Houston Chronicle's top photos of 2020

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On January 25, in Houston, an explosion occurred at the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing Plant. When Marycruz Hernandez and her neighbor woke up, the windows were broken and the house was damaged.

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Haitian goalkeeper Kerly Theus (12) takes the ball out of the control of American forward Carli Lloyd (10) in the CONCACAF Women’s Qualification Tournament at BBVA Stadium in Houston on January 28. In the half game, Lloyd tried to score with a header.

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On January 2, children from the Chinese Community Center recited the pledge of allegiance at the Wortham Center.

City Council member Letitia stands upright, left, showing her 97-year-old grandmother, Letitia W. Upright, her seat is the newly elected member of the Houston City Hall on January 2.

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Texas quarterback DeShawn Watson (4) stretches the ball across the goal line against Buffalo Bills in the third quarter of the AFC Wild Card Playoffs at NRG Stadium on January 4 The team made a two-point conversion.

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Texas quarterback Deshaun Watson was defeated by Chiefs’ defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon during the AFC Divisional Playoffs at Aheadhead Stadium in Kansas City on January 12. 92) Lie down on the grass. The Texans scored 24 points in the first quarter and lost 51-31.

Prior to the start of spring training at the Palm Beach Fitteam Ballpark in West Palm Beach, Florida on February 13, Alex Bregman of Astros spoke to boss Jim Crain at a press conference. Crane) and the fans apologized for stealing the logo scandal.

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Cody Gisclair (left), Dusty Lee and Robert Oaks unloading shrimp at Dean Blanchard Seafood on the Big Island of Louisiana on February 25. Oakes said: "I think it will never be the same. This place has never been closed in the past." He was referring to the period before the BP oil spill.

On Wednesday, February 2, in Houston, St. Luke's United Methodist Church-Gethsemane Campus Pastor David Horton took a sip of hot coffee while offering ashes to the people on the ashes.

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Dustin Berry, a senior student at Kashmere High School by the swimming pool of the Houston School. Berry is the only HISD swimmer eligible for state competitions.

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Shari Wilson's reaction was that she saw all the coffee options available while shopping at Randall's. It took Wilson several years to drink instant coffee when he was homeless on the streets of Houston.

The advice to avoid mass gatherings did not prevent everyone from attending the service in person. On March 15th, in Houston, worshippers hold hands in the corridor during the 1949 Sunday Mass at the Cullen Catholic Charm Center.

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Larry Elmer Frederick and his dog Soffiea Anne Dieffenbach took a nap before the lunch break, then took a nap at the Houston Livestock Show and rodeo After a night.

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Alena Mijares, a 5-year-old ballerina member of Folklorico Herencia Mexicana de Houston, danced in traditional costumes from the Mexican state of Jalisco at the Houston Livestock Fair and the Go Tejano Day event held in Rodeo on March 8.

Nathan Feuquay, a senior in Lindale, learned about the Houston Livestock Show, and the enclosure was cancelled due to concerns about COVID-19 on March 11. "If we were afraid of it, we would not come."

People use the Willow Oak Trail at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center on March 24.

On March 26, boys in an apartment complex in Gltonton District climbed over the fence as a shortcut to receive food from reVision.

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When asked why she waited so long in line for voting at Southern Texas University on March 3, Nancy Glenn Singerson said, "I remember I didn't have the right to vote." After 10 p.m., People still come out of the Robert James Terry Library

The Pichot family played music together on the front lawn of Westbury on March 17. Lisa Vosdoganes, a Suzuki cello teacher at Park Elementary School, encouraged the students to walk separately to their front yard to play.

After the staff showed severe COVID-19 symptoms at the pass-through testing center opened at Houston Union Memorial Medical Center on March 19, medical staff took the patient from the car to the quarantine area.

On March 19th, people lined up at the United Memorial Medical Center in West Tidwell in Houston to ride for free to test for COVID-19.

After people received food in Houston on March 16, people left Milby High School. The school district cooperates with the Houston Food Bank School Marketing Program to provide daily food distribution in high schools in five areas.

The residents of Meyerland Village listened to a speech by Jim Connors, former Astros pipe organist. His 7th Inning Stretch Show was opened to the seniors on the sixth floor at the North Braeswood Plaza on April 30.

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Pastor Sean Horrigan stood in the sanctuary of the Church of Christ the Redeemer and posted pictures of parishioners on the benches.

