Texas 2021: Photos Of The Pandemic, Winter Storm And Border Surge - The Texas Tribune

People line up in cars to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a federally-run mass vaccination site at NRG Stadium in Houston… — People line up in cars to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a federally run mass vaccination site at NRG Stadium in Houston on Feb. 26. Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune

As 2021 comes to a close, here’s a look back at just some of our favorite images captured by Texas Tribune photographers all over the state — and across the nation — to tell the stories of Texans in a challenging year.

by Texas Tribune Photo Team Dec. 31, 20213 hours ago

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For Texans, 2021 will be remembered for the ongoing pandemic that continued to kill thousands and the brutal February winter storm that paralyzed the state and killed hundreds. Many will also look back at laws passed by the Texas Legislature that thrust the state, again and again, into national debates about voting rights and abortion access.

Through it all, Texas Tribune photographers captured the moments, both sweeping and intimate, that tell the story of our time.

People waited for hours to receive their drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine at the Fair Park vaccination site in Dallas. Feb. 8, 20… — People wait for hours to receive their COVID-19 vaccine at the Fair Park drive-thru vaccination site in Dallas on Feb. 8. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

An eastbound view of East Stassney Lane in south Austin on Feb. 15, 2021. — Heavy snowfall in Austin on Feb. 15. A series of winter weather events caused statewide power outages and led to hundreds of deaths. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune

The Blanco Vista neighborhood of San Marcos is blanketed with several inches of snow as a massive winter weather system caus… — The Blanco Vista neighborhood of San Marcos was blanketed with several inches of snow as a massive winter weather system caused power outages across Texas on Feb. 15. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune

DanaÎ Gutierrez, founder of Harvest Project Food Rescue, drives the bus carrying hundreds of meals, blankets, and warm cloth… — Danaë Gutierrez, founder of Harvest Project Food Rescue, drives a bus carrying hundreds of meals, blankets and warm clothes to distribute in Dallas after the winter storm. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

Amanda Zhang, right, attends a rally at Discovery Green on March 20, 2021, in Houston. People gathered for the Stop Asian Ha… — Amanda Zhang, right, attends a rally at Discovery Green on March 20 in Houston. People gathered for the Stop Asian Hate Vigil and Rally after a man killed eight, including six Asians, in a mass shooting at three Atlanta spas. Credit: May-Ying Lam for The Texas Tribune

LaChay Batts leads a chant saying Marvin Scott IIIís name at a demonstration outside of the Collin County Jail to demand jus… — LaChay Batts leads a chant saying Marvin Scott III’s name at a demonstration outside of the Collin County Jail to demand justice for the man, who died while in custody at the jail on March 14. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

Rosa Ramos has her sugar levels checked by a health worker at the Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Uvalde on Apr… — Rosa Ramos has her sugar levels checked by a health worker at the Amistad Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Uvalde on April 1. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune

Brenda Ramos visits the grave of her son, Michael Ramos, at Assumption Cemetery in Austin on April 19, 2021. Ramos was shot… — Brenda Ramos visits the grave of her son, Michael Ramos, at Assumption Cemetery in Austin on April 19. Michael Ramos was shot and killed by Austin police officer Christopher Taylor last year. Credit: Evan L’Roy/The Texas Tribune

inside a locker room at the McKinney ISD Stadium and Community Event Center in McKinney, Texas. The Pfizer vaccinations were… — First: Joshua Martin, 17, leans forward from his wheelchair as he watches his mother, Teddi Martin, receive a COVID-19 vaccine by a registered nurse at a vaccine site hosted by McKinney ISD and the McKinney Fire Department on May 20. Last: Israel Cheathem, 5, bottom left, waits in line with his sisters Zoey Cheathem, 14, right, and Trinity Cheathem, 15, so the teenagers could receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the McKinney ISD vaccination site. Credit: Ben Torres for the Texas Tribune

Israel Cheathem, 5, bottom left, waits in line with his sisters Zoey Cheathem, 14, right, and Trinity Cheathem, 15, so the t… — First: Joshua Martin, 17, leans forward from his wheelchair as he watches his mother, Teddi Martin, receive a COVID-19 vaccine by a registered nurse at a vaccine site hosted by McKinney ISD and the McKinney Fire Department on May 20. Last: Israel Cheathem, 5, bottom left, waits in line with his sisters Zoey Cheathem, 14, right, and Trinity Cheathem, 15, so the teenagers could receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the McKinney ISD vaccination site. Credit: Ben Torres for the Texas Tribune

People protest against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all hospital employees outside Houston Methodist Hospital in Baytown, … — People protest against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all hospital employees outside Houston Methodist Hospital in Baytown on June 7. Credit: Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune

Lisa Smith, Denise Weeks, Latarshia Hall react to Vivian Greenís performance during the I Am Juneteenth festival at the Pant… — Lisa Smith, Denise Weeks and Latarshia Hall react to Vivian Green’s performance during the I Am Juneteenth festival at the Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth on June 19. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

Children look through the border wall to their family in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico from El Paso, Texas on June 19, 2021. — Children in El Paso look through the border wall to their family in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on June 19. Credit: Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune

