Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive at his inauguration on January 20. (Chang W. Lee/Pool/The New York Times/AP)

The defining photos of Biden’s first 100 days

Updated 12:00 PM ET, Fri April 30, 2021

Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive at his inauguration on January 20. (Chang W. Lee/Pool/The New York Times/AP)

The milestone of 100 days in office has been touted as a target for President Joe Biden since his inauguration.

On issues ranging from the coronavirus to immigration, Biden has repeatedly pointed to the milestone — just over three months into his term — as a deadline to deliver results on his vision for the nation across major policy issues.

Photographers have captured many of the key moments on Biden’s path to date. Here are some of the most significant snapshots chronicling the President’s first 100 days in office.

Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office after his inauguration on January 20. "There's no time to start like today," Biden told reporters as he began signing a stack of orders and memoranda. "I'm going to start by keeping the promises I made to the American people." (Evan Vucci/AP)

White House press secretary Jen Psaki takes questions from journalists after Biden's inauguration. Psaki confirmed that she will hold daily briefings. She told the reporters in the room that she will butt heads with them sometimes but that "we have a common goal, which is sharing accurate information with the American people." (Tom Brenner/Reuters)

Biden swears in presidential appointees during a virtual ceremony on January 20. Biden told his new staff members they shouldn't be working for him unless they were serious about forcing change. "We have a chance to change things," he said. "That's the reason I got involved in politics. I really mean it. So you shouldn't be doing this unless you feel it." (Evan Vucci/AP)

The Bidens, seen on the right, are joined by their family as they watch fireworks from the White House balcony on the night of the inauguration. (Adam Schultz/The White House)

Biden adds a log to the Oval Office fireplace on January 22. "Even though he is the President, he still is a very real person. He's a normal person," said Adam Schultz, the chief official White House photographer. “If a fire needs an extra log, he’s going to throw a log on it.” (Adam Schultz/The White House)

One of Biden’s first major promises was to administer 100 million doses within his first 100 days in office, a mission that he said was dependent on major production increases and health-care coordination. The Biden administration officially administered 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in mid-March and hit its updated goal last week of 200 million shots administered.

After lengthy negotiations that ultimately did not earn Republican support, the Biden administration also secured a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package in March, which included $1,400 direct checks and a $300 federal boost to weekly jobless payments.

But efforts to address the coronavirus have featured several hurdles, including a pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that was lifted last week. The administration is also currently directing fresh urgency to tackling vaccine hesitancy, particularly among conservative and rural voters in the Southeast and Mountain West.

Cars line up at a Covid-19 vaccination site in Denver on January 30. UCHealth planned to vaccinate 10,000 people over 70 during the drive-up event. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Michelle Melton, 35 weeks pregnant, receives a Covid-19 vaccine at the Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.“She spoke with me about her fear of the unknown as a pregnant woman receiving the vaccine, but felt that the reward of protecting herself and the potential of giving Covid-19 antibodies to her baby outweighed the risks,” photographer Hannah Beier said. (Hannah Beier/Reuters)

Health-care workers treat a Covid-19 patient at the Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, California.“This photo was taken in early February, after most health-care workers had been offered the vaccine,” photographer Ariana Drehsler said. “Although there were still many Covid-19 patients in the hospital that they were tending to, I noticed that they were not rushing down the hall going from one emergency to the next like I had seen in the past months at other hospitals.” (Ariana Drehsler/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Samantha Emanuel stands over the body of her father, Samuel Emanuel Jr., at a funeral home in Houston. The 55-year-old died from Covid-19 complications. (Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters)

Newly confirmed Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is embraced by his husband, Chasten, after being sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on February 3. "Ceremonial swearing-ins are usually fairly mundane photo ops, but I remember being thrilled to get this assignment, knowing it was a historic moment,” Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque said. “The swearing-in of the first openly gay Cabinet member was a powerful symbol of the diversity of the Biden White House, and perhaps a larger symbol of human progress in general.” (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor in the US Capitol Rotunda on February 3. SIcknick, 42, died in January after defending the Capitol from pro-Trump rioters who breached the building. President Biden and the first lady were among those who visited the Rotunda to pay their respects. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

Biden poses with his dogs, Champ and Major, in the Oval Office on February 9. The German shepherds mark a return to a longstanding tradition of Presidents and their families bringing their pets with them to the White House. Former President Trump and his family did not have any pets during his four years in office. (Adam Schultz/The White House)

Biden visits a lab February 11 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. That day, he announced that the United States would have enough Covid-19 vaccines for 300 million Americans by the end of July. “The idea of being inside such an important research facility, where so many different viruses have been studied and stored, made the visit — and the gravity of the pandemic — very real,” Reuters photographer Carlos Barria recalled. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

While Biden sought to project the image of moving on from his predecessor upon taking office, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump over his incitement of rioters at the Capitol occurred simultaneously with the new President’s efforts to lay the foundations of his term.

