1st. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe

A Life Unraveling
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HEROIN AND OTHER OPIOIDS HAVE DEVASTATED MASSACHUSETTS FAMILIES. BUT, OFTEN, THE TOLL REMAINS LARGELY UNSEEN UNTIL TRAGEDY STRIKES. BRAVE, BROKEN, LOVING, AT A LOSS, THIS IS RAQUEL AND HER STORY.

2nd. Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe

GOVERNORS TRANSITION – THE DAYS SINCE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION HAVE BEEN FULL OF PUBLIC POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THE OUTGOING GOVERNOR, DEVAL PATRICK, AND HIS SUCCESSOR, CHARLIE BAKER. PATRICK UNVEILED HIS OFFICIAL PORTRAIT AND TOOK THE FAMOUS LONE WALK OUT OF THE STATE HOUSE AND BACK TO PRIVATE LIFE. BAKER GOT TO WORK CHOOSING HIS NEW TEAM, VISITING CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE STATE, CELEBRATING WITH SUPPORTERS. BUT BEHIND THE SCENES WERE QUIETER MOMENTS TOO, DURING THIS SIGNIFICANT TRANSITION FOR MASSACHUSETTS.

3rd. Brian Snyder / Reuters

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN TO BE THEIR PARTY’S NOMINEE

HM. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe

DESPERATE JOURNEY
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IN SEPTEMBER THE UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATED ALMOST 500,000 MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FROM SYRIA, AFGHANISTAN AND OTHER LANDS HAVE FLED TO EUROPE THIS YEAR, WITH HOPES OF MAKING A BETTER LIFE. AND FOUR MILLION REFUGEES HAVE FLED SYRIA ALONE SINCE A BRUTAL CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT AFTER PEACEFUL PRODEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN 2011. ABOUT HALF FLED TO NEIGHBORING TURKEY, 6 NAUTICAL MILES ACROSS THE AGEGEAN SEA FROM LESBOS, GREECE.