Baltimore Sun photographers’ best 100 images of 2013

The mural of mother and child by the artist Indigo covers the side facade of 406 Park Avenue and was part of the Articulate: Baltimore project. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

On January 1, 2013 Gaye Baker, left, the site coordinator at Asbury Arnold United Methodist Church, comforts Susie Richmond, 56, who was scared into tears by an argument between two other homeless “guests” at the church. About 36 homeless “guests” will spend a week at the Asbury Arnold United Methodist Church as part of the Winter Relief program administered by Arundel House of Hope. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens’ Ray Lewis gets ready in the tunnel before being announced onto the field for his last home game, which was a playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts on January 6, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Ray Lewis performs his dance for perhaps the last time prior to the playoff game with the Indianapolis Colts on January 6, 2013. (Gene Sweeney, Jr./Baltimore Sun)

On January 7, 2013 Michael Vinson with Arrow Parking walks by an unidentified mural on Tyson St. at W. Mulberry St. on his way to from one parking facility to another. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

On January 15, 2013, John Waters, filmmaker and writer, holds the slate used during the final scene while filming the movie “Hairspray.” He will be narrating “Hairspray in Concert!” with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from Jan. 24 to 27. It’s the 25th anniversary of his original film version of Hairspray. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens player Ed Reed can’t hold back the tears after the Ravens’ defeated the Patriots on January 20, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens head coach John Harbough gets sprayed with champagne in the locker room after winning AFC Championship on January 20, 2013. The Ravens defeated the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game to advance to the Super Bowl. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Thousands of people took the plunge on January 26, 2013 as the Maryland State Police host the 17th annual Polar Plunge at Sandy Point State Park to benefit Special Olympics Maryland. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Lucas Taylor, 2, of Columbia listens to a message for Batman in a vintage phone booth at “Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero, 1938 – 1950,” an exhibit which opened January 27, 2013 at The Jewish Museum of Maryland. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

Six year old Jack Bazile tries to fit into a Ravens player cut out, at the NFL’s Fan Experience in New Orleans on January 31, 2013. (Gene Sweeney, Jr./Baltimore Sun)

Sixteen-time Grammy Award winner Beyonce performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime show in New Orleans on February 3, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Torrey Smith celebrates as confetti rains down in the Super Dome as the Ravens defeated San Francisco to win Super Bowl on February 3, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens player Terrell Suggs, left, hugs the Lombardi Trophy as teammate Ed Reed, right, speaks to the crowd at the Ravens Superbowl parade, which started at City Hall on February 5, 2013. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

University of Maryland’s Logan Aronhalt, in yellow, chases Virginia’s Evan Nolte for a loose ball as the Terps fall to the Cavaliers in College Park on February 10, 2013. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

The Orioles pitchers and catchers stretch and warm up as a group on February 14, 2013 during workouts in Sarasota, Florida on the second day of Spring Training. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

Terry Brazelton, M.D. leans his head on the chest of President Barack Obama during the Presidential Citizens Medal ceremony at the White House on February 15, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Amaya Torres, 5, a kindergartener at Baltimore International Academy, dances as a butterfly while performing in a Chinese New Year program at Port Discovery. Over 1500 children and parents join in the celebration of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, on February 16, 2013 at the museum. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis, left, and outfielder Chris Dickerson lounge in the lobby of the Orioles baseball complex waiting for their turn with the team’s video crew during photo day on February 22, 2013. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

Cody Cordero, left, is hit by fellow midshipman Anthony Alexander in the 185 pound weight class. The United States Naval Academy holds its 72nd annual Brigade Boxing Championships held at Alumni Hall on February 22, 2013. As part of the academy’s physical education all midshipmen are required to participate in boxing. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

A fashion shoot on February 27, 2013, at the Friary in Arnold, Md., that accentuated the beauty and drama of black and white shades in a throw back to “film noir” of old. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Towson University head basketball coach Pat Skerry, foreground, reacts after Towson scores late in the game. This was the last men’s game to be played in the Towson Center. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Patrick McGrath, 8 sticks his tongue out, letting snowflakes land while carrying a sled on a snow day off to enjoy the hill outside Westminster High School on March 6, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

