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How RJ photographer Erik Verduzco captured 2015 — PHOTOS

Fire crews from multi-agencies battle a fire at the Las Vegas Recycling facility near Commerce Street and Miller Avenue in North Las Vegas Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Mayor Carolyn Goodman, left, with her campaign manager Tom Letizia listen to a call with the final election poll results during Goodman‘s re-election night party at her campaign headquarters in Las Vegas Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Mayor Carolyn Goodman was re-elected with 54 percent of the vote. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Paige VanZant makes a face at her opponent‘s corner in her womenÃ¾ÃÃ´s strawweight bout against Rose Namajunas at the Cosmopolitan casino-hotel in Las Vegas Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Northcutt won by unanimous decision. Northcutt won by way of submission in the fifth round. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

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

Rabbi Malcolm Cohen teaches a Passover Seder class for fourth through seventh grade students at Temple Sinai, 9001 Hillpointe Road, in Las Vegas Sunday, March 22, 2015. The class teaches students what each part of a Passover Seder meal means. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Demonstrators march on Fremont Street to McDonald‘s inside The D Las Vegas casino-hotel for a Fight For $15 rally Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 in Las Vegas. Fast food workers and supporters demand for a $15 hourly wage and union rights. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

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

Muslim UNLV student Naweed Yusufzai, right, shares a hug with fellow student Glen Ellefson as he stood blindfolded on a walkway at UNLV to promote acceptance, love, and trust for one another as a Muslim on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

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

A Hill Air Force Base F-16CM aircraft with the 421st Fighter Squadron takes flight during the Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas Tuesday, March 1, 2015. The event was the second Reg Flag at Nellis Air Force Base this year. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

A baby is photographed as democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leaves the stage after her speech at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Snow covered mountains are seen on the west mountains of The Strip in Las Vegas Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Vietnam War veteran Gary Ely poses for a photo during a reunion of the brown-water Navy River Rats at the Orleans casino-hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. About 30 River Rat veterans came to the reunion to mark the 40th anniversary year of the end of the Vietnam War. 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

Steve Guerdat clears an obstacle with his horse Albfuehren‘s Paille in round two of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping competition final at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas Sunday, April 19, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Members of Nuestro Rio, a Latino Colorado River conservation group, tours the roof the central section of the Hoover Dam in Boulder City Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Stephen Morris, left, and James Fajardo in costume as a drag queens, share a photo of each other following an event for the Guinness World Records largest drag queen stage show at Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas Sunday, April 12, 2015. All the benefits of the events were going to be donated to The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Elyssa Graziano, left, and her fiancÃ© Spc. Jericho Magallon share a moment during his mobilization ceremony with about 35 other soldiers of the Nevada Army National GuardÂ´s 137th Military Police Detachment at Aliente casino-hotel in North Las Vegas Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Salvatore Ruvolo, co-defendant in a federal case involving fraud and corruption at Las Vegas homeowners associations, walks to Lloyd George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas with his dog Cooper Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco

Performers participate in a dress rehearsal for Cirque du Soleil‘s annual charity event, One Drop, at the Beatles Love theater inside The Mirage casino-hotel in Las Vegas Thursday, March 19, 2015. The one night only performance scheduled for Friday raises fund for the non-profit organization One Drop Foundation which creates awareness for water issues around the world. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas review-Journal)