were being constructed. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]

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Motorists try to negotiate deep water on Route 9 West underneath an overpass in Framingham, as heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Florence caused flash flooding on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Four cars didn't make it through the flooded area and had to be pushed or towed out. A short time later, authorities closed Rte. 9 in both directions. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ken McGagh]

Ken McGagh

MetroWest Daily News

Framingham High wide receiver RJ Viele (right) makes a leaping reception in the end zone for a touchdown, over defensive coverage from Wellesley High School's Anthony Perez on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. The touchdown was one of the few highlights for the Flyers, who lost 35-20. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ken McGagh]
Natick High School Class of 2018 president Dishod Kirby sheds tears of pride after his commencement address, Friday, June 1, 2018 at Memorial Field. Natick High was his fourth high school when he arrived as a junior. "As soon as I stepped through the double doors, I felt welcomed," Kirby said during his speech. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ken McGagh]
Natick firefighter Chris Hampton approaches a mute swan in distress on Jennings Pond on Oak Street in Natick, Jan. 25, 2018. The swan's chest feathers had frozen on the ice and the bird was unable to free itself for several hours, prompting numerous calls to authorities from passersby. The swan finally freed itself as firefighters in their ice rescue suits drew near. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ken McGagh]
A large box truck is righted after rolling over on the Mass Pike eastbound in Framingham during a blizzard on March 13, 2018. The crash slowed traffic considerably, but vehicles were able to squeeze by using one lane. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ken McGagh]
Wearing Brazilian flag contact lenses, Brazilian soccer fan Elizangela Santos, of Clinton, reacts after watching television coverage of Brazil's loss to Belgium in the World Cup soccer quarterfinal, Friday, July 6, 2018, at the Tropical Cafe in Framingham. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ken McGagh]

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After spiking the ball, Arlington High senior Hannah Summers points to teammate Eliza McKissick for the great setup in the fourth game against Belmont on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Arlington fell, 3-1. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ann Ringwood]

Ann Ringwood

Wicked Local Central Unit

Fire breather Meghan Gardner, owner of Guard Up!, performs in the Bedford Day parade on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ann Ringwood]
Friends Madeline Gregory, left, and Libby Okuda, both 8 and from Chelmsford, dance to the music of "Don't Tell Jack" on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at the Chelmsford Library's MacKay Branch. The concert was part of the summertime concert series. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ann Ringwood]
Bedford Minuteman Jim Griffiths (center) was arrested by two regulars with His Majesty's 10th Regiment of Foot, Rob Lee, left, and his son, Matt, after climbing the Liberty Pole and capping it during the Bedford Minuteman Company's annual Liberty Pole Capping ceremony on Saturday, April 7, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ann Ringwood]
Meredith Patterson, of Acton, holds her sign on Chelmsford Common before the start of Chelmsford's March For Our Lives on March 24, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ann Ringwood]
As coach Barbara Stevens goes low, the rest of the Bentley University team goes high in celebration as they score the final points of the first half, making the score 40-31 in their favor. Bentley beat Adelphi University, 78-66, giving Stevens her 1,000th career win. The two teams squared off at Bentley on Jan. 17, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ann Ringwood]

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A crowd of people gather to watch firefighters from around the area battle a 7-alarm fire at the First Baptist Church in Wakefield, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Sokol]

David Sokol

Wicked Local North Unit

Joseph Camara cheers on classmates during commencement exercises for Medford High School's Class of 2018 at the Gantcher Family Sports and Convocation Center at Tufts University, on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Sokol]
North Andover High's Ryan Slattery celebrates with the Division 2 Super Bowl banner after the Scarlet Knight's 6-0 win over King Philip at Gillette Stadium on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Sokol]
Fourth grade student Hayden Mayhugh gets excited as he moves closer towards the final round and eventually became the first place winner in the fourth grade division of the annual Penn Brook Spelling Bee in Georgetown on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Sokol]
A man watches the fireworks display over Kings Beach in Swampscott on Tuesday, June 3, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Sokol]
The Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers is seen through a late sping snowstorm on April 4, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/David Sokol]