After Galveston ordered the beach to close on March 31, Noah Fast, left hand, Ashe, Jer and Brian Inman (Bre' Lynne Inman) played cards behind their truck.

Fund & Feed volunteer David Batagower provided food and a bouquet of flowers to an elderly man in the Trinity Houston Gardens area.

The parish priest of the Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, David Hust, was one of three pastors who heard the confession during a direct confession in the church parking lot on April 21.

Cathy Lester said goodbye to her mother, Ann Criswell, and kissed her mother, who was a resident of the university city of Watford University. The former food editor of The Chronicle, Criswell, died on December 15 from complications of COVID-19.

On April 12, in Houston, during a drive through Easter, a girl sang with the New Day Church Band. They played for the parishioners from the roof of the church on the roof of the car.

Bo Singleterry, pictured on the right, in Anahuac with his cousin Brook Crawford (6 years old) and 7-year-old LeAnna Crawford (LeAnna Crawford) in the center of the front left on April 17. Crawford) celebrates his eighth birthday. His parents had to cancel his sleep party, but they did arrange a car parade.

Gabrielle Schmees, 29, and Diego Grassano, 31, married at Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park in Houston on April 27 . Due to COVID-19, the couple decided to postpone the larger wedding until it is safe to hold a larger party.

Matthew Dirst and Sixto Wagan talked with neighbors Kimberly Guerrero and Rick Guerrero on the balcony on March 31.

Rep. Gene Wu was reflected on the car window when he handed out bags containing surgical masks during the driverless mask gift event held at the Sharpstown Community Center in Houston on April 5. He has 400 bags, each with two masks, which are distributed to people who need to cover their faces.

Medical staff and representatives from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office looked at the Navy’s blue angels as they flew over the Harris County Jail on May 6.

16-year-old Breanna Green and 20-year-old Treyonne Green embraced their grandmother Annie Green as they watched Annie’s 43-year-old home demolished. After 1,007 days of Hurricane Harvey’s disrepair, the house was demolished within 12 minutes.

On May 29th, Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated northward at No. 288 near downtown Houston.

When the protesters demonstrated at No. 288 south of Tuam Street during a protest in Houston on May 29 related to the death of George Floyd, the protesters stopped and shouted "I can't Breathe". Former Houston resident Floyd (Floyd) was detained by police in Minnesota on May 25 and was killed.

The Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo spoke to a protester in the city center during the "Black Life Issues" protest after the death of George Floyd on May 29. Freud's death triggered protests across the country.

Concerns about the fatal shooting of Joshua Johnson led to a solidarity rally held in Missouri City on May 30, demanding Johnson's justice. Johnson was fatally shot by the deputy representative of the Harris County Sheriff on April 22.

Juan Carlos Peña, 43, was examined by doctors and nurses and then performed an ultrasound examination of his lungs in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit of UMMC on April 28. Peña decided to have a fever, body aches and a constant cough.

Elizabeth Thomas visited the grave of her husband, Chief of Staff. David Thomas, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, paid tribute to him on Memorial Day at Houston National Cemetery on May 25.

Winnie Byrnes visited her daughter Laurel Parker by the window of the sunrise assisted living facility at Cinco Ranch on May 5. The family often went to Winnie, chatted with their mobile phones on the window, and then filled the bird feeders outside the window.

On May 20, 7-year-old Penelope Eslick (Penelope Eslick) and her father like to sprinkle water while walking with her father on the Sunset Boulevard near the University Plaza community in Houston.

Stephen Olivares had a meeting with Antanique Landry while disinfecting her gym in Houston on May 15. She said: "It is a blessing for me to transition to virtual reality."

On May 15th, when people were fishing near East Beach in Galveston, a lightning strike occurred in the distance.

Paul Stewart, 18, is one of 47 graduates who were awarded the Northwest Houston Faith Award at the Showboat Drive-In Theatre held in Hockley on May 15. Stewart will enter Baylor University to study biology.

On May 1, a group of friends sat together during lunch time when Eugene’s Gulf Coast cuisine reopened in Houston. Houston restaurants are allowed to reopen at 25% capacity.

Neighbors Laura Livingston (with an umbrella) and Eva Preisner (Eva Preisner) took her two children, Hans (5 years old) and 2 years old Egypt. Eda Elaine watched the rainbow cross the drain in their Westbury community on May 15.

There is a mural on Link Road in Independence Heights, Houston. The mural uses George O. Burgess, the first mayor of the community as an example, to commemorate 16 months.

