The setting sun illuminates frost on an apartment window in the Avondale neighborhood, Jan. 16, 2024, in Chicago. The outside temperature at the time was 3 degrees. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
The 30 best photos in the month of January by Chicago Tribune photographers
From the city to the suburbs and beyond, Chicago Tribune photojournalists visually document what is happening in our neighborhoods, tell the stories of those who live and work in our communities and show the impact that the arts, politics and sports have throughout northern Illinois.
In this installment of the best photos of the month, you’ll find coverage of the the frigid temperatures that took hold in the Chicago area, the final game of the season for the Chicago Bears and many other moments that tell the story of the lives of people who live in the Chicagoland area.
Daniel O’Conor, the Great Lake Jumper, performs a backward flip into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Jarred Tinordi (25) and San Jose Sharks right wing Scott Sabourin (49 fight in the second period of a game at the United Center in Chicago on Jan. 16, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
A CTA Yellow Line train turns around just south of the Howard Street station on Jan. 5, 2024, in Chicago. It was the first day the Yellow Line resumed serrvice since its November 16th closure because of a crash with another CTA vehicle.(Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Police work the scene at Walton and State streets Monday morning, Jan. 8, 2024, where a Chicago police Officer and suspect were shot following an attempted smash and grab at Prada, a block away on Oak St. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)Second from the right, Angelo Traviezo, 23, of Venezuela talks with other migrates outside CTA buses at the city’s migrant landing zone Wednesday Jan. 10, 2024 in Chicago. At least eight CTA buses are being used at the site as temporary shelters for recently arrived migrants. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois workers and organizations rally outside the Federal Plaza in Chicago, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, during a national week of action, demanding that the Department of Homeland Security release renewal guidelines and process for the immigrant worker protection program known as DALE (Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement). Approx. 200 workers and their supporters took part in the rally. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)Packers wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks (13) dives for a touchdown in the third quarter against the Bears at Lambeau Field on Jan. 7, 2024, in Green Bay. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)A person walks over the the LaSalle Street Bridge as snow and rain falls in the area Monday Jan. 8, 2024 in Chicago. A winter weather advisory was called from 8 p.m. Monday until noon Tuesday in the Chicago metro area as well as in parts of DuPage, Will and Lake counties. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Blackhawks right wing Joey Anderson (right) starts to celebrate after a goal was scored by his teammate Jason Dickinson (center) in the first period of a game against the Edmonton Oilers at the United Center in Chicago on Jan. 9, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)A bicyclist rides through the Montrose Beach area following overnight and morning snow fall on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, right, celebrates after Anastasia Stefanos, center, found the gold coin in her cake to receive good luck during a Greek Vasilopita New Year Celebration in her office Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Bears Head Coach Matt Eberflus talks to quarterback Justin Fields before their game against the Packers game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Jan. 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)A migrant boards a bus they traveled on from El Paso, Texas after waiting at a Metra station around midnight Friday Jan. 5, 2023 in Glen Ellyn. After arriving late in Glen Ellyn the migrants were not able to board the last train of the evening and Glen Ellyn police had to ask the bus they traveled in to return so the migrants would have a warm place to wait before the next train around 5:00 a.m. Over 29,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since Texas began busing asylum seekers since August 2022. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Danny Ahn, who turned 33 years old on New Year’s Day, reacts as he exits Lake Michigan at Montrose Harbor while celebrating with a lake jump on Jan. 1, 2024. Ahn and his best friend Michael Crino, 33, both of Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, are thinking of making their lake jump a yearly tradition on New Year’s Day. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
New Year's fireworks explode over the Chicago River on Jan. 1, 2024 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu (12) tries to drive through the defense of Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. (10) in the second half of a game at the United Center in Chicago on Jan. 10, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Yasmeen Elagha sits for a portrait at her family's home on Jan. 3, 2023, in Oakbrook Terrace. More than 100 of Elagha's relatives have died from Israeli military attacks in Gaza. She said two of her cousins who are American citizens have been taken hostage by Israeli forces in Gaza. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, center, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3, 2024, after a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey over whether Madigan's landmark trial should be postponed pending a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in another Chicago-area bribery case. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)A snowflake lies on a porch railing in the Avondale neighborhood as a nighttime snow falls Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)The sun rises over the steaming frigid waters of Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach in Chicago on Jan. 16, 2024. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)
A rider braves freezing weather while waiting for a CTA “L” Blue Line train at California in Logan Square as temperatures remain near zero Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)The Chicago Rat Hole appears to be restored after neighbors, requesting anonymity, cleaned the impression in a Roscoe Village sidewalk that had been filled in by a concrete-like material, with hot water and a scrub brush, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Chicago Cubs fans cheer before the start of the opening ceremony on the first day of the annual Cubs Convention at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) chews on a mouth guard with a team logo on it in the fourth quarter against the Bulls at the United Center on Jan. 12, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)A couple of travelers stand outside of Terminal 3 and look for their ride during a snow storm at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Nearly 700 flights were cancelled at O’Hare. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Ice forms on North Avenue Beach as steam rises off Lake Michigan with temperatures below zero Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
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Before walking his children to school Francisco Hernandez, 31, of Venezuelan stands in the basement where he sleeps in a home shared by several migrant families in Roseland Tuesday Jan. 30, 2024 in Chicago. The home is owned by property manager Chris Amatore who said he’s housed over 400 migrants in apartments and houses across Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Family, friends, and members of the community attend a vigil after seven people were killed in two shootings on the same block last week Sunday Jan. 28, 2024 in Joliet. Suspect Romeo Nance, the son, brother and nephew of the seven people killed, later took his own life in Texas while being pursued by U.S. Marshals. Nance shot two other men in Will County, killing one, after he killed his relatives, according to police.(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)A pro Palestine protestor argues with a pro Israel protestor before a contentious vote over a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War in City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at City Hall in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Sara Alashqar, a pro Palestine protestor, celebrates the passing of a contentious vote over a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War in City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at City Hall in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)The Union Pacific Global IV intermodal yard near Joliet, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Andrew Suh, right, embraces childhood friend Brian Moran outside Grace Presbyterian Church Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Wheeling. Suh was released from prison earlier in the day in Kewanee, after spending 30 years incarcerated for the murder of his sister's boyfriend in 1993. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Ice forms around the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse on Lake Michigan after sunrise after a week with temperatures around zero Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
