2016 Baltimore Sun pictures of the year

The dancers from the Spotlight Dance Company of Manassas, VA, appear to float above the wet pavement on Charles Street during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. The overcast, rainy weather didn’t seem to dampen the festive mood of participants. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

A dog and his owner walk down a snow-covered Hopkins Road in Rodgers Forge Saturday morning during the January blizzard. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Firefighters work to put out a three-alarm fire at Adell Plastics in the 4500 block of Annapolis Road. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Sunlight bathes a strip of light while Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Zach Britton takes the mound against the Toronto Blue Jays at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Baltimore doubled over Toronto, 4-2. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Ruby Branyan, 14, of Silver Spring, wears a costume titled “I am Phoenix,” designed by Rhonda Hardesty of Fantasy Artz. 50 models participated in ManneqART Madness at Savage Mill by serving as three-dimensional canvases for designers of costumes, hair, makeup and special effects. The goal of the non-profit and free event, now in its 4th year, is to inspire creativity. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Wendy Brackman created a mandala made of painted paper plates for “Yummm! The History, Fantasy and Future of Food,” a new exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado goes over Red Sox dug out railing after catching a foul pop up by Jackie Bradley Jr. in the eighth inning. Red Sox’s Deven Marrero, left, tries to help out. The Red Sox defeated the Orioles by score of 5 to 1 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Kyaja “JJ” Williams, 17, gets a hug and kiss from her mother, Vanessa Williams, outside the Western High School auditorium. The school is celebrating their graduating seniors on their college signing day. This is part of a national effort to give college bound students the type of recognition athletes receive. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

The Mill No. 1 building on the Jones Falls provides a spot of color in a black-and-white landscape after last night’s light snow. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Babs Levedahl takes her huskies, Merlin, left, and Misty May, right, dog sledding in Anneslie on the first full day of the Blizzard of 2016. In the background is Ollie, a friend’s Malamut. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

A black bear sow stands with her two cubs along Milltail Road at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge, located a few miles inland of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is home to one of the east coast’s largest concentrations of black bears. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Edward Nelson, a homeless man, walks on Baltimore Street searching for somewhere to keep warm on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, during a powerful weekend storm blanketing the East Coast in snow. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Edward Nelson walks on Baltimore Street during the blizzard Saturday morning. Nelson, who is homeless, is searching for somewhere to keep warm. Says he’ll probably go to Lexington Market. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

The John Eager Howard monument at Washington Place in Mount Vernon sits atop a bed of crumpled snow after Saturday’s Blizzard of 2016. Howard led a bayonet charge at the Battle of Cow Pens in the Revolutionary War, and was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1788. He was also Maryland’s governor for three years (1788-1791); a state senator and United States congressman. The statue site was formerly a part of Howard’s estate. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Jennifer Logsdon is given the flag from her late husband Senior Deputy Mark Logsdon’s casket. Harford County Sheriff’s Senior Deputy Mark Logsdon is laid to rest at Dulaney Valley memorial Gardens.Logsdon and Senior Deputy Patrick Dailey were killed February 10th in the line of duty before deputies killed David Evans, the gunman. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Detective Deborah Sauriol-Inoni of the Annapolis police department (a volunteer) gets a hug from Anthony “Stormy” Zanfordino of Charles County, just after receiving his gold medal in a snowshoe event at the winter 2016 Special Olympics, which was held at Whitetail Ski Resort. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Seaman Michael Santiago, a ceremonial guard, rings the bell 56 times in memory of the officers and crew who disappeared on the USS Conestoga in the Pacific in 1921. The ceremony was part of a press conference held by NOAA and the U.S. Navy at the Naval Heritage Center to announce the discovery of the USS Conestoga, 95 years after it disappeared. Descendants of the crewmembers were in attendance. The Baltimore-built tugboat was found in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary off San Francisco, solving one of the top maritime mysteries in U.S. Naval history. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Alexander Gallagher, a transgender youth, is pictured in his room with artwork he created. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Yasmeen R’Ghioui, 9, a fourth grader at Al-Rahmah School, reacts to her friend after shaking hand with President Barack Obama, left, during his visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, one of the largest mosques in the region. The President is making his presidency’s first visit to a U.S. mosque. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Synchronized spotlights ring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor during Light City Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Children play on “The Pool” by Jen Lewin, a series of color-changing circles that react to movement of festival-goers. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