Congress' counting of the Electoral College votes on January 6 was halted for more than five hours while lawmakers were forced into lockdown by pro-Trump rioters who overran the US Capitol. The attack saw five people killed and more than 100 police officers injured, and prosecutors have since charged at least 400 people in connection with the attack.

The final Senate impeachment vote — 57 guilty to 43 not guilty — was 10 votes short of the 67 guilty votes needed to convict, with seven Republicans finding Trump guilty. Biden weighed in after the trial, saying that democracy is “fragile” and “must always be defended.”

House Sergeant at Arms Tim Blodgett and House Clerk Cheryl Johnson are trailed by the House impeachment managers as they carry an article of impeachment to the US Senate on January 25. “I was one of a handful in Statuary Hall for this moment,” Associated Press photographer Susan Walsh said. “I just remember it being so quiet. Since many of us use cameras that have a silent electronic shutter, I don’t even remember any camera noise.” (Susan Walsh/AP)

Members of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff watch new footage of the Capitol attack on February 10. The footage was part of the case presented by House impeachment managers. “I think about this photo a lot,” New York Times photographer Erin Schaff said. “It represents to me the lingering trauma of January 6 for everyone who works in the Capitol. It’s not a partisan issue; there were Republican and Democratic aides trapped in the building that day who feared for their lives, in addition to the custodial staff, culinary workers and Capitol police officers among others. It’s hard to express how difficult it is for people to come back daily to this place that’s their second home and also their crime scene.” (Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Redux)

A staff member for the impeachment managers tallies the final votes on February 13. Trump’s second impeachment trial ended like his first: with an acquittal. The Senate vote was 57-43 in favor to convict, with seven Republicans joining Democrats in voting guilty. But a two-thirds majority was needed for conviction. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Redux)

Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen, second from left, celebrates after the vote. (Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Images)

The Bidens walk past Valentine’s Day decorations on the North Lawn of the White House. The first lady helped install the oversized hearts, which also carried words such as “unity,” “kindness” and “healing.” She told reporters: “I just wanted some joy. I think things have been so — with the pandemic — everybody’s feeling a little down. So it’s just a little joy, a little hope, that’s all.” (Adam Schultz/The White House)

Biden answers a question during a CNN town-hall event in Milwaukee on February 16. Biden took questions from Americans about multiple aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. (Taylor Glascock for CNN)

Camilla Swindle sits in a shopping cart as she and her boyfriend wait in a long line to enter a grocery store in Austin, Texas, on February 16. Winter storms crippled the state and left many without power, heat or water. Biden visited later in the month, offering both comfort and federal support. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux)

Biden, at the White House, watches coverage of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars on February 18. "Congratulations to NASA and everyone whose hard work made Perseverance's historic landing possible," he said in a tweet. "Today proved once again that with the power of science and American ingenuity, nothing is beyond the realm of possibility." (The White House)

Merrick Garland, Biden's nominee for attorney general, is sworn in at his confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, on February 22. Garland was praised by Republicans and Democrats alike in his testimony, where he faced questions about the politically charged investigations that await him if confirmed to lead the Justice Department. He was confirmed in March by a 70-30 vote. (Al Drago/Pool/AP)

Members of Congress observe a moment of silence on the steps of the US Capitol on February 23. “As the country reached a new milestone in February — 500,000 US deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic — lawmakers gathered on the steps of the Capitol for a candlelight vigil at sunset,” photographer Al Drago recalled. “The leadership was running a few minutes behind, which is not quite unusual, and the 5:54 p.m. sunset came and went. However right after the sun sets, the sky still has some brightness in it, known commonly as ‘blue hour.’ I made my way to the center and made the photograph wide to encapsulate the grandeur of the Capitol, show all the lawmakers with their candles, and convey the enormity of the situation.” (Al Drago/Getty Images)

This satellite image shows buildings that were destroyed by US airstrikes in Syria on February 26. The airstrikes, which targeted a site used by two Iranian-backed militia groups, were launched in response to rocket attacks on American forces in the region. "Up to a handful" of militants were killed in the strikes, a US official told CNN. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the strikes took place "at President Biden's direction" and were authorized not just to respond to recent attacks against American and coalition forces but also to deal with "ongoing threats to those personnel.” (Maxar)

On his first day in office, Biden released new enforcement guidance for the federal immigration agencies that paused most deportations (except for people considered the greatest threats) for his first 100 days, while repealing Trump's travel ban on several Muslim-majority nations and freezing construction of his predecessor's border wall.

