Year in focus: Images that defined America in 2025

Go Back Fox News Move Back ADVERTISEMENT Skip Published 58 mins ago 17 Images Year in focus: Images that defined America in 2025 From moments of celebration to scenes of devastation, 2025 delivered images that defined a turbulent year in America. These photos captured some of those defining stories. Start Slideshow An electronic board displays 'Happy New Year' as confetti falls after the ball drop at Times Square during New Year's celebrations in New York City, New York on January 1, 2025. read more REUTERS/Kent Edwards Share Police investigate a crime scene on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. read more Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital Share A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, killing the driver and injuring seven others in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 1, 2025. read more EyePress News/Shutterstock Share Firefighters fight the flames from the Palisades Fire burning the Theatre Palisades during a powerful windstorm in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025. read more Apu Gomes/Getty Images Share Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania and his children look on during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025. read more Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Share Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia on January 30, 2025. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided in midair with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. read more Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Share Demonstrators hold banners as they march during a protest following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in New York City, New York on March 10, 2025. read more REUTERS/Jeenah Moon Share A crane vessel lifts the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in New York, New York on April 10, 2025. read more Seth Wenig/AP Share Members of the clergy attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis at the Vatican on April 26, 2025. read more REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Share Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. read more REUTERS/Yara Nardi Share A search and rescue volunteer holds a T-shirt and backpack with the words Camp Mystic on them in Comfort, Texas on July 6, 2025. read more Danielle Villasana for The Washington Post via Getty Images / Getty Images Share Charlie Kirk speaks before he is assassinated during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on September 10, 2025. read more Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP / AP Newsroom Share A memorial dedicated to Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 11, 2025. Zarutska was stabbed to death on a train in Charlotte....

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