A look back at some of President Barack Obama's 2014 photographic highlights, starting with January:
President Barack Obama checks in on First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia as they prepare burritos while volunteering at the DC Central Kitchen in Washington, DC, on Martin Luther King Day, January 20, 2014.
President Barack Obama shakes hands with a worker as he and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx tour the Metro Transit Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 26, 2014.
Come below the fold for March through December.
The official caption is "President Barack Obama plays with 5-month-old Vann Carroll during a visit with wounded warriors and their families who were touring the White House, in the East Room, March 31, 2014. Vann was visiting with mom, Ryan Carroll, and dad, Major Ben Carroll." But come on. Obviously the correct caption is "Got your nose!"
President Barack Obama views the scene of the mudslide in Oso, WA, from Marine One, April 22, 2014. The president later met privately with families who lost loved ones.
U.S. troops react as they shake hands with President Barack Obama at Bagram Airfield in Bagram, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 25, 2014.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama exit Marine One on the White House South Lawn following a trip to California, June 16, 2014.
President Barack Obama hugs a young girl in the audience following his remarks on the economy at Cheesman Park in Denver, CO, July 9, 2014.
President Barack Obama reads briefing material before the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, August 29, 2014.
President Barack Obama and Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listen to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel deliver remarks during the September 11th Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, VA, Sept. 11, 2014.
President Barack Obama greets Nina Pham, a Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola after caring for an infected patient in Texas, in the Oval Office, Oct 24, 2014.
President Barack Obama shares a laugh with senior advisors during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 17, 2014.
President Barack Obama walks through the Ground Floor Corridor following a White House holiday reception, Dec. 12, 2014.