📸 If a picture is worth a thousand words, these are worth a few extra. @apscottusat, USA TODAY’s director of photography and video, introduces the images from our photographers that defined 2023: “Visuals own a unique and powerful place in modern journalism, having an outsized ability to engage our audience with impactful storytelling. The images captured this year by the photojournalists across the USA TODAY Network have the power to inspire, inform and delight. They capture moments in times of joy, pain and anguish; the political pomp, posturing and process in Washington; nature’s fury and beauty; and the unbridled athletic passions from local high schools to world championships.” See the full collection in the link in bio.