But since then, immigration has often taken center stage, specifically an issue that also tested Trump — the current influx of thousands of migrants, many of them unaccompanied children, at the southern border.

While administration officials have largely avoided calling the trend a “crisis,” they have raced to open more than a dozen temporary shelters, recruit volunteers and staff and relocate children to a sponsor, like a parent or relative, in the United States while they continue with their immigration legal proceedings.

Ceidy, an asylum-seeking migrant from Guatemala, kisses her 3-month-old baby, Bridget, after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States. They were waiting to be escorted by US Border Patrol agents. “In the group, there were many other families,” photographer Go Nakamura recalled. “They cried, embraced each other and prayed. They were overflowing in their emotion out of joy and relief that they landed on the US side safely.” (Go Nakamura/Reuters)

A US Border Patrol agent delivers a young migrant and his family to a bus station in Brownsville, Texas. “Here, Central American immigrants were being released for travel to destinations within the US, where they will pursue their asylum cases through the immigration courts,” Getty Images photographer John Moore said. “The agent reached inside the van and gently lifted the boy down onto the pavement. It was the type of tender moment I wish I could photograph more of at the border.” (John Moore/Getty Images)

Ranch owner Tony Sandoval stands in front of an unfinished border wall that former President Trump tried to build near Roma, Texas. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

A Guatemalan migrant and his son cross the Rio Grande. Photographer Herika Martinez remembers the day being very cold and that the two seemed afraid to cross the border. When a storm began, that’s when they took the opportunity to cross the river and surrender to Border Patrol. Martinez spoke to a man who was with them earlier but didn’t cross. That man told her that the man who crossed was from Guatemala and had nowhere to live. (Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images)

Biden and his grandchildren Natalie and Hunter leave a church in Wilmington, Delaware, on February 28. On weekends, Biden has kept to his routine of attending public Mass, either in Washington, DC, or his home parish in Delaware. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

A box containing Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine heads down the conveyor to a transport truck in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, on March 1. (Timothy D. Easley/Pool/Getty Images)

White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds onto notes as she addresses reporters during a news briefing on March 5. “I recall the first moment that press secretary Jen Psaki walked into the briefing room holding that broad, colorful binder,” photographer Tom Brenner said. “Each tab appeared to be well-organized with neat handwriting, bringing a public view into who was still in the early stages of that role at the White House.” (Tom Brenner/Reuters)

First-grader Sophia Frazier does her schoolwork behind a plastic divider at Two Rivers Elementary School in Sacramento, California, on March 8. The first-graders returned to class one week earlier. “When I took this photo, it was clear to me that Sophia was clearly uncomfortable with the new ways she had to learn,” photographer Daniel Kim said. “Like Sophia, all the children that I photographed that day seemed to be adjusting to the new normal. Before the pandemic, scenes like this in classrooms were not imaginable. I still wonder how difficult attending class is for a first-grader when there are physical barriers in between them and the teacher.” (Daniel Kim/Sacramento Bee/ZUMA Wire)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bangs her gavel on March 10, after a final vote approved a $1.9 trillion economic relief plan. The Covid-19 relief package had been Biden's first and most pressing legislative priority since taking office in January. “Photographing the House chambers from the gallery is a rare opportunity, and in a pandemic it is especially different, with the social-distancing measures and everyone wearing masks,” photographer Anna Moneymaker said. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Redux)

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by White House staff, applaud as they watch the House of Representatives approve the Covid-19 relief plan. "This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation — working people, middle-class folks, people who built the country — a fighting chance," Biden said before he signed the legislation. "That's what the essence of it is." (Lawrence Jackson/The White House)

The United States has weathered at least 147 mass shootings in 2021, according to data from the GVA, a nonprofit based in Washington. Facing pressure in the aftermath of several high-profile attacks, Biden unveiled a package of executive actions earlier this month seeking to address a scourge of gun violence he deemed a “blemish on the nation.”

In March, the House passed gun legislation that would expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, marking the first significant congressional move on gun control since Democrats won the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress. But centrist Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has said that he does not support the measures — indicating that Democratic leaders would not even be able to count on votes from their entire caucus for gun legislation if they garnered the significant Republican support necessary to overcome a filibuster.

