Photos of the month: January 2025
With her math lesson in the background, Eday Garcia Vázquez, 10, ate breakfast at her Dorchester home before heading to Dever Elementary School. The state took over the Paul A. Dever Elementary School in Dorchester over a decade ago and now Boston Public Schools is proposing to close it.
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Northeastern goalie Lisa Jönsson celebrated winning the 2025 Dunkin' Women's Beanpot Championship at TD Garden on Jan. 21.
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A snowy owl in full flight just before sundown on Duxbury Beach on Jan. 20. Their wing span is up to 5 feet long, and they are the largest owl in North America by body mass.
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Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green drove through Boston Celtics centers Luke Kornet (left) and Kristaps Porzingis during the first quarter at TD Garden on Jan. 27.
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Juliet Dong performed during her classical ballet variation at the Youth America Grand Prix semifinals at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester on Jan. 18.
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It was announced that New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo was fired after the game against the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 5.
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At the Skating Club of Boston, a skater was reflected in a window near a display honoring coaches Evgenia Shishkova and her husband Vadim Naumov, who were among those killed in the plane crash in Washington, D.C.
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John Lally took in the sunrise at the Fan Pier Marina before going to work in the Seaport District on Jan. 2.
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Areli (left) and her two children, Yareli and Lucas, waited backstage before Yareli performed at a holiday dance recital. Areli, from El Salvador, has lived with the anxiety of being deported for years now, but her worry turned into dread after President Trump was sworn into office and began issuing orders to launch mass deportations of certain immigrants.
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Doug Zeghibe, executive director of the Skating Club of Boston, paused after speaking with the media at the rink on Jan. 30. Zeghibe that six of the club's members were victims of the midair collision in Washington, D.C. , including two coaches, two teenage athletes, and the athletes' mothers.
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Dog walker Tony Latessa and his charges passed over a fresh coat of snow during their morning walk at Pope John Paul II Park in Boston Jan. 29.
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Preparing for church in the sober house he now lives, Anthony James, 61, pulled on shoes his late mother saved for him when he was struggling with addiction.
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Kalia Jordan, 15, (left) prepared to throw a snowball at her mother, Lakia, on Woodley Avenue in Boston following a winter storm on Jan. 20.
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Duke University Cooper Flagg slam dunked on Boston College during first half ACC action at Conte Forum on Jan. 18.
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With their father, Andy Suarez, in the background, Sarah Suarez, 17, shared a kiss and an embrace with her 7-year-old sister, Sofia, outside Cambridge's Kennedy-Longfellow School, which is set to close at the end of the school year.
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Longtime patrons shared a laugh at the bar during jazz night at Slade's Bar and Grill in Boston on Jan. 14. The historic establishment, a fixture on Tremont Street since 1935, has hosted the WeJazzUp band for nearly 25 years, continuing its legacy as one of Boston's enduring venues from "The Negro Motorist Green Book" era.
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Marshfield High School's Noah Feldman stole the ball from Silver Lake's Ethan Borgesen on Jan.3.
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A shark costume was placed by the shore by a group who had arrived dressed as characters from the movie "Jaws," during the L Street Brownies Annual New Year's Day polar plunge in Dorchester Bay on Jan. 1.
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Matthew McConnell embraced Christina Nardone after the two tied the knot right before taking the plunge into Dorchester Bay during the L Street Brownies Annual New Year's Day polar plunge.
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