Qenuziri Zmahtanen and his wife Maakamma, who left, watched the statue of Richard "Dick" Dowling that was demolished in Hermann Park on June 17. Dowling was a Confederate officer who defeated the Allies at Sabine Pass in 1863 during the Civil War.

Members of the nonstop rider and George Floyd's family march from Discovery Green to Houston City Hall on June 2.

Pallbearers brought the coffin into the church to attend the funeral of George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston on June 9. On May 25, Floyd died under the restraint of the Minneapolis police.

LaTonya Floyd held the funeral for her brother George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston on June 9. On May 25, Floyd died under the restraint of the Minneapolis police.

When Pastor Al Sharpton delivered a eulogy at the funeral of George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston on June 9, the family responded.

After Floyd's funeral on June 8th, George Floyd's brothers drew their fists to the crowd outside Pearland Houston Garden Cemetery.

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On June 9, people rode a carriage carrying the body of George Floyd from Cullen Boulevard to the Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland.

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On June 2, on the fifth day of national protests triggered by the death of George Floyd, demonstrators and police clashed in downtown Houston.

After the June 2 parade in memory of George Floyd, protesters held signs in the reflecting pool in front of Houston City Hall.

On June 2, after a march and a rally with George Floyd's family, a protester and a Houston police officer spoke.

During the parade, Police Chief Art Acevedo (Art Acevedo) talked with demonstrators in Houston to protest the death of George Floyd (George Floyd).

On June 28, a medical staff wiped the site of a free COVID-19 test conducted by the Joint Memorial Medical Center of the Mexican Consulate General.

18-year-old Saleen Flores rested his head on his 7-year-old cousin Eva Castillo at a family gathering in Pasadena on July 10. On July 4, Flores lost his mother to COVID-19.

United Airlines customer service representatives helped passengers check in at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on July 7.

Mark Hughes, the main horn performer of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, used a high-speed camera to reflect this image at a portrait photography conference held at Rice University on July 8.

Caitlin Morales (Caitlin Morales) played in Galveston on July 1 with his daughters Hannah (1 year old) and Evelyn (3 year old). Due to the surge in new coronavirus cases, the beach will be closed before the holiday weekend of July 4.

Kristina Reff (Kristina Reff) and Pete Hinojosa (Pete Hinojosa) in the Chuters Ballroom and Saloon in Pasadena on July 12 with Chris Bergeron (Chris Bergeron) and the county line (County Line) Dancing on the dance floor. Despite the closure of Governor Greg Abbott, the bar held rallies and protests.

Rachel Daly of Dash drank from the championship trophy after returning to Houston on July 27.

Federal officials and a locksmith opened the door and entered the Chinese Consulate, which was vacant in Houston on July 24. After the US government ordered the closure of the diplomatic embassy, ​​the consulate staff evacuated the building.

Dee Gordon (9), Justus Sheffield (33), Mallex Smith (0), JP Crawford (3) and Shed Long Jr. (4) of the Seattle Mariners raised their fists before the start of the MLB season during the national anthem July 24 at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

The intern on the right, Diego Montelongo, adjusted Denisse Moreno's bed after he transferred him from the UMMC emergency room to the COVID-19 intensive care unit on June 29. Montelongo worked about 20 hours in this shift.

Friends and classmates of the Army Special Forces. Vanessa Guillén kneels and prays in front of the mural in Houston on July 5. Guillén, 20, disappeared in April, possibly killed by a soldier.

Vanessa's team sailed southeast of Houston on July 11, asking Congress to investigate the death and sexual harassment of the killed Army Special Forces. Vanessa Guillén (Vanessa Guillén).

Gloria Guillén, accompanied by her mother Lorenza Almanza, prays on the altar at the home of her daughter Army Spc. On July 22, Vanessa Guillén (Vanessa Guillén) Almanza traveled from Mexico to Houston to attend the funeral of her granddaughter.

Spc's aunt Alma García. Vanessa Guillén (Vanessa Guillén) hugs Guillen's fiance Juan Cruz (Juan Cruz) during a memorial service at Chavez High School in Houston on August 14.

The little sister of the US Army Special Forces Lupe Guillen (Lupe Guillen). Vanessa Guillén (Vanessa Guillén) rode a carriage and made the last lap on August 14 at the Cesar Chavez High School Circuit in Houston.

Stage art director Kenn McLaughlin (Kenn McLaughlin) reacted after sitting down on an empty seat in the company's Gaudi Building on July 29. He said: "It was the empty seat that partially killed me."