Cynthia Shi and her boyfriend, Graham Bloomsmith, embrace outside the Gold Massage Spa in Atlanta on March 18. Eight people were killed after shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area. Robert Aaron Long, 21, is the suspect in the shootings. He is being held in Cherokee County, Georgia, where he faces murder charges. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times/Redux)

Four students from the University of Colorado embrace one another March 23 outside the grocery store where 10 people were killed a day earlier in Boulder, Colorado. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, the 21-year-old suspect, has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. “A couple of (the students pictured) grew up in Boulder and had been in the store countless times,” photographer Rachel Woolf said. “My heart hurt for them. ‘This isn't new for us,’ they said, to indicate that this wasn't the first mass shooting in Colorado near their home. I had been in that store countless times, too. And I felt a sobering, sinking feeling while covering a mass shooting in my community.” (Rachel Woolf/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Protesters are reflected on sunglasses in New York City on March 27. It was a National Day of Action to combat anti-Asian violence. “As a female photographer of Korean descent, the anti-Asian bias this country is experiencing hits close to home,” photographer Jeenah Moon said. “I’ve been the subject of these hate crimes myself. Capturing the reflection of the protest through that supporter’s eyes (who happened to be Asian like me) showed me, and those who viewed that photo, that change really does start at the individual level.” (Jeenah Moon/Reuters)

A funeral is held March 29 for police officer Eric Talley, who was killed when responding to the grocery store shooting in Boulder, Colorado. He was 51. “This is the moment the casket was brought out of the church, which even though was located in a central area of Denver, the atmosphere was very quiet and somber,” photographer Kevin Mohatt said. “Officer Talley’s was the first funeral out of the 10 victims, and being just one week after the shooting, the weight of the tragedy still loomed heavy on the community.” (Kevin Mohatt/Reuters)

Biden trips as he walks up the steps of Air Force One on March 19. It was a really windy day, New York Times photographer Doug Mills recalled. “The President likes to run up the stairs, which I thought was a little risky,” Mills said. “As he ran up this time, I saw him stumble and then try and catch himself about two times before actually dropping to his knees.” (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux)

Contractors remove security fencing around the Ellipse, just south of the White House, on March 24. The fencing was erected last summer during Black Lives Matter protests. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon is placed into the back of a patrol car after being arrested at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on March 25. She was arrested after knocking on the office door of Gov. Brian Kemp as he was signing an elections bill that restricts voting access. “The incident was a lot for me to witness,” photographer Alyssa Pointer said. “Hearing Park Cannon repeatedly ask why she was being arrested with no clear response and then seeing her being shoved into the car triggered thoughts of when I was detained while documenting protests last year.” Biden has called the legislation “Jim Crow in the 21st century” and “an atrocity” and said the Justice Department is “taking a look” at the measure. Biden narrowly won Georgia in last year’s election. He is the first Democratic nominee to win Georgia since 1992. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP)

Biden holds his first formal White House news conference on March 25. He stepped into a swirl of issues that have bubbled up at the two-month mark of his presidency. “I couldn’t help but feel how incredibly different it felt from President Trump’s first news conference,” Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci recalled. “Due to Covid restrictions, the number of journalists in the room was much smaller. And the biggest difference was the personal style of how President Biden and President Trump interacted with the press.” (Evan Vucci/AP)

Attorney Ben Crump raises a fist as he takes a knee in Minneapolis with George Floyd's brother Philonise, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Floyd's nephew Brandon Williams on March 29. The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin started that day, 10 months after Floyd's death. Chauvin was later convicted of all the charges against him. “Looking back, I feel that those prayers are a bit of what helped the family ‘keep it together’ during this extremely tough time,” photographer Joshua Rashaad McFadden said. “I noticed how exhausted everyone was yet how supportive they were of each other. Ben Crump’s raised fist is important because it is a known symbol of protest against racial injustice, and this moment marks that very concept. This photo is the beginning of a trial in the midst of a movement that will change this country and the world in many ways.” (Joshua Rashaad McFadden/The New York Times/Redux)

Yoshia Uomoto, 98, reacts as her son Mark Uomoto and niece Gail Yamada surprise her at her assisted-living facility in Seattle on March 30. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, it was their first in-person visit in a year. “A staff member brought Yoshia back to her room, told her to cover her eyes, and I got to photograph as Mark and Gail popped around the corner to say hello,” photographer Lindsey Wasson recalled. “The sense of anticipation and then Yoshia's amazing reaction was quite fun. This is probably my favorite photo I've taken this year.“ (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters)