On March 6, 2013, in the Senate chamber gallery, Kirk Bloodsworth, left, who spent several years on Maryland’s death row for a crime he did not commit, reacts with joy when the Senate votes to end the death penalty in Maryland. This week marks the 28th anniversary of Bloodsworth’s wrongful conviction for the murder of Dawn Hamilton. He was sentenced to death, but was later exonerated by DNA evidence. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Tracy Jones who was living in a homeless encampment for 15 months, sheds tears while watching the city workers clear it out on March 8, 2013. The encampment located between Interstate 83 and the Fallsway is being cleared and the people living there have been asked to leave. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

A caisson bearing one of two caskets moves slowly among graves of Civil War dead (in foreground) during an interment service for two sailors at Arlington National Cemetery Friday, March 8, 2013. The two were recovered at the site of the USS Monitor, the first-ever iron-clad vessel that fought in the Civil War. She sank in a storm December 31, 1862, and 16 of her crew were lost.(Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

One nun checks her cell phone as other nuns head for the cathedral for Mass at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, shortly after the installation of Pope Francis on March 13, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Mark Parker’s son, Luke Parker, 2-1/2 (left) peers through the storm door with cousin Ben Myers, 1-1/2 at Parker’s Highlandtown home March 15, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore City Police Detectives Jim Mingle, left, and Michael Boyd watch as neighborhood children (from extreme left) Trevon Halstead, 12, Cordell Jefferson, 6 (red cap), Tyrell Smith, 11 (grey cap) and Kevon Hansley, 10 (leather coat) battle over a jump ball as they pause during their patrol along Walbrook Avenue between Fulton Av. and Payson Street in the city’s Western District March 20, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Charm City Roller Girls’ Female Trouble blockers Deathany, second from left, and Canadian Bacon, right, try to keep Philly’s jammer for the Independence Dolls, Savidge Booty, from breaking through the line. Charm City Roller Girls, Baltimore’s women’s flat track roller derby team, held their first interleague doubleheader of the year on March 25 against their Philly rivals, at Clarence “Du” Burns Arena. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

University of Maryland’s Alex Aust, right, is hit on the face by Towson’s Alexa Demski, left, in the second half of a lacrosse match. Maryland defeated Towson by score of 11 to 8 in college women’s lacrosse on March 26, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Orioles pitcher Pedro Strop in action in the ninth inning on opening day, April 5, 2013, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles defeated the Twins by score of 9 to 5 to win the home opener. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Ketia Chantrese Stokes, center, a special education teacher at Green Street Academy, is named Baltimore City Teacher of the Year. Here, she walks through a hall with school principal Crystal Lindsey, right, after being surprised by the announcement on April 18, 2013. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals since 1996, in his chambers at Courthouse East in Baltimore on April 11, 2013. The judge retired on July 6, his 70th birthday. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

A dandelion puff with a nearly-full moon aligned as a backdrop at twilight for springtime greenery in the Baltimore area on April 23, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Toronto’s manager John Gibbons gets ejected by home plate umpire Mike DiMuro for arguing strikes, in the 9th inning on April 23, 2013. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

Rider Mark Beecher leads Professor Maxwell (8) in front as they conquer the no. 3 jump at the 2013 Maryland Hunt Cup at Worthington Farms April 27, 2013. Professor Maxwell (8) won the 4-mile race over timber. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Joe Kro-Art poses outside his store in Ocean Gallery, celebrating its 50th year on the Boardwalk, May. 4, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

The family of firefighter Gene Kirchner, a member of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company who died while battling a house fire are seated in front at the grave site, from left, sister Shelley Brezicki, mother Paulette Ohana, and sister April Lichtenberg. He was buried at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens on May 5, 2013. (Amy Davis /Baltimore Sun)

