Browse this gallery featuring the work of WUFT's photographers from the past year.
Photo gallery: WUFT's best images of 2024
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Happy Landing's Andrew Gardner jumps toward the crowd while performing at the Playground Music and Arts Festival in Gainesville. Fla., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)
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Sam Purcell, Mississippi State University women's basketball coach, comforts Jessika Carter (4) during their game against UF at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, January 22, 2024. The Gators beat the Bulldogs 89-77. (Sydney Johnson/WRUF)
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UFÕs Victoria Nguyen flies through the air to the second bar during the Gators meet against Alabama at the Stephen C. OÕConnell Center in Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Lee Ann Anderson/WRUF)
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UF’s Malwina Rowinska makes a forehand while making her singles debut against the San Diego Toreros at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Rowinska took Emily De Oliveira's place after an injury before the match. (Ashleigh Lucas/WRUF)
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Cooper Campen sits anxiously during the final moments of the Alachua County Spelling Bee at Idlewild Elementary School in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.(Sydney Johnson/ WUFT News)
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UF’s Anya Pilgrim, left, celebrates with the team after finishing her routine on the uneven bars during the Gators competition against Arkansas at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (Azhalia Pottinger/WRUF)
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University of Florida mascot Albert crowd surfs through the student section of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center as the Gators host Auburn in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WRUF)
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Izzy brazzel, right, walks on stilts alongside of a young girl on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Leiani Thomas, secretary of The Mu Epsilon Chapter of The Zeta Phi Beta sorority, performs during the Florida Invitational Step Show at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday, February 17, 2024. (Lee Ann Anderson/WUFT News)
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Law enforcement officials investigate a shooting outside of 740 NE 23 Ave., in Gainesville, Fla., on Monday night, Feb. 19, 2024. (Azhalia Pottinger/WUFT News)
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Emory Bishop, left, helps her granddaughter Sydney Erzkus, right, pick strawberries at the Amber Brooke Farm's third annual Strawberry Festival in Williston, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (Azhalia Pottinger/WUFT News)
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George Griffith (left) and his grandson Owen, 1, (right) sit inside a Tier-1 Helicopter during the Gator Fly-In and Armed Services Appreciation Day at the University Air Center in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)
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— UF's Skylar Wallace (17) jumps for joy as all her teammates run
UF's Skylar Wallace (17) jumps for joy as all her teammates run to home base during the Gators match against LSU in the Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (Lee Ann Anderson/WRUF)
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Caleb Ross, the president of UF s wake club, catches air while doing wakeboarding tricks in Cowpen Lake for UF s Wake Fest at Hawthorne, Fla., on Saturday, Apr. 6, 2024. (Valentina Sarmiento/WUFT News)
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Daliso Leslie stares up at the sun during the solar eclipse near Malachowsky Hall in Gainesville, Fla., on Monday, March 8, 2024. (Lee Ann Anderson/WUFT News)
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Trace Carter, 17, knocks off his hat during a U.S. Open qualifier at The Conservatory at Hammock Beach in Palm Coast, Fla., Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WRUF)
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Juan Alcazar(left) and Cale Tous (right) compete during the team roping competition at the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Kissimmee, Fla., on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Lee Ann Anderson/WUFT News)
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Bryson DeChambeau celebrates after his final putt winning him the 2024 U.S. Open Golf Championship Sunday, June 16, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WRUF)
Sydney Johson
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Former President Donald J. Trump talks about the attempted assassination during the fourth night of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)
Sydney Johson
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UF players take the field before the Gator’s game against Texas A&M University at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (Sydney Johnson/WRUF)
Sydney Johson
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Suwannee, Fla., as seen from the air Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, following Hurricane Helene’s landfall as a category 4 storm Thursday night. (Diego Perdomo/WUFT News)
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Debris fills the streets of Perry, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene slammed the West coast of Florida Thursday night. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)
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A family stands outside of a destroyed storefront in Steinhatchee, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene Ñ a Category 4 storm Ñ slammed the Big Bend Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)
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Head Coach Billy Napier slaps the gator before UF's Homecoming game against the Kentucky Wildcats in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Ashleigh Lucas/WRUF)
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TAMPA BAY, FL- DECEMBER 20: Florida defensive lineman Desmond Watson (21) picks up Tulane quarterback Ty Thompson (7) off of the ground during the first quarter as the Florida Gators face the Tulane Green Wave in the Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 20, 2024. (Matthew Lewis/WRUF)
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A couple watches the sunset overlooking the Cade Museum Gainesville from Depot Park in Fla., Oct. 9, 2024. (Sydney Johnson/WUFT News)