At the Islamic Society of Baltimore, Salma Siraj tends to her daughter, Sarah Siraj, in center, during prayers marking the last day of Ramadan, a month of fasting and prayer for Muslims. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, embraced Senator Barbara Mikulski as she praised the retiring Senator Mikulski for the advice she gave Clinton as a new Senator from New York. Mikulski, one of the early speakers, endorsed Clinton at a grassroots organizing event at Sagamore Ventures’s City Garage. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Athanasia Kyriakakos, an art teacher at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, was named Baltimore city teacher of the year and was presented with flowers, balloons and a certificate by City Schools CEO Gregory Thornton (standing in background). On left is Ketia Stokes, who was the 2013 teacher of the year. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Actor Danny Glover, center, yells out protest slogans as he marched with hundreds in Rev. Jamal Bryant’s “Unity March” from Penn/North to The Freddie Gray Empowerment Center on Eutaw Place to mark the anniversary of Gray’s death in police custody and to calls for change in Baltimore. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

A 25-year-old Howard County man dressed in a costume, a surgical mask and a suspicious device taped to his body, walked into Fox 45 television station on 41st street at about 1:30 p.m. The incident ended with Baltimore police shooting the suspect several times. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore police move the suspect of a bomb threat to an armor vehicle outside Fox 45 television station at TV Hill. A 25-year-old Howard County man dressed in a costume, a surgical mask and a suspicious device taped to his body, walked into Fox 45 television station on 41st street at about 1:30 p.m. The incident ended with Baltimore police shooting the suspect several times. The suspect is alive but in critical condition in an area hospital. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Sergeant Christopher Crespo of the Harford County Sheriff’s department cleans the grave marker of his friend and colleague Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon, who was killed this year in the line of duty, in preparation for the Fallen Heroes Day Ceremony. He and several other Harford County Sheriff’s deputies helped prepare Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens for the ceremony which takes place tomorrow. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

James Chase, left, grandson to arabber Donald D. “Manboy” Savoy Sr., drives his grandfather’s casket in a funeral procession after a service is held at March Funeral Homes. Savoy was one of the vanishing band of arabbers who spent nearly 70 years bringing fresh produce, fruit and seafood to residents of city neighborhoods. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Maryland’s Jen Giles, left, is cross checked by Johns Hopkins’ Shannon Fitzgerald in the first half. Maryland defeated Johns Hopkins by score of 14 to 8 in the 2016 NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Number five Exaggerator makes a move on Number three Nyquist coming out of the last turn during the 141st Preakness Stakes. (Emma Patti Harris/Baltimore Sun)

At Camden Yards, Orioles player Chris Tillman has a word with his dog Myley during a photo shoot for a calendar to benefit BARCS. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Patricia Galofre-Riska holds two dogs at Dulles Airport. She and Jennifer Yoon of Baltimore are the founders of “Wings Of Love Kuwait,” a non-profit organization that rescues dogs from Kuwait. Today, Patricia arrived with 7 dogs on a flight from Kuwait that landed at Dulles. The dogs were being brought to foster families in the Baltimore area. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Looking into the Howard Street tunnel from the north end, where one of the derailed cars is visible. A CSX freight train carrying a flammable chemical derailed at the Howard Street tunnel’s north entrance at Mount Royal Station about 5:45 am. Thirteen of the Cumberland-bound train’s 124 cars went off the rails; all but one of the cars were empty. The 13th car carried acetone. Officials said it may take 24 hours to clear the tunnel. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

The Kashima, one of the three Japanese ships that arrived today, has a crew of 370 and is 472′ long. The purpose of the overseas training is to develop seamanship for the new officers. It has a The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Training Squadron arrives in Baltimore. The three ships are on an overseas training cruise as they arrive in Baltimore after stopping in Jacksonville, Florida. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Visitors at the National Aquarium in Baltimore watch a pair of dolphins play with a ball in front of the observation window Monday afternoon. The aquarium announced that they would be phasing out the dolphin exhibit. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Having already broken away from the rest of the field,Katie Ledecky swims alone on her way to victory in the Women’s 800M Freestyle during the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)

Rick Newton-Treadway of Baltimore during the vigil in honor of the Orlando shooting victims held here in Baltimore at Y-Not Lot off of W. North Ave. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

James Gray, 68, a lifelong resident of Sandtown, visits the new “green space” in the 1000 block of North Stricker Street in Sandtown, less than an hour after Gov. Larry Hogan and his entourage visited this newly created park, which has replaced a block of demolished vacant rowhouses. Gray was studying the already brown grass that appeared to be dying as it baked under the midday sun. Gray and other neighbors said were not aware of the plans for this lot, and were pessimistic about the viability of the new additions, which included some trees, annuals, two benches and the sod. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Gov. Larry Hogan tries out one of two benches in a new green space in the 1000 block of North Stricker Street in Sandtown, where a block of vacant rowhouses was torn down recently. A group of small trees, sod, and some annuals were planted. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Carolyn Foulkes tunes small violins in preparation for a 7-year-old customer who will be renting a violin this summer from Perrin & Associates Fine Violins. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Fireworkslight up the sky during 4th of July festivities at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Eerie clouds float above fans watching the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the San Diego Padres at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Baltimore stumbled behind the Padres, 10-7. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Wakisha Montgomery, 311 operator, takes shelter from the wind and heavy rain behind a column at police headquarter as a thunder storm sweep through the downtown area around 2 pm Tuesday. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Standing water blocks both lanes of I-295 near Annapolis Road after Wednesday night’s storm. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

