The Associated Press' top photos of 2024 from the US
Briefly

The gallery from The Associated Press illustrates a new chapter of political history, capturing everything from extremist political moments to devastating natural disasters that collectively shape our society.
The scale of destruction in 2024 was immense; one image of Lake Lure in North Carolina, covered in debris post-Hurricane Helene, starkly symbolizes the magnitude of this devastation.
A tragic moment arose when a container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, resulting in its collapse and the loss of construction workers, highlighting the human costs behind infrastructure failures.
In California, powerful photographs showed both the fierce fight against wildfires and moments of hope, illustrating humanity's resilience amid hardships, as seen through firefighters saving a vintage car from flames.
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