Best photos of 2025 by Newsday photographer Howard Schnapp

Fans cheer their favorite golfers at the first tee during Round 3 of the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Sept. 27.

Shane Lowry, of Team Europe, celebrates on the 18th hole as he sinks a putt and the team retains its title during a singles match at the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Sept. 28.

Fans cheer their favorite golfers at the first tee during Round 3 at the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Sept. 27.

Fans cheer their favorite golfers at the first tee during Round 3 at the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Sept. 27.

Crowds watch Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Young at the 16th hole at the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Sept. 27.

Bryson DeChambeau tees off during a practice round at the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Sept. 24.

Roy McIlroy and Shane Lowry celebrate on the 18th hole during Round 4 at the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Sept. 27.

Chicago Bulls star Toni Kukoc plays a round of golf during the celebrity event at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage State Park Sept. 24.

Team Europe celebrates defending their title at the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Sept. 28.

A car crashed into the Manhasset Friends Meeting on Northern Boulevard in Manhasset June 19.

The Wheatley School orchestra rehearses for a concert at the Old Westbury school Feb. 3.

Amandeep Singh, of Roslyn, who killed two teenage tennis stars and injured two others in a wrong-way drunken driving crash, is sentenced at Nassau County Court in Mineola Feb. 7.

On Jan. 15, 17 years after he was struck by a drunken driver on the LIE, Nassau County Det. Kenneth Baribault received a labradoodle named Lady as his service dog and companion.

Martha Chan takes in the Memorial Day parade in Syosset atop her father Kee’s shoulders May 26.

Hamza Khamisa prays at his office in New Hyde Park March 24. He was part of a Newsday story of how Long Islanders add joy and rituals to their workday.

Just a few weeks after her 90th birthday, Gilda Zirinsky, of Great Neck, was doing her weekly boxing and physical training at Strength in Mobility in Manhasset July 22.

The United States Merchant Marine Academy Class of 2025 graduation in Kings Point June 23.

The casket carrying the body of NYPD police officer Didarul Islam leaves the Parkchester Jame Masjid Funeral Home in the Bronx July 31. Islam was one of four people fatally shot at a midtown Manhattan office tower.

Theodore Mitchell and Melinda Ward console each other after Rachel Lodice was sentenced in Mineola July 21 after admitting being high on marijuana, speeding and running red lights before fatally striking another driver, 64-year-old Cynthia Mitchell, of Jericho.

SpongeBob Square Pants floated his way along the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Nov. 27.

Santa Claus heads down Avenue of Americas in Manhattan during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Nov. 27.

Monkey D. Luffy heads up Avenue of Americas during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 27.