The life cast figure of a man is shown in the foreground on April 15, 2013 and is one of artist Lania D’Agostino’s favorite figures she created, beginning with an actual person followed by several steps in creating a mold of the person to cast. Surrounding the cast figure are mannequins she uses for movie set rentals and some of the museum projects. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama gave a white scarf called a “khata” to Governor Martin O’Malley and rub noses with him after the Dalai Lama spoke on May 7, 2013, at the Comcast Center for the Sadat Lecture: “Peace Through compassion: Connecting a Multi-Faith World.” (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens running back Ray Rice picks up Ryan Crouch, 8, Baltimore, as he plays with some of the children attending his annual football camp at the Calvert Hall Football Stadium on May 11, 2013. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Governor Martin O’Malley, center, passes out pens while he and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, left, and Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch, right, sign into law a transportation package (HB1515) that included a gas tax increase during the final bill signing ceremony of the year at the State House on May 16, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Jennifer and Joseph Plesvkoch sneak a kiss between races prior to the 138th running of The Preakness at Pimlico on May 18, 2013. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

Oxbow, ridden by Gary Stevens, wins the 138th running of The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Gene Sweeney, Jr./Baltimore Sun)

Jockey Gary Stevens, holding daughter Madison, celebrates in the winner’s circle after riding Oxbow to win the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 18, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Westminster’s #10 Justin Cohen was one of the team members that created the traditional “dog-pile” on their goalie #24 Ryan Aler after their win on May 23, 2013. Westminster beat South River 13-10 to take the Class 4A-3A boys lacrosse championship. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

J. Pope and Funk Friday and technicians set up on May 26, 2013 for their performance at The Sowebo Arts and Music Festival which took place today in the 1100 block of Holins St. and surrounding streets. At far right is J. Pope. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Orioles Chris Davis tries to get his eyes clear of a shaving cream “pie”, after he was pelted by Adam Jones and Chris Dickerson. Davis had two home runs resulting in 3 RBI’s on May 29, 2013. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

Plate umpire Greg Gibson pushes back Orioles teammates who celebrate as Chris Dickerson (36) comes in to touch home plate after clouting a walk-off 3-run home run against the Detroit Tigers in the ninth inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards May. 31, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

On June 3, 2013 Wyatt Burrows (right), a 10-year old from Abingdon, and his brother Raymond, 12, watch Wyatt’s Chilean rose-hair tarantula, Fifi,as it crawls around the tank he keeps in his room. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

A pedestrian waits to cross Monument Street next to the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon, across from Peabody Conservatory as the scene is manipulated by water that coats a windshield on a rainy afternoon from Tropical Storm Andrea, which moves along the mid-Atlantic coast June 7, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Four generations of “Hons” (l-r) granddaughter Tammy Clark, of Ocean City, great grandmother Alvina Berg, 87, of Salisbury, daughter Nancy Twilley, of Salisbury, and great grandson Nathan Clark, 10, at the 2013 Honfest in Hampden on June 8, 2013. Berg is mother of Twilley, who is mother of Tammy Clark, who is mother of Nathan Clark. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Matt Trivett helps his daughter, Amanda, escape the muddy waters. Carroll County hosts its first-ever 5k mud run through Freedom Park on June 9, 2013. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Orioles’s #35 Danny Valencia, right, has fun with teammate Chris Dickerson, after his (Valencia) solo home run in the 3rd inning on June 13, 2013 in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

Briany Beetham, left, and Alice Chong of Baltimore share a moment after taking their wedding vows. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake conducted a same-sex wedding ceremony on June 16, 2013 in Druid Hill Park during the Baltimore Pride Festival. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

James Bielaszka-DuVernay of Sparks look at weapons carried by Confederate soldiers at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 2013. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Diann Marshall, Hyattsville, originally from Trinidad, is the Queen of the Band. She is marching with Richard’s Carnival, a group based in Washington, D.C, in the Annual Baltimore/Washington One Caribbean Carnival on July 13, 2013. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Carolece Henry, 8, of Bridgeton, N.J., a member of the Nanticoke-Lenni-Lenape tribes, dancing in NativeAmerican regalia with others at the 20th annual Howard County Pow-Wow/American Indian Show and Festival on July 14, 2013 at the Howard County fairgrounds. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

Daryl Gross, 7, cools off in the water near Westside Elementary School as the kids played near an open fire hydrant on July 17, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

On July 20, 2013, cowboy Nick Proud of Union Bridge has trouble freeing his hand from the rope as he falls off the bull he was riding. The J Bar W Ranch is family operated and hosts pro-bull riding events called “Battle of the Beast” a summer series of bull riding competitions at the ranch. They also hold cowgirls barrel racing. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Alexander Mustafa, back to camera, embraces Karriem Saleem El-Amin, facing camera, outside Courthouse East after El-Amin and several inmates convicted of murder are released on July 25, 2013. Mustafa, who had been in prison, but has been out for 17 years, met El-Amin while they were incarcerated. The men just released were convicted before 1980 and the Court of Appeals ruled jurors had been given improper instructions. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

