2025: A look back at Bay Area images that made our year

It’s been a long year.

In 2025, political turmoil reverberated across the Bay Area: immigration raids and ICE protests, rising homelessness and shrinking aid, a resurgent resistance movement and a relentless news cycle that left many feeling worn down.

And yet — amid it all — there were moments of joy. Quiet pauses in nature. Shared rituals that marked the seasons with reassuring constancy. We created art that provoked and inspired, tested our limits, mourned what was lost and celebrated...