From left: Central Texas Food Bank volunteers Melanie Engerski, Annette Baker, and Laura Dennis, load boxes of food into an … — From left: Central Texas Food Bank volunteers Melanie Engerski, Annette Baker and Laura Dennis load boxes of food into an individual’s car at a distribution event for people facing increasing food insecurity at the Travis County Expo Center on July 1. Credit: Sophie Park/The Texas Tribune

A man gazes up at a stained glass window in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church while exiting the church with other asylum… — A man gazes up at a stained glass window in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church while exiting the church with other asylum-seekers in Mission on Aug. 3. Credit: Sophie Park/The Texas Tribune

Judith Anderson-Bruess poses for a portrait at her home in Newark, DE on Aug. 11, 2021. — Judith Anderson-Bruess at her home in Newark, Delaware, on Aug. 11. Texas’ controversial new social studies law prompted McKinney school officials to cancel its Youth and Government class, which Anderson-Bruess taught until she retired. Credit: Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune

Patients receive COVID-19 antibody infusions at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Aug. 19, 2021. The antibo… — Patients receive COVID-19 antibody infusions at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Aug. 19. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

Tristeza Ordex is an activist in Tarrant County voicing her concern over the proposed redistricting of Senate District 10, w… — Tristeza Ordex is an activist in Tarrant County voicing her concern over the proposed redistricting of Senate District 10, with the new version of the district reaching into more conservative Parker and Johnson counties. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

Billy Smith, 61, lived at the homeless encampment under I-35 near APD headquarters for a year until it was cleared on Septem… — Billy Smith, 61, lived at a homeless encampment under Interstate 35 near the Austin Police Department headquarters for a year until it was cleared in September. A new statewide law banned camping in public places, and Austin voters approved a May ballot measure reinstating a camping ban that the City Council had nixed two years earlier. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune

Migrants cross the Rio Grande between Del Rio and Cuidad Acuna, Mexico on Sept. 16, 2021. — Migrants cross the Rio Grande between Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, on Sept. 16. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune

The University of Texas at Austin holds its commencement for the class of 2020 on Sept. 17, 2021. The ceremony had been post… — The University of Texas at Austin holds its commencement for the class of 2020 on Sept. 17. The ceremony had been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune

Chiara Sunshine Beaumont at the Circle Acres Nature Preserve in Austin on Sept. 18, 2021. Chiara held a cleansing ceremony a… — Chiara Sunshine Beaumont was taught Karankawa traditions by her mother, who took her to powwows and didn’t allow her to cut her hair until she was 15. Beaumont is shown in ceremonial attire at the Circle Acres Nature Preserve in Austin. Karankawa is the name of a people who, for several centuries, controlled a more than 300-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast shore from approximately present-day Galveston Bay south to Corpus Christi Bay. After finding one another through social media and the internet, a group of Indigenous people who call themselves Karankawa Kadla have come together just as an oil company is moving to expand its facility on a patch of coastal land in an area where their ancestors lived. Credit: Liz Moskowitz for The Texas Tribune

Maria Bottazzi and Peter Hotez in the Tropical Medicine Lab in the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development … — Maria Bottazzi and Peter Hotez in the Tropical Medicine Lab in the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston on Oct. 5. The pair would like a U.S. distributor for their Texas-born COVID-19 vaccine that’s cheap, easy to make and in demand overseas, but until it can break into the U.S. market, they have focused efforts abroad to inoculate those in countries where COVID-19 variants surface more quickly. Credit: Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune

A vendor sells lit up balloons at the Día de los Muertos parade at the Dallas City Hall in Dallas, TX on October 30, 2021. — A vendor sells lit up balloons at the Dia de Los Muertos parade at Dallas City Hall in Dallas on Oct. 30. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

Nurses point out how they avoided a mosquito bite to ten-year-old Miranda Morales after she received her first dose of the P… — Nurses point out how they avoided a mosquito bite to 10-year-old Miranda Morales after she received her first dose of the Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston on Nov. 3. Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune

Reverend Erika Forbes had two abortions, once when she was 14 and once when she was 18 years-old, despite taking birth contr… — Reverend Erika Forbes had two abortions, once when she was 14 and once when she was 18, despite taking birth control. “The reality is if Senate Bill 8 were in effect whenever I had my abortions, my life would have been decimated. I would never had gone on to college, I wouldn’t have gotten my master’s, I wouldn’t be the minister I am now.” Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune

Susana Garcia, left, embraces her sister, Martha Garcia, near the Paso del Norte International Port of Entry after not seein… — Susana Garcia, left, embraces her sister, Martha Garcia, on Nov. 8 near the Paso del Norte International Port of Entry in El Paso after not seeing her for nearly two years. In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. had closed land borders with Mexico to vaccinated travelers —and reopened them after 19 months to Mexican nationals who can present proof of vaccination. Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune

Spectators look at the balloons during the McAllen Holiday Parade in McAllen on Dec. 4, 2021. — Spectators look at balloons and confetti as they enjoy the McAllen Holiday Parade in McAllen on Dec. 4. Credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune

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