On July 31, 2013, craftsman Norman Wesson walks in the lobby of the1939 Art Deco Senator Theatre, where the murals and walnut paneling have been restored, a new Art Deco chandelier has been added, and the original terrazzo floor will be refurbished. (Amy Davis /Baltimore Sun)

Zachary Ketaineck, South Windsor, Conn., is shown in costume at Bronycon, being held at the Baltimore Convention Center on August 8, 2013. “He’s very open and very loud, and I am a very loud it also wasn’t a very hard costume to make. That was definitely a plus.” Ketaineck said of his Iron Will persona and outfit. This is his second Bronycon. “It’s just a lot of fun times, partying, meeting celebrities from the show; it’s just a good time.” (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

Taylan Bonds, 7, a student from the William S. Baer School who is participating in the ARC’s Bay Buddies summer camp, splashes in the Druid Hill Park pool on August 8, 2013. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

A fan wears a Donovan jersey to the funeral services for the Hall of Fame Baltimore player. The funeral of Arthur James Donovan Jr. the former Baltimore Colts football player was held at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore on August 9, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Arlene Dorsey, left, lead teacher, dances with Chanell Burrow, one of her students from the William S. Baer School who is participating in a ARC’s summer camp. The campers participated in a drum circle on August 9, 2013 at the Living Classrooms, where the camp is based. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

On August 13, 2013, a dolphin plays in the tank before a training session in the Baltimore National Aquarium located at the Inner Harbor. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Alice Victorson, 8, left, and Nadine Victorson, 6, support each other as they watch as their sister, Catharine Victorson, 3, get a series of immunizations, August 17, 2013, before starting pre-kindergarten. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Orioles’ third baseman Manny Machado makes an off balance throw and is unable to get Rays’ Desmond Jennings at first base in a matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards on August 19, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Olivia Clayton, 9, of Odenton, follows a bubble at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, on August 25, 2013, now in its 37th season. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

Nsowaa Stewart’s son, five-year-old Dwayne, whose father Dwayne ‘Norton’ Webb was shot and killed on July 10, the second try on his life in a year. She has fled to the New York area with her children after being threatened shortly after the 34-year old’s funeral. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

At dusk, Arabber Yusuf Abdullah, known as “B.J.,” calls out the arabber holler: “Peaches and cantaloupes, watermelon, sugar bananas and sweet grapes…” as he walks along East Federal Street in the Berea neighborhood on August 27, 2013. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

Two young women mourn at the wreath laying ceremony in front of the Police Officer monument at the Baltimore County Circuit Courthouse in honor of Police Officer First Class Jason Schneider who was killed on August 28, 2013 in Catonsville while serving a warrant. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Ryan Hunter-Reay heads down Conway Street out of turn number four during the Grand Prix of Baltimore on September 1, 2013. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Indycar driver Will Power waits in his car while it is being repaired on pit lane during the 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore. Will Power collided with pole sitter Scott Dixon’s car after contact during the 53rd lap of the 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore on September 1, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Indy Car winner Simon Pagenaud celebrates his victory in the winner’s circle of the Grand Prix of Baltimore on September 1, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Simon Pagenaud, right, winner of the 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore, celebrates with sparkling wine at the winner’s circle on September 1, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens’ owner Steve Bisciotti shows off his Ravens’ Super Bowl ring to the fans before the game against the Denver Broncos on September 5, 2013 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium. ( Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Veronica Dean, 8, of Manassas, Va., participated in period costume with her family at the Defenders Day reenactment of the Battle of North Point at Fort Howard Park on September 8, 2013. Her father, Robert Dean, was one of the defenders. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

