Union Leader's 2023 photos of the year
A look back at 2023 through the lens of Union Leader photographers.
Cloud of chaulk
University of New Hampshire students celebrate after releasing a cloud of chalk dust during an Oct. 14 football game at Wildcat Stadium in Dur…
Powwow in Portsmouth
Wambli Conqueror Bear adjusts his headdress while performing at the Piscataqua Powwow in Portsmouth on Aug. 12.
NH Coalition of the Missing and Murdered rally
Ashley Pitman, from Colebrook, wipes tears while holding a photo of her dad David Oldham, who was murdered in Columbia in 2015, during the ral…
BRING IT
Patrick O’Neil, a teacher at Hillside Middle School in Manchester, reads to a group of youngsters during the BRING IT Summer Reading & Art…
Storm watch
Members of the Morton family of Stratham were looking out at the water at North Hampton State Beach on Sept. 16, including dad Michael, daught…
Ryan Day
Ohio State football coach Ryan Day of Manchester greets Sister Karen Ross of Manchester at The Boys & Girls Club of Manchester on March 16.
Sliding down
Lena Quinn and her son, Thomas, zoom down the slide at the Warner Fall Foliage Festival on Oct. 7.
World Ocean Day
Five-year-old William Johnson searches for crabs in a tidal pool, an activity hosted by the Seacoast Science Center in Rye on World Ocean Day …
Sunset after the storm
The remnants of Hurricane Lee offered Dartmouth’s sideline a stunning view during their game on Saturday night against UNH on Oct. 16.
Big waves
The view from North Hampton State Beach in North Hampton around high tide at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. Hurricane Lee caused dangerous surf…
Homeless encampment
Two people hug as police and public works staff clear the homeless encampment on Manchester Street on Jan. 18.
6 millionth fan
Cormac Toland, 9, of Manchester, was the 6 millionth fan to come to the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium on Aug. 22 for the game. He was with hi…
Belly flop
Dundar Yilmaz of Burlington, Mass., held nothing back for the annual Father’s Day Flop at Water Country in Portsmouth on June 18.
Black Acres Brush Fire
A firefighter uses a chainsaw to cut down a burning tree as he tries to contain a brush fire which burned about 2 acres behind the public hous…
So many rubber ducks
A little girl at left reacts as hundreds of rubber ducks are dropped into the Nashua River on Oct. 14 in the Gate City. The fundraising event …
Raymond flood
Two people needed a boat to navigate a flooded section of Harriman Road in Raymond on Dec. 19 as the Lamprey River crested from a storm.
17th Annual NH Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Bob Welch of the New Hampshire Professional Firefighters Pipes and Drums salutes as the bell in the foreground is tolled during ceremonies on …
Sunroof
AJ Genc of Auburn reads a book atop her car in September's sunshine at Lake Massabesic in Auburn.
steeplejack
Gordon Knight of Robert Morgan Steeple & Building Restoration in Errol repels the steeple while making repairs to the Hampstead Congregati…
Politicians on parade
The staging area off Route 3 on Front Street was busy before the annual 4th of July Parade in Merrimack on July 4.
