The Globe's best photos from last month

Boston Globe

06-03-2025

TODAY'S STARTING POINT
Barry Chin likes to go where the action is.
Two weeks ago, Chin, a Globe photojournalist, posted up behind the basket at the Boston City League boys' championship game between English High and Holland Tech, two local high schools. Chin was able to snag the vantage point because high school games usually let photographers stake out their own spots to shoot from, as opposed to pro games, where spots are assigned.
The freedom to choose isn't without risk. 'The downside to shooting under the basket is that it can be dangerous,' Chin explains. 'Most high school gyms are small, and the area between you and an athlete running at full speed is short, with little room between you and a potentially serious collision.'
But at the English vs. Tech game, held at Madison Park High School, taking a chance paid off. Using a telephoto zoom lens, Chin captured the above image as English's Darvens Alcime, powered by upward momentum, flipped over Holland's Ian Piper. Piper's team
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Last month, this newsletter published a preview of the Globe's best photos from January, as chosen by our photo editors. Today, by popular demand, we're bringing you a few of the paper's other best images from February.
Erin Clark/Globe Staff
The cold and snow deepened across New England in February. Erin Clark
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Load muskets and fix bayonets! This year marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. The Globe's John Tlumacki photographed reenactors playing American Colonists and British redcoats as they
Hundreds gathered in the Strand Theatre in Dorchester for "
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Love and rain were in the air as the Globe's David Ryan photographed Valentine's Day flowers for sale in the misty windows of Brattle Square Florist. The century-old store, slated to close three years ago, has continued under new ownership just
Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Craig Walker captured the world's top snowboarders as they caught air before thousands of spectators for Red Bull Heavy Metal, a one-day street snowboarding competition at Boston's City Hall Plaza. Before the event, sponsors inundated the plaza with
Brett Phelps for The Boston Globe
Warrior pose with a side of weed? At Diaspora, a private marijuana club in Cambridge photographed by Brett Phelps, Bhang Yoga class attendees puffed on joints after a warmup of downward dogs and deep breaths. The state will start letting lounges, cafes, and events apply to serve pot products later this year, which
Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff
No, this isn't a rediscovered Monet newly arrived at the MFA. It's Upper Newbury Street, smudged into an impressionistic blur as freezing rain distorted
Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
This photo, taken last year by Craig Walker and published last month in
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Representative James Comer greets Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as she arrives to testify.
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Boston and Massachusetts
Unaccounted for:
A report showed that Josh Kraft
Bowing out:
David Snead, who led the Handel and Haydn Society for nearly a decade,
Sticker shock:
Brookline police arrested a man who allegedly
More on the immigration hearing
'Shame on him':
During the six-hour congressional hearing, Mayor Wu said that mass deportations would hurt Boston's economy and criticized Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, for "
Baby on board:
Wu had ashes on her forehead for Ash Wednesday and
Pressed:
Committee Democrats asked Mayor Eric Adams, who also testified, if he'd backed changes to New York's immigration policies so Trump officials would drop the federal charges against him. Adams denied it. (
Local reactions:
Immigrant advocacy groups
Trump administration
Backtracking:
Trump will exempt US automakers from tariffs for one month after speaking with the heads of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. Administration officials say he's open to other exemptions. (
Withholding:
The administration has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, threatening its ability to strike Russian targets. (
Ultimatum:
US officials are negotiating directly with Hamas to try to reach a new cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza. Trump threatened more Israeli strikes unless Hamas releases its remaining hostages. (
National Institutes of Health:
A judge temporarily blocked the administration from cutting funding for research. (
More cuts:
The administration plans to slash 80,000 jobs from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which expanded under President Joe Biden to cover veterans exposed to toxins overseas. (
Hill arrest:
Capitol Police arrested House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff for drunk driving. He allegedly hit another vehicle after Trump's speech to Congress. (
The Nation and the World
In court:
An Afghan national faces charges in the US for participating in a bombing that killed 13 US soldiers and scores of Afghan civilians during the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan. (
Congressman dead:
Representative Sylvester Turner, a Texas Democrat, died at 70. He replaced Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office last year. (
Papal health update:
Francis was in stable condition and well enough to mark the start of Lent yesterday. He's still receiving oxygen and undergoing physical and respiratory therapy. (
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Correction:
Yesterday's newsletter misstated who asked the judge in the Karen Read case to punish her defense attorneys. It was a local prosecutor, not the federal government. We regret the mistake, and thanks to an eagle-eyed newsletter reader for spotting it.
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