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Despite rain and cold temperatures, a few hundred worshippers attended the annual Easter Sunrise Service at Scituate Lighthouse on Sunday, April 1, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Alyssa Stone]

Alyssa Stone

Wicked Local South Unit

Lauren Garcia, 17, wipes away a tear as Amber Bates, 15, sheds tears on her shoulder during a moving performance by Lily Alvares at the Plymouth March for Our Lives on March 24, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Alyssa Stone]
Waves crash over the seawall flooding Ocean Street in Brant Rock (Marshfield) on March 2, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Alyssa Stone]
Juan Gonzalez of Mexico is engulfed smoke as he leads the National Day of Mourning march down Water Street in Plymouth on Nov. 22, 2018. After the rally Gonzalez offered a sage blessing to anyone who asked. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Alyssa Stone]
Jackson Nylen, 2, of Cohasset is not happy to sit in Santa's lap for a photo, and instead cries at this feet, in the South Shore Community Center in Cohasset on Nov. 23, 2018.[Wicked Local Staff Photo/Alyssa Stone]
Dressed in an Army uniform, Austin Ayer, 2 1/2, of Hingham, looks up at a soldier standing next to him during the dedication of the Sgt. Michael Kelley National Guard Armory in Scituate on Aug. 12, 2018. Ayer's father is in the Army National Guard and was holding a flag in the ceremony. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Alyssa Stone]

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Tewksbury Memorial High School junior Shane Aylward stretches to try to reel in this long pass from senior quarterback James Connolly, near the 10-yard-line during the first half of the Division 3 Super Bowl game against Springfield Central at Gillette Stadium, Dec. 1, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/John Walker]

John Walker

MetroWest Daily News & Wicked Local

Sen. Elizabeth Warren makes a point during her Natick Town Hall and Cookout at Belkin Family Lookout Farm on July 8, 2018. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/John Walker]
Blackstone Valley senior captain Justin Sauter gets a hug from assistant coach Ronnell Bodden after the Beavers defeated St. Mary's, 18-0, in the Division 7 Super Bowl game at Gillette Stadium, Dec. 1, 2018. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/John Walker]
Wayland High School junior Yana Trubetskaya and her date, Eddie Beasley, walk to their bus during the pre-prom gathering at Wayland High School on May 12, 21018. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/John Walker]
Dover-Sherborn High School junior Spencer Robbins holds a school record for the long jump. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/John Walker]
Polly Stadt, of West Concord, skis up Commonweath Avenue in Concord during the snowstorm on Jan. 4, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/John Walker]

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Carol Simard, left, and Tom Fuller, both of Chelmsford, dance together during the Senior Prom at the Chelmsford Senior Center on April 22, 2018. [Wicked Local Photo/Ruby Wallau]

Ruby Wallau

MetroWest Daily News & Wicked Local Central Unit

Chris Brumback reacts to hearing her husband's voice on a recorded message, while her sons, Stephen and Michael Wechsler, comfort her during a service to celebrate Bill Wechsler's life at Holliston Town Hall on Nov. 29, 2018. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ruby Wallau]
Robbie Walker dries the face of his son, Connor, after helping him shave at their family home in Marlborough on Nov. 7, 2018. Connor continues to struggle with simple fine motor skills after suffering a spinal cord injury during a college football game in Sept. 2018. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ruby Wallau]
Dancer Rico, of Revere, performs during the Last Dance closing party at Paradise in Cambridge on Sept. 15, 2018. The long-standing LGBTQ nightclub closed at the end of the weekend after being sold to Novartis Pharmaceuticals. [Wicked Local Staff Photo/Ruby Wallau]
A foster puppy from Great Dog Rescue New England sleeps in Kaylee Moor's lap, 12, of Westford, at the Roux's home in Westford on July 13, 2018. [Wicked Local Staff Photo by Ruby Wallau]
Runners throw color packets during the Color Run at the Kennedy Elementary School in Billerica on April 29, 2018. [Wicked Local Photo/Ruby Wallau]