Migrant children lie inside a pod at a federal holding facility in Donna, Texas, on March 30. The Biden administration allowed a few members of the media to tour the temporary facility, which was well over capacity. Of the 4,100 migrants at the facility, 3,400 were unaccompanied children. “We were not allowed to show the children’s faces, but what most stood out to me were the expressions of some of the minors in that facility,” photographer Dario Lopez-Mills said. “I saw some crying all by themselves as others would look at us, the visiting press, as perhaps the first sign that their situation would be resolved or that we had answers for them. But we had no solutions or answers for them. All we could do was record as best as possible their present reality.” (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP)

In March, Biden unveiled his next major legislative effort — a roughly $4 trillion infrastructure proposal, split into two parts. The first is an approximately $2 trillion plan meant to address the nation’s faltering roads, bridges and other traditional infrastructure — along with some more non-traditional areas. Climate is a major focus of the plan, which Biden has said would create hundreds of thousands of jobs while tackling the climate crisis, reducing emissions and building a "modern, resilient and fully clean grid."

During his congressional address on Wednesday, Biden unveiled the second half of the two-part proposal — the American Families Plan, which would provide an additional $1.8 trillion federal investment in education, child care and paid family leave. The President intends to cover the plans’ costs with higher taxes on wealthy Americans, another source of tension in negotiations between the administration and Republicans already opposed to his broader definition of infrastructure.

Construction workers install steel rebar April 6 on the Sixth Street Viaduct replacement project in Los Angeles. The Ribbon of Light is the name of the 10 arches that will make up the new Sixth Street Viaduct connecting downtown L.A.'s Arts District with Boyle Heights. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

A pine tree wind farm and solar power plant is seen in the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California, on March 23. Biden’s infrastructure plan includes roughly $2 trillion for climate and clean-energy projects. The proposal is part of a series of economic plans aimed at jump-starting an economy battered by the pandemic. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

Employees work inside a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York, on March 16. Under Biden’s infrastructure plan, $50 billion would be invested in semiconductor manufacturing. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

A transit systems worker is seen at Union Station in Washington, DC, as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with workers on February 5. Funding improvements to roads, bridges, railways and other infrastructure has been a central piece of Biden's recovery plans. He has said that it will create "really good-paying jobs" and help the nation compete better. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times/Redux)

Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden’s full Cabinet pose for an official photo inside the Grand Foyer of the White House on April 1. (Adam Schultz/The White House)

Leanne Montenegro, who doesn't like the sight of needles, covers her eyes as she receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Miami on April 5. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Guatemalan migrant Yamari Yaneli, 1, waits as she and her family were set to be transported to a Border Patrol processing center in Roma, Texas, on April 13. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Biden gives a challenge coin to Logan Evans, son of the late Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans, as the fallen officer was lying in honor in the US Capitol Rotunda on April 13. Evans, 41, died on April 2 after a man brandishing a knife rammed his vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol. Biden told Evans' mother: "I have some idea what you're feeling like. I buried two of my children.” The President's first wife and daughter died in a car crash in 1972. Biden's son Beau died in 2015 of brain cancer. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on April 14. That day, he announced his decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan before September 11. "I am now the fourth American president to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan. Two Republicans. Two Democrats," Biden said in his announcement. "I will not pass this responsibility to a fifth.” (Andrew Harnik/AP)

White House press secretary Jen Psaki is seen in the glasses of a stenographer during a White House briefing on April 14. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Redux)

Americans also reckoned with racial injustice and police brutality this year, as seen in the high-profile case of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during Floyd's arrest last year. Chauvin was found guilty earlier this month of all three charges against him: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Biden called the verdict “a giant step towards justice in America,” but added that much more needs to be done. Biden said of Floyd's killing, “It was murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see.”

Against the backdrop of national unrest over recent and continued deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police, active discussions have been underway in Congress over a bipartisan bill to overhaul policing laws that’s drawing Republican efforts towards compromise. The Biden administration made the decision earlier this month to let Congress tackle the issue, standing down on its campaign promise to create a White House commission to study the issue.

A man reacts outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on April 20. Reuters photographer Carlos Barria was walking around a crowd as it waited for the verdict to be announced. “People started to shout, ‘All three, all three,’ ” Barria said, meaning Chauvin had been found guilty on all three charges against him. “Then I saw this man with his fist in the air.” (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

People in Houston await the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. “I remember the nervous energy in the air,” photographer Callaghan O’Hare recalled. “I think people were trying to strike a balance between feeling hopeful and not setting themselves up for disappointment. When the first guilty verdict was read, it felt like everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief.” (Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters)

A crowd gathers at George Floyd Square after Chauvin was found guilty in Minneapolis. (Julio Cortez/AP)

George Floyd's brother Philonise wipes his eyes during a post-verdict news conference in Minneapolis. (Julio Cortez/AP)