Remember 2020

Photos, Videos and Stories from the year

Ingred Cruez (left) and Marie Rodriguez help customers from behind acrylic panels during the lunch rush at Matthews Cafeteria on Main Street in Tucker. Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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The words that shaped the way we ate in 2020

April 28, 2020 Carrollton: Camilla White visits her mother Lillian Barber, 90, from outside seeing her through the window while touching fingertips through the glass at Cottage Landing Assisted Living on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Carrollton. White didn’t discover there had been several deaths at the home from coronavirus and a significant outbreak until seeing the info on a state website and said that before the outbreak “I would go inside and just lay my head in her lap, but I can’t do none of that anymore.” Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

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AJC 2020 Photos of the year: Curtis Compton

$April 16, 2020 Atlanta: A shout out to frontline workers during the COVID-19 crisis was expressed by a banner hanging from the Jackson Street Bridge in Atlanta on Thursday, April, 16, 2020 visible to westbound motorists on the John Lewis Freedom Parkway. As of Wednesday evening, 15,260 Georgians had tested positive for COVID-19. That figure represented an increase of 682 cases in 24 hours. Georgia will dramatically expand testing for the novel coronavirus, following weeks of diagnostic rationing that obscured the pandemic’s full effects. For the first time in Georgia, tests will be offered to anyone displaying symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, state officials said Wednesday. Those symptoms include fever, fatigue and a dry cough. But the state’s public health department has only 5,000 test kits on hand, a tiny fraction of the number that experts say are needed to track and contain the virus. The state has signed a contract to buy additional kits from a Sandy Springs-based company, Ipsum Diagnostics, which recently received emergency federal approval to deploy its newly developed tests. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM$

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2020 Photos of the Year: John Spink

2020 Stories

Top 5 social justice stories of 2020

5 stories on social justice that shook 2020

Notable deaths of 2020

5 notable people we lost in 2020

Top 5 weather stories of 2020

From dust plumes to tornadoes: top 5 weather stories of 2020

Top 5 sports stories of 2020

Baseball to Brady: 2020’s top 5 sports stories

Top 5 political stories of 2020

From coronavirus to Trump: 2020’s top 5 political stories

Top 5 coronavirus stories of 2020

From vaccines to Trump: top 5 coronavirus stories of 2020

Top 5 business stories of 2020

Unemployment to social justice: top 5 business stories of 2020

2020 Images

2020 Photos of the Year: Alyssa Pointer

April 1, 2020 Atlanta - Aerial photo shows very light traffics near Atlanta's "Spaghetti JunctionÓ on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The NCAA announced on March 12 it is canceling the 2020 men's and women's basketball championships and all other remaining winter and spring sports because of the coronavirus. Atlanta will have to wait until at least 2027 for another opportunity to host the Final Four, which is committed to other cities for the next six years. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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2020 Photos of the Year: Hyosub Shin

October 24, 2019 - Atlanta - Formerly a first grade teacher, Lisa Perrymond took over from a dance teacher that resigned and is preparing a dance for the APS state of the district event. We follow Harper Archer's principal, Dr. Dione Simon Taylor, on her morning routine. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

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AJC 2020 photos of the year: Bob Andres

June 13, 2020 Ryon Horne photojournalist for the AJC records protestors and police on I-75 after the Rayshard Brooks shooting. (Ben Grey for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Videographers capture steady drumbeat of news of 2020

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Ron Hill, 63, an athletics coach at a North Fulton County private school, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020, after contracting the coronavirus, his family and friends said. He is survived by seven children and 16 grandchildren. FACEBOOK PHOTO

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Wilma Gail Bowen, 70, a nurse at Hiram Elementary School, died on Thanksgiving Day hours after her husband of five decades, Willard Daniel Bowen, 73. Their daughter, Karen Bowen Kirby, said they both had COVID-19.

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What Inspired Us

Marika Chasse of Johns Creek helps out at the Southeast distribution site for Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child. More than 2.1 million shoeboxes filled with gifts will be sent to children throughout the world from this location. (Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child)

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Art from the Heart: Children thank those on the front lines

Rick McDevitt describes the meaning behind the murals, one behind him that has his likeness, at The Rick McDevitt Youth Center. Thirty years ago McDevitt says he discovered an old building in Peoplestown near downtown Atlanta that was scheduled to be demolished and he saw a need for a teen center. He got funding from then Home Depot CEO Arthur Blank and others to remodel the building. Since then he has been helping children at youth center that bears his name. PHIL SKINNER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

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Youth center offers hope for 30 years

Mandy Young looks through a scrapbook at the RE/MAX office where she works in Covington. She has a rare disease that caused strokes, all types of illnesses and forced her to have a leg amputated at age 9. She's been in the hospital more than 100 times and devotes some of her time to giving back to children's hospitals. She's also a motivational speaker. Phil Skinner, special to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Conyers woman’s rare disease, upbeat spirit made her memorable patient

2020 Stories

Though 2020 was a tough year, there were openings, including Dr. Scofflaw’s Laboratory and Beer Garden. Here, Scofflaw Brewing co-founder and chief brewing officer Travis Herman is at the new seven-barrel research and development brewery and taproom at the Works in Atlanta. (Bob Townsend for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Best of Atlanta winners for 2020

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Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was nearly empty in early April 2020. The year will be remembered for the enormous loss and disruption that the pandemic brought. (JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM)

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DeKalb County Judge Clarence Seeliger retiring after 40-year career

DeKalb County Judge Clarence Seeliger retiring after 40-year career

Dennis Perry, center, standing beside wife Brenda Perry gets emotional while thanking the team from the Georgia Innocence Project after they worked to get his release from 20 years behind bars, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Nicholls, Ga. (Stephen B. Morton for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Man walks free after conviction tossed in Ga. church murders

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Megan Thee Stallion and Bruce Springsteen had memorable songs in 2020.

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Music Notes: 12 of the best songs of 2020

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit rocked a sold-out crowd of concert devotees on Friday, October 16, 2020, in the parking lot of Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta. This was the first in a series of "Live From the Drive-In" concerts produced by Live Nation. Photo: Robb Cohen for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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JANUARY: Okiboru Tonkotsu Ramen, Chashu Wrap, Okiboru Truffle Chintan Ramen, Tebasaki, and Okiboru Buta Paitan with Gyokai Tsukemen. Photo credit- Mia Yakel.

MAP: The more than 150 restaurants and bars that opened in metro Atlanta in 2020

DeKalb Voter Registration and Elections workers begin scanning ballots to electronically recount more than 373,000 votes by the state-mandated deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Stonecrest, Georgia. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Healthcare professionals at St. Joseph's Candler hospital in Savannah applaud the first nurse to be inoculated at the hospital on Tuesday. Atlanta Power Poll leaders called the vaccine's arrival in Georgia the leading reason why they're optimistic for the coming year. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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