Images: Daily Herald's best photos from 2016

  Left to right, George "Judd" Vincent, Rich Lies and John Aldworth, all of Mount Prospect, celebrate the Chicago Cub's World Series Game 7 victory at Draft Picks in Mount Prospect Wednesday.

A fisherman wades in the Fox River and casts his line by the light of passing cars and business signs in South Elgin Thursday evening, November 17, 2016.

  A pack of Golden Retrievers wait patiently on their grooming tables Saturday at the all breed dog show sponsored by the Elgin Kennel Club at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.

Sarah Merrill makes herself an arm umbrella as she heads in for her first day of 1st grade at Prairie View Grade School in Elgin Wednesday.

  Jenny Paul of Lake in the Hills walks with Megan, 20 months. Megan was adopted as safe haven baby.

  Lupita Landeros does a "muscles" pose during the processional of the Streamwood High School graduation at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates Saturday.

  John Singleton, 85, and Maria Beach, 83, rest their heads on each other as officiant Jeorge Holmes serenades then with a rendition of "And I Love You So" during their marriage ceremony at Heritage Woods of South Elgin Friday. They met two years ago at the retirement home. This is the second marriage for both -- Maria is divorced while John is a widower. "It's never too late for love," Maria says.

  Peppa, a Boston terrier, tries to lick Heather Cuningham of Round Lake Beach, at Castaway Pet Rescue during the Chicago Pet Show on Sunday at the Libertyville Sports Complex. The event featured pet services, pet products, entertainment, magic acts, and a chance to adopt pets from local rescue agencies.

  Sherri Rukes, AP chemistry teacher at Libertyville High School, cries tears of joy as she is surrounded by her students after receiving a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching Thursday at the school.

  Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democratic candidate for the 8th congressional district accepts victory.

  The Chicago Cubs celebrate their win during Game 7 of baseball's World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland Wednesday night.

  Katie Albeck holds her son, Drake, age four months, as the await the start of the Lake Villa St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday.

  Nine-year-old Kate Foley of Arlington Heights heads for the finish line during the annual Rotary Santa Run in downtown Arlington Heights.

  Melodie Gliniewicz sits in her lawyer's car as a horde of media try to get her to talk at the Lake County Sheriff Office in Waukegan on Wednesday.

  Palatine firefighter/paramedic Eric Jordan prepares to present the wreath during the ceremony honoring fallen firefighters Warren Ahlgrim, John Wilson and Richard Freeman who were killed in the Ben Franklin fire 43 years ago in Palatine.

  Garrett Anderson with the Special Olympics Illinois Board Team comes out of the water during the 2016 Fox Lake Polar Plunge sponsored by the Law Enforcement Torch Run and GEICO. More than 300 people event into the water to support Special Olympics Illinois.

  Benjamin Meek, 5, and Sofie Gallegos, 3, both of Lake Villa, bring their hands to their ears listening for bird calls during the Hikin' Tykes: Woodpeckers program at Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area on Tuesday. Children, ages 2-5, learned about woodpeckers as they hiked in the woods and later worked on building birdhouses with parents and caregivers.

  LaToya Howell wipes away tears during a rally to mark the one year anniversary of the shooting death of her son Justus at the site of the shooting on 24th St. and Galilee Ave. in Zion Monday.

  Friends of 8th-grader Elise Keane fight to get a chance to feel her head after getting it shaved during the Grayslake community Cut & Shave event to benefit St. Baldrick's Foundation at Grayslake Middle School Friday.

  Libertyville High School student Hope Michelotti, right, 18, reacts after being crowned the 2016 homecoming queen Friday as Ashley Junkunc looks on. Hope was chosen following students voted live from their phones for their queen during an assembly.

  The cow oil paintings by Luke Stretar of Richfield, Ohio drew a crowed Monday during the 62nd Annual Art Fair on the Square in Lake Forest.

  Nathan Chong, 7, left of Chicago, keeps an eye on the competition during the Long Grove Irish Days Best Men's Legs in a Kilt contest Monday. Nathan won the contest taking home a trophy.

  Copeland Manor School kindergarten student Max Buttita checks out the helmet of Libertyville firefighter Jered Woodward during a visit Tuesday to the school.

  Princess, a 4-year-old macaw, grabs hold of the hat of Fernando Gomez of Elgin to climb back on top of his head after a stint on his shoulder during a walk along McLean Boulevard near Larkin High School Monday. Gomez says he walks the bird most every day.

  Morning sunlight falls on eight-year-old Ava McCollim and her pink tutu as she buckles her helmet before racing her soap box derby car in Naperville. She has ADHD and autism caused by epilepsy. Racing has helped her focus her abundant energy, her school work is improving and her epileptic seizures have calmed, says her mother Heather, of South Elgin. Ava was turned away from several other organizations who said they couldn't or wouldn't work with her because of her health problems.

  A calf, no more than a week old, licks Dale Drendel, owner of Lindale Holsteins dairy farm in Hampshire on Thursday, June 9, 2016.

  A tear runs down the face of Laura Masnato of North Barrington as she realizes that she is being given the Mother-Daughter award Saturday during the Elgin Academy graduation in Elgin.

Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.comDr. Allison Parnell, left, and Christine Hyler complete some dental work on a horse at Kendall Road Equine Hospital.

  Fiona Galvin, the mother of 17-year-old Kianna Galvin, talks about her daughter who disappeared without a trace more than a month ago on her way to Concord Park from her home in South Elgin.

  Dianna Texta and Alexa Gonzalez take a selfie before the Addison Trail High School graduation ceremony on the schools campus in Addison on May 22, 2016.

  Legs dangle out of a circular opening in the ceiling at the Edward Cancer Center in Naperville as a maintenance employee works on the lighting.

  I like this photo of Trinity Haack, 21 months, looking up at her mother. Trinity was abandoned as a baby and this was for a story about the 100th safe haven baby in the state of Illinois.

  One of the big news stories in DuPage County was Baby Hope being abandoned in Wheaton. I covered the funeral for the baby in September and I thought this photo was striking with people laying flowers next to this tiny casket.

  I like the moodiness of this photo from November of Marina Lisjonok of Glendale Heights looking at the fog over Herrick Lake in Wheaton.

  Bugler John Pierce of Cantigny Post 556 opens the Cantigny Parade Field which honors those who died fighting for the First Division during World War l.

  James Kemper of Chicago raises his arms as he screams" We want $15.00". This took place during the super sized protest in the rain on Wednesday evening at McDonald's U.S. Headquarters in Oakbrook. Around 3,000 Cooks and cashiers were protesting low wages in hopes of getting a pay increase to $15.00 an hour like in New York and California. This mans passion for a higher wage took my heart. His arms raised high in the air closed the deal.