Retiree Sergeant Korean War veteran Joe Ramirez waved as people participated in the birthday parade in Houston on August 8. The picture on the left shows his daughter Rossana Bobbitt.

When Jimmy Villarreal of Galveston watched the waves caused by Hurricane Laura on August 26, the waves hit the seawall and the water flowed down.

After Straw hit the RBI singles, Myles Straw's fist met head coach Brent Strom. In the 11th game of Minute Maid Park on August 18, Abraham Toro won. Astros defeated Colorado 2-1. Rocky team.

On August 27, after Hurricane Laura struck Lake Charles, Louisiana, the roof of the AutoZone store along Nelson Road was blown off.

As the island was preparing for the possible impact of Hurricane Laura in Galveston on August 25, a U.S. Postal Service employee wrapped a mailbox in plastic wrap. Plastic indicates that the final mail has been removed from the box and prevents people from putting more mail in it.

"A friend of mine really hates COVID. I first went to this beach with her, so today I came here to reflect her spirit." said Lea Rutherford of Sugar Land. "Water is peaceful to me."

In the second inning of the MLB baseball game at Minute Maid Park in Houston on August 24, Astros mascot Orbit tried to make "fans" make some noise.

Pamela Ellis, Director of Customer and Residential Services at the Houston Regional Women’s Center, wearing personal protective equipment, was checking a client who was positive for COVID-19 but later tested negative in the shelter.

Ricky Thibadeaux appeared at the storm shelter in the Great Lakes on August 27, where he and six others avoided Hurricane Laura.

The 10-year-old Grady Ellis left. His cousin Lyla Leonards (8 years old) and sister Tillie Ellis (6 years old) lay in Leonards after family members nailed the tarp in Homwood on August 28 On the roof of home. Hurricane Laura damaged houses when it made landfall in the area.

The Salazar family and the right-wing Skylar King will play this season's high school football match between East Bernard and Edna at the East Bernard High School Stadium on August 28 Observe the national anthem before.

On August 6, in the success school of Raul Yzaguirre, a student had a thorough meeting with teachers and staff, and the bubble burst. The school used this opportunity to distribute supplies at the Tejano Community Concern Center in East Houston.

Pastor Doris Gray, 47, has participated in the first Baptist Baptist Church in Sunnyside at the church’s pilgrimage on the first day since the outbreak of COVID-19 Will worship.

Zachary Hart in May carried a pizza-shaped raft on the Labor Day weekend in Galveston on September 5. Hart and his family traveled from Dallas to the beach.

Adam Maubach on the left and Jo Dove in the center observed the erosion caused by tropical storm Beta in Surfside on September 21. The couple said that before the storm, the place that was once a sand dune, the Thunder Road as shown on the left ended.

Cam'ron Maltie, eight, and Adrian Murray, four, looked at the front lawn that was flooded during tropical storm Beta on September 22. Their family has been living at home for a year, and they don't know that neighbors are prone to flooding.

Officials investigated the scene of a light plane crash near the runway of Hooks Airport in Tomball on September 29.

Bel Air’s podiatrist, Dr. Vanessa Barrow, poses in Eleanor Tinsley Park on September 4, known as the “high heels” on Instagram.

Cougar fans wore face masks in the national anthem against Duran's Green Waves at the American Games at TDECU Stadium on October 8.

High school referee Wayne Pratt adjusts before the game between Lamar and Sam Houston at Lanet in Houston on October 8. hat.

Bridgeland Color Guard members arrived at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium in Cypress on October 22.

Cullen Hardner, a member of the El Campo band, will play at Les Bird Stadium on October 23. El Campo and Bay City have played 101 consecutive games, the longest in the state.

Nick Tripp comforted his wife, Krystal So, during a memorial service for 58-year-old transgender rights advocate Monica Roberts at the University of Houston’s Cullen Performance Hall on October 24. Cristal Solares-Bockmon (Cristal Solares-Bockmon).

On October 1, on the rifle on the Stephen Austin statue at Stephen Austin Munson Historic County Park in Angleton, a harvest moon appeared to float on the rifle.

On October 4, the 8-year-old Rodney Harrison (Rodney Harrison) on the left and the 11-year-old friend Bryan Stroud (Bryan Stroud) on the left in Houston’s mother Felicia Eyre Under the watch of Felicia Ellis, he practiced flipping in Harrison's front yard. The two became friends because of their interest in acrobatics and flipping.