A worker cleans one of over 3000 windows on the tailrace side of turbine hall at the Exelon Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant, which has been producing electricity on the Susquehanna River since 1928. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

The Monumental Staircase, a curved stairway in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), leads down to Concourse 0, the first of four levels below ground. As people moved up and down the stairs they may temporarily disappear from sight. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Maryland Hall of Fame photo of Helen Bentley. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Tawanda Jones shows emotion when a speaker mentions her brother, Tyrone West, during a protest at Baltimore Police headquarters. West died in police custody in 2013. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

A protestor is arrested at Pratt and Charles after he refused to keep moving down the street while protesting the police shooting deaths in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis this week. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Marilyn Mosby, State’s Attorney for Baltimore, arrives as the bench trial continues for Ofc Caesar Goodson, driver of the van in which Freddie Gray was fatally injured. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Lieutenant Brian Rice is escorted from Courthouse East to a waiting car after being found not guilty on all charges related to the death of Freddy Gray. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Darrin MIller, 5, of Baltimore, cools off with the help water pumped from a city fire engine used to keep people cool at Artscape. The first full day of Artscape begins as hundreds of vendors line the streets of Baltimore to sell their work. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Eight year old Delander Makell enjoys a spray of water from a hose in the Oliver neighborhood of East Baltimore. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Cynthia McCollum, who works in the Sandtown neighborhood, walks past a mural honoring Freddie Gray, across the street from where Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby held a press conference at Mount and Presbury Streets. The remaining charges against the three officers to be tried in Freddie Gray’s death were dropped today. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Makayla Gilliam-Price is a teen activist and one of the 25 women to watch. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Cynthia Bruce of Manchester, who lost her son Marcus Downer in 2015, at the monthly community meeting for Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters United (MOMS), held at St. John’s Alpha and Omega Church. She is holding a locket with his photos. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby held a press conference at Mount and Presbury Streets, the corner where Freddie Gray was taken into police custody, after dropping the charges against the three remaining officers to be tried in his death. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

A worker carries lumber to shore up one of the stores on Main Street, near where this car fell into the hole left when the sidewalks caved in. Recovery and cleanup is underway in Ellicott City, where a state of emergency was declared after a flash flood caused two fatalities and destroyed businesses and homes along Main Street. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Members of the Howard County Fire Department Special Operations Unit search the Patapsco River on Frederick Rd. on the east side of Main St. Cleanup continues after Saturday night’s flash flood that left 2 people dead. Several cars still remain in the Patapsco River. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Fall fashion shoot featuring power suits. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

A cyclist enjoys the view from a section of the BWI Trail that overlooks BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

A man watches from the shoreline near Harbor Hospital as a thunderstorm passes over the area Saturday evening. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

With the bases loaded and two out, Baltimore Orioles left fielder Hyun Soo Kim dives, catching a sinking line drive hit by Boston Red Sox batter Dustin Pedroia at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

The Orioles Adam Jones, right, presents the broken dugout phone to Red Sox’s David Ortiz, left, during pregame special retirement ceremony at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Zatia Vaughan, Brooklyn Park, speaks with her son, Zyon Gibson, 7, first grade, outside Park Elementary School on opening day for Anne Arundel County Public Schools. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Da’Shawn Oliver, 4, cuddles with his mom India Floyd before going to class at John Eager Howard Elementary on the first day of school in Baltimore city. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake listens to public testimony before the vote on the proposed hike in Baltimore city water rates, which the Board of Estimates voted to approve the increase, 3-2. The Mayor said it was needed for long-delayed infrastructure repairs. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

People pose for selfies in the sunflower field at Hess Road and Jarrettsville Pike Saturday afternoon. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Donald Trump poses for a selfie with a supporter as he visits the Boulevard Diner after giving a speech to the National Guard convention downtown. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Larry Pugh, right, of Baltimore and the Eastern Shore, holds up a Trump campaign sign in front of Gov. Larry Hogan (R), left, who attends the Tawes Crab and Clam Bake in Crisfield, Md., instead of his party’s national convention in Cleveland. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Patty Fallon, center, of Baltimore, a Donald Trump supporter rally for Trump across the street from the Baltimore Convention Center where Trump addressed a gathering at the National Guards convention. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Maya Howard,13, of Westminster with her horse, Clark Kent participate in the equestrian competition at the Maryland State Fair. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