William Walter Scott III, 82, is the patriarch of the remaining Scott clan at Bare Hills. Behind him is the collapsed house built by the founder of the Scott Settlement, the Rev. Aquila Scott, which was destroyed by fire. Rev. Aquila Scott was also a blacksmith and wheelwright on the Falls Road Turnpike. Scott views the changes to the historic family enclave with equanimity. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Ricky Scott holds a 1930’s photo of his great-grandmother, Henrietta “Nanny” Scott, who helped raise Ricky and his nine siblings. “She was nice, but strict. There was no talking back to her. If we wanted to play in the quarry on Falls Road we had to do our chores first.” (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Rhonda May, right, a cashier at the Giant in Abingdon starts a few Raven cheers with the fans in the store on September 13, 2013. She handed Brayden Kinslow, 20 months-old of Bel Air, a small megaphone and he put his face in it causing her to laugh. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

On September 20, 2013 a fisherman heads out for a day of fishing on Liberty Reservoir in the early morning fog. In the background is Route 26, Liberty Road, overpass. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

Texans’ Kareem Jackson, left, is called for a defensive pass interference on Ravens wide receiver Tandon Doss, right, in the third quarter as the Ravens defeated the Texans by score of 30 to 9 at M& T Bank Stadium on September 22, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Honor Flight World War II US Navy veterans from Kern County, Calif., visit Fort McHenry on the eve of a potential government shutdown on September 30, 2013. They are holding a replica of the Star Spangled Banner that is 30 ft. x 42 ft. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Towson’s #49, Emmanuel Holder sails into the end zone to score a touchdown after being hit by #16 Joe Nick Cefalo, New Hampshire, early in the third quarter on October 5, 2013. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Dolphins’ #21 Brent Grimes makes a upside down tackle on Ravens’ #82 Torrey Smith after a reception in the second quarter at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Fla., on October 6, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Erika Brannock, who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing, tries her new prosthetic leg for the first time today at Dankmeyer Orthotics and Prosthetics. Here, she gets emotional as she gets ready to stand on the new leg for the first time on October 4, 2013. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

University of Maryland woman’s basketball players L-R #33 A’Lexus Harrison, #5 Malina Howard and #3 Brene Moseley try spinning a basketball on their fingers at media day at the Comcast Center on October 9, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

The Maryland Terrapins turtle mimics Aaron Klein, 8 of Laurel who lies along the baseline, watching the alumni game during Midnight Madness at Cole Field House October 18, 2013. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Catonsville’s Deanna Eveland, right, collides with Sparrows Point goalie Madison Anthony in the first half of their Baltimore County girls soccer championship game on October 23, 2013. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

On November 2, 2013 an unidentified niece of deceased firefighter Andrew Hoffman stands next to Baltimore City firefighter/paramedic Michael Hineline as pallbearers carry her uncle’s casket to a hearse outside Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Hoffman and his girlfriend were killed by the woman’s former boyfriend, a Baltimore City police officer. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

On November 3, 2013, Mount De Sales celebrates as they win their field hockey match with a tie-breaking goal by Mary Kate Halligan as dejected Maryvale players sit nearby. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Police enter a residence early Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, on the 1700 block of North Bethel in East Baltimore as they serve warrants at various locations. Baltimore police SWAT & special units raided several homes in East Baltimore looking for Black Guerrilla Family gang members & drugs. They were searching for 20 suspects & conducting 11 search & seizure raids of homes. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

On November 13, 2013, Daymon Bittings, 48, waits for a bus in a parking lot outside the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Housing Resource Center located in the City of Baltimore. The bus will take him to an overflow shelter. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

After the morning Color Run, runners sprayed each other with packets of color powder. About 10,000 people participated in each of two 5k Color Runs on November 17, 2013, in which they were doused with colored powders along the route. BIlled as the “Happiest 5k on the Planet.” (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

On November 21, 2013, Timothy Devine, of Easton, owner of Barren Island Oysters examines the oysters that he started growing in June. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Matt Fouse, left, and friend David Alima, right, held their own Hampden Christmas parade on 36th Street on December 8, 2013, despite the cancellation of the official event. They were doing some extra spins in the parking lot of the 7-11 near Falls Road. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Michael Jones,5, of Federal Hill Preparatory School gives Santa a big hug at the Cross Street Market. The Merchants Association of Cross Street Market invited Pre-K students from Federal Hill Preparatory School to the market to visit Santa on December 12, 2013. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Sun photographers’ best 100 images of 2013

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