As the year draws to a close, here's a look at the most interesting, powerful and impactful photos the Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center has run from January 2018 to December. See them here.
WASHINGTON — As the year draws to a close, here’s a look at some of the best photos WTOP has shared with readers and listeners from January 2018 to December.
Walk back through 2018 below.
Spider lightning streaks across the sky above the White House on Sept. 7, 2018. The drenching storms unloaded 2.89 inches of rain on the District in just a few hours, making that Friday one of the wettest days of the what would eventually become wettest year ever.
(WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Ben Jealous looks out over the crowd before addressing supporters in Baltimore, Maryland, after losing the election to Gov. Larry Hogan on Nov. 6, 2018.
Read more: Dem voters propel Md. Gov. Hogan over Dem challenger
(WTOP/ Kate Ryan)
WTOP/ Kate Ryan
Pouring rain didn’t keep a record number of people from heading to the polls in D.C. for the Midterm elections Nov. 6, 2018.
See more: PHOTOS: Election Day
(WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
A guard stands at the rotunda in the University of Virginia in Charlottesville the night of Aug. 10, 2018. The area was fenced off in the wake of the first year since white nationalists circled protesters on campus.
Read more: Charlottesville prepares for white nationalist rally anniversary
(WTOP/Max Smith)
D.C. Fire Engine 16 tapped a fire hydrant at 16th and H Street Northwest, dispensing a spray of water over the intersection to provide demonstrators some relief from the heat on June 30, 2018.
Read more: Thousands join ‘Families Belong Together’ march, rally in sweltering DC
(WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Fans gather outside in D.C. on Saturday, June 2, 2018, to watch Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights.
Read more: Outside the arena, Caps fans revel in Stanley Cup mania
(WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Kids and their parents protest during March For Our Lives on March 24, 2018.
See more: Photos: March for Our Lives
(WTOP/Dick Uliano)
WTOP/Dick Uliano
“Toby or Not Toby — A Snowball Battle” takes place on the National Mall on March 21, 2018. The gathering was organized through Facebook and was named after the winter storm.
Read more: Revelers gather for a spring day snowball fight at the National Mall
(WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Brent Mount hugs his daughter Katie after surprising her during a school assembly Jan. 29, 2018, at Park Ridge Elementary in Stafford County, Virginia. Mount has spent the last six months deployed to Afghanistan.
Read more: Tearful homecoming: Deployed Army dad surprises daughter at Va. school
(WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
D.C. firefighters, specially trained by the U.S. Coast Guard, work to break up large ice sheets Jan. 9, 2018, that formed in frigid temperatures blocking access on the waterway in an emergency.
Read more: Ice breaker: How this fire crew is cracking DC’s icy waterways
(WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.