2024 in photos: Solar eclipse, campus protests, elections and more
WPR photojournalist Angela Major tracks Wisconsin's year in pictures
Five immature bald eagles were released into the wild Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Prairie du Sac, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
As WPR’s photographer, I get to share the sights that accompany the sounds our audience hears on the radio and the words it reads on the web.
The beauty of releasing rehabilitated bald eagles into the wild, the springtime glory of a hot air balloon’s first trip of the year, the passion and complexity of swing state politics, the environmental challenges of a changing climate, and the support of communities when tragedy strikes.
Below are some of the photos that tell the story of Wisconsin in 2024.
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Sidewalks are cleared during a snow storm Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Janesville, Wis. Angela Major/WPRA bald eagle soars away as a crowd looks on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Prairie du Sac, Wis. Angela Major/WPRA skier travels along manmade snow Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the American Birkebeiner Ski Race in northern Wisconsin. Angela Major/WPRDan Jacobs works in the kitchen Friday, March 1, 2024, at DanDan, a Milwaukee restaurant he co-owns. Angela Major/WPRJulie Wellinger lost her son, Jerrold, to a reckless driving crash in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPRGeorgia Hill, center, gathers with friends and family on Lasheky’s birthday to release balloons Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Racine, Wis. Angela Major/WPRFour-year-old Riverlynn Stockwell of Clinton, Wis., lays on the lawn at Yerkes Observatory to observe the solar eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024, in Williams Bay, Wis. Angela Major/WPRFrom left, Cynthia Black, Richard Black, of Rockford, Ill., and Grace Hanny, and David Black, of Lake Geneva, Wis., wear protective glasses to view the eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024, at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis. Angela Major/WPRCommercial pilot Chris Keefe and crew chief Joyce Phillips fly the hot air balloon ‘Nifty Gadget’ for the first time this season Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Cross Plains, Wis. Angela Major/WPRPro-Palestinian protesters surround a group praying a Maghreb prayer, one of the five prayers of Islam, as the sun sets Monday, April 29, 2024, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPRMadison Police arrested multiple protestors from the pro-Palestinian encampment on the UW-Madison campus on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Angela Major/WPRPeople hug as they wait for students to be reunified with their families Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at Life Church in Mount Horeb. Angela Major/WPRShelly Sarasin, co-founder and director of Street Angels, watches as a volunteer assists a man living outside Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPR92-year-old Sarah Wells, right, stands with her daughter, Mary, before receiving her high school diploma Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPRHorses lead a float in Baraboo’s Big Top Parade on Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Baraboo, Wis. Angela Major/WPRFencer Margherita Guzzi Vincenti smiles as she removes her mask Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Hartland, Wis. She will represent the United States in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Angela Major/WPRThe National Eucharistic Pilgrimage walks from Carmelite Sisters’ Convent to St. Jude Parish on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Wauwatosa, Wis. Angela Major/WPRA home in Janesville has tornado damage the morning after a dangerous storm Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Janesville, Wis. Angela Major/WPRCindy Ringgenberg, left, helps her family recover from tornado damage to their home by watching her 2-year-old great niece Sunday, June 23, 2024, in a neighborhood near Jackson Elementary School in Janesville, Wis. Angela Major/WPRPresident Joe Biden takes a selfie with supporters Friday, July 5, 2024, at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPRProtesters hold a banner as they march from Red Arrow Park to an area in view of the Fiserv Forum, where the Republican National Convention is being held, on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPREdward X. Young of New Jersey wears a shirt featuring Donald Trump’s “fight, fight, fight” chant days after the former president was injured by a gunman Wednesday, July 17, 2024, outside the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis. He said a Wisconsin delegate sold it to him at a party. Angela Major/WPRWisconsin delegates dance with signs before the final day of the RNC on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPRFormer President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate candidate Eric Hovde on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPRA delegate from North Carolina takes a photo as the RNC begins Monday, July 15, 2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPRFormer President Donald Trump stands with his family on stage after his speech Thursday, July 18, 2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPREight-year-old Trey Stone and his mother, Melissa, right, wave at people they recognize in the sky glider Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, during the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis, Wis. Angela Major/WPRThe sun sets behind the ferris wheel and sky glider at the Wisconsin State Fair on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in West Allis, Wis. Angela Major/WPRGreen County Cheese Days attendees participate in an effort to break the world record for the biggest polka dance Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Monroe, Wis. Angela Major/WPRJustin Vernon, frontman of the band Bon Iver, performs at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wis. Angela Major/WPRVice President Kamala Harris smiles as she enters a rally for her presidential campaign Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPRSupporters of Vice President Kamala Harris dance before a rally for her presidential campaign Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPRVice President Kamala Harris takes the hands of 9-year-old Lyla Butelefski of Neenah after her campaign rally Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, at Ripon College in Ripon, Wis. Butelefski said she gave Harris a bracelet that says “We are not going back.” Angela Major/WPRA voter glances down at her ballot Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Washington Park Senior Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPRPeople add glass to the World’s Tallest Glass Tree on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis. Angela Major/WPRAttendees listen to speakers and music during a vigil held in response to the fatal shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPRPeople embrace during a vigil in response to the fatal shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
