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Photographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection goes beyond the headlines to reveal quietly powerful human stories.

Many African-Americans are pleased that President Obama spoke frankly about the inequities experienced in this country by blacks. They say understanding the distress over the Zimmerman verdict is key to honest discussions about race.

The inconsistencies of U.S. immigration policy is in focus in El Salvador. Two groups of migrants — Cubans and El Salvadorans — receive very different receptions at the U.S. border.

It takes a lot more than snow to keep Alaskan bikers indoors, especially now that they have fat bikes. Think mountain bike on steroids, with tires wider than most people's arms.

So far in 2015, more than 200,000 people have reached Greece and another 100,000 reached Italy, the U.N. says. Germany expects as many as 800,000 new arrivals this year.

The White House acknowledged that chief of staff John Kelly and President Trump's new attorney had "facilitated" secret briefings on the Russia probe but didn't sit in for them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will pay his first visit to President Trump on Wednesday. Rachel Martin talks to former U.S. ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk about the meeting.

In December 1993, President Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law. Presidential candidate Ross Perot predicted Americans would hear a "giant sucking sound" as Mexico vacuumed up U.S. jobs. Economists say that the worst of Perot's fears never materialized. But opponents still see downsides.

An inmate who was imprisoned for 21 years in Syria's notorious Sadnaya prison shows NPR's Jane Arraf the concrete cells where he was held.