Looking back at 2014

Gabriel García Márquez, who died in 2014, with wife, Mercedes Barcha, is asked by admirers in 2007 to dedicate their books before going to visit his hometown of Aracataca, Colombia.  (Alejandra Vega / AFP/Getty Images)

Actor and comedian Robin Williams committed suicide in August.  (Jennifer S. Altman / For The Times)

An Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed thousands and spread fear around the world.  (John Moore / Getty Images)

The Ebola crisis came to the U.S. when a Liberian man with the virus traveled to Dallas. Thomas Eric Duncan died at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.  (Mike Stone / Getty Images)

A protest in St. Louis after the death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Central American migrants in a train yard in Arriaga, in southern Mexico, where they begin their journey to the United States.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Guatemalans caught crossing the Rio Grande are taken into custody near McAllen, Texas.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Gregory Enke and Ariel Ulloa celebrate their wedding in Salt Lake City.  (Rick Bowmer / Associated Press)

A relative of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 talks to reporters. The plane, carrying 239 people, vanished in March.  (Andy Wong / Associated Press)