PHOTOS: 2022 Photos of the year -- Steve Schaefer

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PHOTOS: 2022 Photos of the year -- Steve Schaefer

Zac Brown Band's vocalist John Driskell Hopkins talks about his newly ALS diagnosis at his Marietta studio Wednesday. June 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Table Captain Chantel McDonald greets her volunteers as they enter the State Farm Arena during the Million Meal Pack event on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

The setting sun lights up the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport as travelers make their way to their flight Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Dean Lawrence Carter walks through the newly renovated Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on the Morehouse College campus Tuesday, October 11, 2022. Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

After the emergency room at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed, employees gathered outside the hospital to take photographs Friday, October 14, 2022. Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

North Druid Hills Road is closed from a fallen tree and down powerlines Sunday, January 16, 2020 STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Georgia State University football fans cheer on their team during their game with Old Dominion University at Center Parc Stadium Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Agriculture commissioner candidate Nakita Hemingway speaks at the Democratic Party of Georgia’s State Convention in Columbus on Saturday, August 27, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Groups walk through the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park at the beginning of the 25th Eucharistic Congress Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Volunteers celebrate as they enter the State Farm Arena during the Million Meal Pack event on Saturday, July 16, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

The mother and father of Nygil Cullins, Dr. Mya Speller Cullins (R), and Quinten Cullins become emotional while talking at a press conference in East Lake Friday. August 26, 2022.2022. Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Buford Highschool Running Back Justice Haynes poses for a SUPER 11 photograph Wednesday, Jul 27, 2022.

Alec Mayhan, 9, salutes after placing one of the over 18,000 flags in front of a tombstone at Marietta national cemetery Saturday, May 28, 2022. The flags are planted in front of all the tombstones in preparation for the Memorial Day ceremony Monday. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com

Some of the Eight hundred-forty volunteers walk among the tombstones as they plant American flags in front of every gravesite in preparation for Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at Marietta National Cemetery.Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Kathleen Merriweather wipes away tears as she talks about her son Jeffrey Merriweather JR. at her Villa Ricca home Tuesday, June 14, 2020.

Chris Yegge slides down a snow-dusted hill on a piece of cardboard in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 29, 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

A Davenport player moves the ball upfield against St Mary's during the USA Rugby 7s Collegiate Championships at Kennesaw State University's Fifth Third Bank Stadium on Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Participants fill the arena on horseback at the start of the Bill Pickett Rodeo at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers Saturday, August 6, 2022. Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

People ready the animals before the start of the Bill Pickett Rodeo at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers Saturday, August 6, 2022. Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Chipper Jones throws the first pitch before the start of the opening season game with the Cincinnati Reds at Truist Park Thursday, April 7, 2022 (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens takes a selfie after delivering the commencement speech during the Georgia Institute of Technology's afternoon graduation ceremony at Bobby Dodd Stadium Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were met by counterprotesters - the two sides separated by a fence - during a rally to mark Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain Park on Saturday, April 30, 2022. (Photo: Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

People look over the Imagine Picasso Atlanta: Immersive Art Exhibition on opening day at Pullman Yards in Atlanta Thursday, 17 2022. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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Credit: Steve Schaefer

Zac Brown Band's vocalist John Driskell Hopkins talks about his newly ALS diagnosis at his Marietta studio Wednesday. June 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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