March 2024 in photos: USA TODAY's most memorable pictures of the year
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In March, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a Singapore-flagged container trip. Caitlin Clark continued to redefine what women's basketball, and womens sports mean to the nation.
In early March Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark broke Pete Maravich's 54-year-old NCAA scoring record. She would go on lead the Hawkeyes to their third straight Big Ten title in a thrilling, back-and-forth overtime game that ended with Iowa pulling out a 94-89 win. Clark was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player for the third consecutive year. She scored 34 points and dished out 12 assists, recording her 21st double-double of the season, along with grabbing seven rebounds and three steals.
Des Moines Register photographer Lily Smith covered Clark across her four years in college. “She has an effect on an audience that I've never seen another athlete have before,” said Smith. “She captivates her audience, from seasoned sports fans to young girls watching basketball for the first time, and they focus on her every move. The way she conducts their energy and uses it to motivate her teammates up into their best performances time and time again will never cease to be impress me.”
March 7
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Attendees of a Ramadan crescent moon lighting at the Rodda Center observe the suset prayer in Teaneck, NJ.
March 10
Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) attempts a 3-pointer against Nebraska guard Callin Hake during the Big Ten Tournament championship game at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
March 14
Jessie Perez, and her aunt, Rebecca Aldridge, hid in a closet when a tornado came through Milton, KY. A tree now occupies their kitchen, no one was hurt.
March 18
Lightning strikes in front of the Superstition Mountains as a strom approaches the East Vallery in Mesa, Ariz.
Stumpy, the iconic cherry blossom tree along the Tidal Basin in Washington, blooms for its last season. The tree will be one of more than 150 cherry blossoms that will be removed for a $113 million dollar, multi-year project to rehabilitate the seawalls along the Tidal Basin and Poromac River.
March 19
Jade Tunnell, a marine biologist and community engagement director with Harte Research Institute, picks up a shoe while looking through a pile of debris and driftwood at Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi, Texas.
March 23
Bluebonnets bloom at Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area in Spicewood, Texas.
March 26
The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a significant span over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, collapsed after it was struck by a Singapore-flagged container ship, 'Dali.' on March 26, 2024, in Baltimore, MD. The cargo ship collided with a bridge pillar, prompting a massive emergency response for multiple people in the water. The Baltimore City Fire Department described the collapse as a mass-casualty incident.
March 28
Ainsley Erzen, left, from Arkansas, and Aziza Ayoub, from Garden State Track Club, race in the 800-meter run on the second day of the 96th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, in Austin, Texas.
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