Best shots in 2015 — PHOTOS
Attendees watch the opening ceremony performance at the Kinetic Field stage at Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 20, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Chase Stevens on Twitter @csstevensphoto
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, compares his cowboy boots with Heaven McMillian, 6, after he spoke at a campaign event at Sun City Anthem in Henderson on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Crazy Girls dancer Michelle Davis puts on make up before the show at the Riviera hotel-casino on Friday May 1, 2015. After 28 years the show is closing and moving to Planet Hollywood. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Jeff Scheid on Twitter @jlscheid
A Las Vegas firefighter is seen battling a house fire at 1708 Pacific St., near the intersection of Oakey Boulevard and Eastern Avenue on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. A person was rescued from the burning house, according to Las Vegas Fire Department.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Conor McGregor, left, makes a solid connection to knock down Jose Aldo during a featherweight title bout at UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Las Vegas. McGregor won by a first round knock out. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
Reid Barker, of Comfort, Texas, is stepped on by a bull named Lonestar on the third day of the 2015 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec. 05, 2015. Barker was back boarded out of the arena. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
A mother ferries her children as she crosses a flooded Pennwood Avenue just east of Decatur Boulevard after a thunderstorm passed through the west valley on Monday, July 6, 2015. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dane Ironmonger helps load the Cazy Girls statue at the Riviera hotel-casino on Monday, May 4, 2015. The casino closed today after 60 years on the Las Vegas Strip. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Jeff Scheid on Twitter @jlscheid
Matthew Gucu waits for his daughter holding her umbrella at the Container Park in downtown Las Vegas Sunday, March 15, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
Seventy-nine-year-old Betty Cleveland, from left, Judy England, 73, Paulisca Buckholz, 84, and Dee Gordon, 81, participate in a burlesque dance class at Derfelt Senior Center in Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. It was the first time the class was being held. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
UNLV defensive back Fred Wilson (24) scores a touchdown after a fumble recovery against Boise State as UNLV linebacker Tau Lotulelei (55) looks on during a football game at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
Jordyn Farnsworth smiles as she runs from a goose at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs on Friday, June 5, 2015. The 680 acre park in the northwest part of the valley, features wildlife, lush vegetation, lakes and views of the Sheep and Spring Mountain ranges. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A wild horse makes it way out from the trees on fresh snow in Cold Creek on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. The Bureau of Land Management has come under fire from members of Congress for an "ineffective" strategy that has failed to halt the explosion of wild horse populations. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Green Valley‘s A.J. Amelburu, left, points out Basic‘s Cory Wills shoe on top of his own at second base during a high school baseball game at Basic High School on Monday, March 23, 2015 in Henderson. Wills was called safe. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Five-year-old Elena Warner reacts as she pats an armadillo at Oran K. Gragson Elementary School in Las Vegas Friday, April 17, 2015, during an educational visit from Roos N More. The visit was funded through the McDonald´³ Make Activities Count Grants. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
Artist Scott LoBaido paints an American flag on the wall at the America Legion Post 08 building, 733 N. Veterans Memorial Drive, on Monday, April 6, 2015. LoBaido is on a six-month national tour to paint the Stars and Stripes on American Legion Post or VFW buildings in all 50 states. It will take him three days and nine gallons of paint to do the Las Vegas project. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Jeff Scheid on Twitter @jlscheid
Former school teacher Gail Fahy holds the flag that was presented to her during a remembrance for her friend Barbara Edwards, a passenger on American Airline Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, at Palo Verde High School, 333 S. Pavilion Center Drive, on Friday, Sept. 11,2015. Edwards was a foreign language teacher at the school.JEFF SCHEID/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @jlscheid
Construction worker Francisco Rodriquera stands in the third intake tunnel 600 feet below the surface on Monday, June 1, 2015. Southern Nevada Water Authority expects the tunnel under Lake Mead to be flooded with water in the coming months and be placed into service in September. Follow Jeff Scheid on Twitter @jlscheid(Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Jeff Scheid on Twitter @jlscheid
UNLV and Arizona State players, including forward Eric Jacobsen (21) and forward Obinna Oleka (5), reach for a rebound during a basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Arizona State won 66-56 over UNLV. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
A Virgin America flight departs from McCarran International Airport as shown from the runway viewing area off of Sunset Road in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. CHASE STEVENS/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Follow him @csstevensphoto
Democratic presidential candidates, from left, Jim Webb, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Martin O‘Malley and Lincoln Chafee pose before the CNN Democratic presidential debate at the Wynn hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
People walk along the Virgin River while hiking the Narrows at Zion National Park in Utah on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto
President Barack Obama, left, and U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., wave at the crowd after addressing the crowd at the National Clean Energy Summit 8.0 at Mandalay Bay casino-hotel in Las Vegas Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
Jamie Diedrich, mother of Joshua Phillips who died in an U.S. Army airborne training accident, embraces friend Annjanette Ranney during a candle light vigil for her son at the Legacy High School football field in North Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. Joshua Phillips was remembered by friends and family at his former high school where he played football and wrestling. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
Brad Jenner takes a jump in front of the Mandalay Bay during the final round of SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road at Las Vegas Villiage across from the Luxor on the Strip on Thursday, Nov, 5, 2015, in Las Vegas. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto
Here are 25 of our best photographs from 2015.
They come from a variety of subjects — news, politics, weather, sports, concerts and shows. And they're just the tip of the iceberg. Most ran in the Las Vegas Review-Journal over the past year, but there are a few surprises that we thnk you will like.
Look for more from each photographer in their own galleries posted separately.
