Photos: Our Favorite News Photos of January

Brooklyn Lahr, 4, of Manchester (left) reads along with her cousin, Ava MacTaggart, 4, also of Manchester during a Royal Winter Party for kids at the Manchester Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Connie Williams talks with a student while volunteering at the Hoover Elementary School food pantry in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Williams lives in the neighborhood and will also help with the multilingual caucus to be held at Hoover. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Returning city council member Scott Overland kisses his wife Jan after she officiated his oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony for recently elected city council members in the council chamber at Cedar Rapids City Hall in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Newly elected City Council member Patrick Loeffler and returning elected council members Ann Poe, Scott Overland, and Scott Olson were sworn in during the ceremony. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Hikers cross a stream during a llama hike at Prairie Patch Farm near Shueyville on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Andy and Kahle Boutte offer llama experiences and farm stays through Airbnb. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Education director Erin Thomas reads a story during pajama story time as Cecilia Bertram, 8, and Greyson Young, 8, of Cedar Rapids crawl forward to look at the pictures at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Clockwise from bottom left: Emmanuella Banshima, Marcielle Day, Jessica Egide and Louise Lubosha play as students in Alida Kolthoff's class have recess in the gymnasium at the Linn County Child Development Center, 1020 6th Street SE, in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The agency is celebrating its 50th anniversary offering child development services to families with low incomes. The center also offers full and half day early childhood programs. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Hannah Wagner, courier from the Reading Public Museum, inspects the frame of a painting in the upcoming Impressionist exhibit at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Paintings are removed from crates, unwrapped and inspected before installation. Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens opens Feb. 1 and features Impressionist art from the Reading (PA) Public Museum. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Hannah Wagner, courier from the Reading Public Museum, inspects Marine - Green and Gold by Henry Ward Ranger after its arrival at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Paintings are removed from crates, unwrapped and inspected before installation. Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens opens Feb. 1 and features Impressionist art from the Reading (PA) Public Museum. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Parade marshalls (from left) Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague, Human Rights Coordinator Stephanie Bowers and Mayor Pro Tem Mazahir Salih lead the third annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day march in Iowa City on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Kennedy High School students march through the parking lot during a walkout at the school in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Students walked out to protest recent gun violence, including the school's response to the school's response to an armed robbery in the parking lot. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Members of the Amen Choir lead a song at a celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. The program featured a call-and-response style presentation of artists and community members, and centered around the 2020 recipients of the Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris 'Who Is My Neighbor' Award. Molly Lamb, a teacher at McKinley STEAM Academy, and Haley Cummings, a student at Xavier High School, received the awards. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Jerry Burns arrives in Linn County District Court in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Burns is charged with first-degree murder in the 1979 death of Michelle Martinko, and appeared with attorney Leon Spies for a pretrial hearing on a motion to suppress evidence and admissibility of evidence. (POOL PHOTO Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Joey Lewis of Marion (left) asks a question through ASL interpreter Jeremy Hanson (right) if Des Moines at a Joe Biden presidential campaign stop at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Biden made a stop in Manchester as well. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Dean Bliss speaks with Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Rep. John Delaney in his home in Cedar Rapids after inviting him in while he was knocking doors in the neighborhood on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks during a town hall at West Delaware High School in Manchester on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate entrepreneur Andrew Yang stands behind the crowd as he's introduced by his wife, Evelyn Yang, during a campaign event at Cafe Dodici in Washington, Iowa, on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Joe Biden listens as his wife, Jill Biden, speaks at a presidential campaign stop at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Biden made a stop in Manchester as well. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Brittany Henry of Cedar Rapids holds up a sign in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders during a campaign event at The Graduate in Iowa City on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a campaign event at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Seen photographed in a double-exposure, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks while supporters cheer holding signs during a campaign event at The Graduate in Iowa City on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker greets a supporter during a Conversation with Cory event at the North Liberty Community Center, 520 W. Cherry St., in North Liberty, Iowa, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks during a town hall at Uptown Snug in Marion on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Steve Patterson of Marion, wearing a hat that reads 'Immigrants make America great,' waits for a chance to get a photo with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar at a town hall at Uptown Snug in Marion on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Audience members hold up signs and applaud as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren finishes her speech during a town hall at NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Seen photographed in a double-exposure Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks during a town hall at NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Audience members cast shadows on the Stars & Stripes as they wait for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar during a Plan to Protect Equal Rights and Provide Opportunities for People with Disabilities event at the Ramada by Wyndham hotel, 525 33rd Ave SW, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