On the first day of early voting on October 13, Deirdre Barrett waited in line at the baseball field outside the Metropolitan Service Center. She wore green and pink from his girlfriend Alpha Kappa Alpha.

On October 17th, in the 7th ALCS game in San Diego Petko Park, the light of Tampa Bay Randy Arozarena (Randy Arozarena) cheered to Willy Adames to celebrate himself In the two rounds of home runs, he was pitcher Jance McCullers Jance at Astros.

On October 17, 2020, at San Diego Petko Park, after the Tampa Bay Rays eliminated Astros in the 7th game of the ALCS, Astros Jose Altuve left and Michael Brantley hugged. The Rays won the game 7 4-2.

Texas quarterback DeShawn Watson (4) points to the sky as he leaves the field after losing overtime to the Tennessee Titans in an NFL football game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville on October 18.

Dr. Mark Hobeika on the left, Dr. Stephanie Yi, a transplant surgeon, and Shea Smith, a surgical technician on the right, worked to extract the donated kidneys at Houston Methodist Hospital on October 21. A "good Samaritan" donor.

On October 5, a building collapsed, killing 3 people, and then in downtown Houston, staff stayed up late.

Cameron Berg and his brother Davis visited the giant otter in the new exhibition at the Pantanal Wetland Park at the Houston Zoo on October 6. The design of the exhibition is an immersive trail where you can observe aboriginal animals up close. Tropical wetlands in Brazil.

Rachel Bruce leaves, her daughter Sydney (Sydney Sydney) mourns her husband and father Lemuel Bruce at a memorial service at Lakewood Church on October 22 . .

On the first day of early voting on October 13, people lined up at the baseball stadium outside the Metropolitan Comprehensive Service Center.

Tulane Green Wave quarterback Michael Pratt (7 years old) was defended by the Cougars in the fourth quarter of the U.S. Athletics Games on October 8 at TDECU Stadium in Houston Winger Taures Payne (49) fired.

Susan Cichon helped set up a polling station in front of Joanne Brodsky's Houston garage. Brodsky's garage is a polling station in Harris County.

Jason Minter packed his one-bedroom apartment into a storage room earlier this year and then started working on any lifestyle. Minter has been living and working in AirBnB across the country for a week, traveling and hiking on weekends.

Camille Christian, Xiang Zuoyi Laeky and Faith Rynda watch President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on TV at a party on November 7 at Axelrad in Houston. Christian said: "We did it."

Texas quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) was flipped when hit by Jacksonville Jaguar's strong safety player Josh Jones (29), and on November 8th in Jacksonville The first half of the NFL football game held at TIAA Bank Field was far from the goal line.

On November 11, in Houston, firefighters extinguished trash at a recycling facility near the corner of Irvington and Bennington.

Grace Emukah, a nurse at Westwood Focus Care, worked at the facility on November 17, and the number of COVID patients surged throughout the summer.

Urennaya Unaka whispered her Christmas wish list to Kelvin Douglas at the Black Girls Magic School in Houston on November 21.

Joe De La Cerda (Joe De La Cerda) left. Paul and Michael (Brothers) visit his father's grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery on November 26. Their father, a professional limousine driver, died in July after fighting COVID-19. Joe De La Cerda said: "The past few months have been quite difficult."

Kim Hewitt was comforted by her family and felt sad for her son, who was shot and killed outside a convenience store at 2706, Houston, Alabama on November 9. Six people were killed in a series of homicides in Houston.

New England Patriots quarterback Camp Newton (1) suffered a strong sense of security from the Texans in the fourth quarter of the fourth quarter at NRG Stadium on November 22, Justin Reid (20) and corner Fullback defender Lonnie Johnson (32)'s fourth drop. After the play.

The best elementary school kindergarten student Kamila Flores looked at her teacher through a sneezing guard during a math class in Houston on December 3.

Tanna Ingraham (Tanna Ingraham) embraces left-handed medical student Pauleth Tenorio at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 11. Ingraham is a registered nurse at UMMC and has been infected with the virus for the second time in six months.

COVID ICU nurse Robert Luckey received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Texas Medical Center Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston on December 15. The frontline workers at the Hermann Memorial Hall were the first to receive the vaccine.

Dr. Faisal Masud, Director of the Intensive Care Unit of Houston Methodist Hospital, walked to the left. Dr. Steven Hsu and Dr. Dharamvir Jain of the center took a group photo after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination at the Houston Hospital on December 15.