People fish on a boat along the edge of Possession Sound as the water is blanketed in smoke from the Bolt Creek fire and other wildfires burning in the Cascade range on Oct. 20, 2022, in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

People fish on a boat along the edge of Possession Sound as the water is blanketed in smoke from the Bolt Creek fire and other wildfires burning in the Cascade range on Oct. 20, 2022, in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

2022: The year in photos

2022: The year in photos

Photographers at The Daily Herald cover hundreds of stories and travel thousands of miles each year documenting day-to-day life around Snohomish County. As 2022 draws to an end, they look back on the images that have helped define the most important moments of the year. For more photos and the story behind the top images of the year, pick up our spring edition of Sound & Summit Magazine.

Dancers wait in a single file line to enter the longhouse for Salmon Ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Tulalip, Washington. Over 100 people gathered to welcome the King Salmon after two years without the ceremony due to the pandemic. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Dancers wait in a single file line to enter the longhouse for Salmon Ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Tulalip, Washington. Over 100 people gathered to welcome the King Salmon after two years without the ceremony due to the pandemic. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Joseph Cordell, a longtime patron of the Everett Skate Deck, demonstrates some of his skate moves during the final open skate session at the Everett Skate Deck before its permanent closure on Sunday, April 3, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Joseph Cordell, a longtime patron of the Everett Skate Deck, demonstrates some of his skate moves during the final open skate session at the Everett Skate Deck before its permanent closure on Sunday, April 3, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Maria Goodall, a vascular technologist at Providence Hospital, stands outside in her medical gear on Saturday, January 22, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Goodall helped negotiate three of her union’s most recent contracts with Providence. Increasing and retaining staff at the hospital is a concern at every negotiation, she said. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Maria Goodall, a vascular technologist at Providence Hospital, stands outside in her medical gear on Saturday, January 22, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Goodall helped negotiate three of her union’s most recent contracts with Providence. Increasing and retaining staff at the hospital is a concern at every negotiation, she said. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

One-year-old Amiyah and her grandfather Bob ride by on a bicycle during a rally in support of LGBTQ+ students on Monday, June 6, 2022, in front of the Marysville School District Service Center in Marysville, Washington. Parents, teachers and students in the district gathered outside the service center to protest a proposal that would have required students to receive parental consent to join extra-curricular clubs, which some felt would pressure LGBTQ+ students into coming out to their parents against their will. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

One-year-old Amiyah and her grandfather Bob ride by on a bicycle during a rally in support of LGBTQ+ students on Monday, June 6, 2022, in front of the Marysville School District Service Center in Marysville, Washington. Parents, teachers and students in the district gathered outside the service center to protest a proposal that would have required students to receive parental consent to join extra-curricular clubs, which some felt would pressure LGBTQ+ students into coming out to their parents against their will. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Two people stand out past beds of eelgrass along the ocean and take a photo together during a significantly low tide at Howarth Park on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Tides during the week reached the lowest levels in over a decade, allowing people to venture far beyond the typical shoreline. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Two people stand out past beds of eelgrass along the ocean and take a photo together during a significantly low tide at Howarth Park on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Tides during the week reached the lowest levels in over a decade, allowing people to venture far beyond the typical shoreline. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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