The historic bells in the tower of King Chapel are ringing again after a chapel restoration project, which included structural reinforcements and clock repair. The largest bell, shown here, weighs 2000 pounds and was made by the Clinton H. Meneely Bell Company in 1882. Photographed in the tower of King Chapel on the Cornell College campus in Mount Vernon on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Icicles form on a leaf at Greene Square in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

The moon sets behind trees in Walford, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Steve Harrington paints a wall in one of the guest rooms undergoing renovation at the Clarion Highlander Hotel, 2525 N. Dodge St., in Iowa City, Iowa, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Harrington's wife Angela is overseeing the renovation of the hotel and transforming it into a boutique hotel, The Bohemian. The new hotel will feature a reconfigured lobby area including a bar and an eventual spa in one of the current ballroom spaces. The indoor pool area will feature a pool bar as well as a penthouse overlooking the pool. The rooms will include a record player and a vinyl library in the lobby for guests to listen to. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

I had a few minutes before I had to return to Cedar Rapids for another assignment. One of my New Years resolutions is to work on my street photography. I noticed the warm light inside Saloon and the reflection of the other side of College St. and the Christmas lights wrapped around the tree truck on the window. I wanted to get a human element to complete the composition so I waited for a few people to walk through the frame. A pedestrian walking along the College St. Ped Mall along with Christmas lights wrapped around a tree is seen reflected in the front window of Saloon, 112 E College St., as the interior decor of the restaurant/bar is also seen in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Tabitha Day talks to her seven-year-old daughter Bella as they watch for the school bus carrying 12-year-old daughter Emily at her school bus in front of their home in northeast Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Day has filed a lawsuit in federal court. In the suit, Day claims that the Cedar Rapids Community School District has discriminated against Emily with a policy that says Emily cannot come to school after having a medication that stops seizures and must leave school for the day if school staff has to administer the drug at school. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Rep. Matt Windschitl collects his thoughts before the Condition of the State address by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Windschitl is the Majority Leader of the Iowa House of Representatives. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Moise Irakiza, 8, flips through photographs, and prints of x-rays and various scans of his medical condition and surgical treatment as he stands with his mother Nyamamyana Natutsi as he has an appointment with pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Arnold H. Menezes at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Moise had surgery to correct a condition where his skull was fused in places where it shouldn't have been as an infant where his brain began growing into his nasal cavity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Juno peers in the gate at new rescues Odin and Freya as Danny Stone leaves the stall at Hercules' Haven in Springville on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Juno is a playful sheep who likes to run around with the family's dogs, and will serve as a guide to the two sheep recently rescued after an escape from Cricket Hollow, Odin and Freya. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Contractors from Ice Builders prepare the arena floor for a several-inch-thick layer of concrete at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Heat tubes beneath this layer prevent freezing of the ground and subsequent frost heave, while cooling tubes will run through the floor to control the temperature of the ice. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Darren Pingel of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, walks across Third St. SE after cutting through an alley on his way back to work from a workout at the MAC in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A bicyclist pedals along Third Avenue over the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Emmett Martinek, 5, of Coralville plays on a fallen branch during a New Year's hike at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Solon on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Bur Oak Land Trust, which owns the property, offered guided tours, a bonfire and hot cocoa in addition to a nature scavenger hunt for kids. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Families explore the land and Turkey Creek during a New Year's hike at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Solon on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Bur Oak Land Trust, which owns the property, offered guided tours, a bonfire and hot cocoa in addition to a nature scavenger hunt for kids. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)