A damselfly in the central area of the Gunpowder Falls State Park. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Pam Spencer, a nurse and a self-taught expert on monarch butterflies, is pictured in her back yard with a butterfly on a Mexican sunflower. She keeps several containers of larvae/caterpillars grouped by their age/state of development. She tags them for a tagging program called Monarch Watch through the University of Kansas. Kyle Reedholm, 9, a former pediatric patient of hers, has been helping with butterflies for the past year. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

An adult bald eagle soars with a fish in its talons during Eagle Day at Conowingo Dam. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Identical triplets Trip, Finn and Ollie Hewitt wear red paper crowns as they await their first taste of birthday cake at the party to celebrate becoming one-year olds. Thomas and Kristen Hewitt of Hampden celebrated the first birthday for their triplets with family and friends at Cafe Hon. The identical triplets turned one on Oct. 6. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Pride of Baltimore II sails past Harbor East as it returns to Baltimore after spending four months on the Great Lakes. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

The Blue Angels fly near the Pride of Baltimore II as they practice for this weekend’s Air Show. Fleet Week air show practice over the Baltimore Inner Harbor. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, right, emphasizes a point with running back Buck Allen during practice at Under Armour Performance Center. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

The Raiders’ Michael Crabtree (#15), left, catches a touchdown pass in front of Ravens’ Shareece Wright, right, in the second quarter. The Raiders defeated the Ravens by score of 28 to 27 at M & T Bank Stadium. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

H&S Bakery employees line Bond Street wait for the John Paterakis funeral procession to pass. In foreground from left are: Nancy Hazelwood, Denise Peacock, Kathy Moore and Donna Smith. Paterakis was a multimillionaire baker and Baltimore developer. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Wrestler Simon Ryme hams it up on his way into the ring at the EWA (Eastern Wrestling Association) “Last Rites” professional wrestling match that was held at Tall Cedars Hall. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Ravens’ Javorius Allen (37) blocks New York Jets punter Lac Edwards (4) as Chris Moore (10) follows the muffed punt into the end zone for a touchdown during the first quarter. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)

SPC Fortunate Sikhakhane, right, brushes away the tears of her daughter Luyanda Dlamini, 12, shortly before parting with the family members who came to see her off. 450 members of the Maryland and Virginia National Guard were given a departure ceremony at Fort Belvoir on Sunday before shipping out. 175 Marylanders are among those who will be serving in the Mideast with the 29th Infantry Division. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens’ Tavon Young (#36) tripped up Steelers’ Antonio Brown for a short gain in the third quarter. The Ravens defeated the Steelers by score of 21 to 14 at M & T Bank Stadium. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) leaps over Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tavon Young, who fails to stick into him during the third quarter. Baltimore lost to Dallas, 27-17. (Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun)

Eventual women’s winner Caitlyn Tateishi nears mile nine of the 2016 Baltimore Marathon on St. Paul Street beneath the Orleans Street viaduct. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Notre Dame Prep goalie Ashley Gabor, center, prevents McDonogh’s Maddie Jenner, right, from taking a header against her in the second half. NDP defeated McDonogh in girls soccer IAAM semifinals game by penalty kicks in overtime. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Darlene Legrand and her adopted daughter Bell, 10, celebrate their first official holiday as mother and daughter. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Joseline Orellana, 16, right, an 11th grader at Patterson High School, wipes away tears after getting upset while talking about the outcome of the presidential election. At left is Wilmer Cruz, 18, a 12th grader from Guatemala. The staff who work with the immigrant students in the English as a Second Language program are counseling students who express unease about the election of Donald Trump. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Anti-Donald Trump protesters make there way to M&T Bank Stadium during the Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns football game. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens fans walk up several flights of stairs to their upper level seats at M & T Bank Stadium before the Ravens Browns game on Thursday night. The Ravens are proposing to give 18-year-old M&T Bank Stadium an updated new look with $110 million in improvements, including a larger video boards, a second “ribbon” board circling the upper level and four new suites. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

October’s super moon is seen setting behind the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon shortly after sunrise Monday. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Seen from above, Baltimore’s skyline glows at twilight. (Jerry Jackson/Batitmore Sun)

The partial demolition of the Mayfair theater on N. Howard Street is nearing completion. A worker from K&K Adams Inc. climbs a mound of bricks that were taken down from the high brick walls. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Pink flamingos adorn Christmas trees on 34th Street in Hampden. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

2016 Baltimore Sun pictures of the year

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