![People on an outdoor train platform line up to board a train](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e881408/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5392x3594+0+1/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7e%2Ff0%2F5571d4274ec1bbd8c6b339a93049%2F920443-fg-0304-ukrainecrisis-mwy-7983.jpg)
Hello and welcome to our selection of this week’s top stories — in pictures. Here’s what you may have missed.
Ukraine records a painful anniversary of the Russian invasion. The country, which has largely weathered Russia’s power grid attacks, works through grief and destruction and vows to win. We look back at the ongoing war through the images of Los Angeles Times photographers.
![A small, lone figure of a man in the foreground walks away from a massive fiery explosion filling most of the background.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/845dec3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5054x3369+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2Fb8%2F9cbc9b714f3189da0ac0451efd48%2F920443-fg-0329-ukrainecrisis-mwy-33902.jpg)
![A soldier prays during a church service](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6e02b2a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6071x4048+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F78%2Fd6%2Ffdcdb3fe4fc293745a8c5ee114af%2F943095-la-fg-russian-invasion-ukraine-230-cmc.jpg)
![A woman kisses the forehead of a man laying in a casket](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5205c5d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7112x4368+0+0/resize/2000x1228!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff3%2F1a%2F7832aaf44da69b840521abcad3b1%2F924595-la-fg-0314-ukraine-refugees3-wjs.jpg)
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As the country marks a year of war, six Ukrainians share how their lives have changed.
![A woman standing looks at the camera with serious expression.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b1bc8b2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2296x3215+0+0/resize/2000x2801!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F96%2F50%2F9aa050d148ae94c382faa882e0f2%2Fvignettes-pgk-01-crop.jpg)
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A powerful storm advances on Southern California with the threat of historic snow.
Rain, big waves, a rare blizzard warning — read why this SoCal winter storm is so unusual.
See more Times staff photos from the snowstorm here.
![Snow falls on vehicles on a freeway](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/18c1741/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6720x4480+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa9%2F30%2Ffb92ad6145f39636a8ca45a4bb3b%2F1259644-me-weather-winter-storm-gxc-0537.jpg)
![Two people hug next to a snowman on a snow-covered soccer field](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9713663/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4200x2722+0+0/resize/2000x1296!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6c%2Ffa%2F1eec40864e31b236aa1835234dfa%2F1259642-me-laweather-winter-storm-22-ajs.jpg)
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As the frigid storm bore down Southern California raced to shelter homeless people.
![A head-and-shoulders frame of an older woman with blonde hair, wearing a light-grey hooded sweatshirt and a green coat.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/51616d1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3600x2530+0+0/resize/2000x1406!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fda%2F11%2Fd2312d4d49358bc02cc1a405ad50%2F1259900-me-shadowing-outreach-workers-10-brv.jpg)
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An L.A. immigrant community and a parish were left in disbelief after a high-ranking bishop was gunned down last Saturday. Following an arrest in the cleric’s slaying, a handyman confessed to the killing of Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell. The beloved preacher devoted his life to others, helping immigrants, the poor and disenfranchised, and for one columnist he restored his faith in faith.
![A picture of. Roman Catholic Bishop David O'Connell and police tape hang on a street sign](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4ace2fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4686x2970+0+0/resize/2000x1268!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4d%2F09%2F015052d843229c24a66ed0578cea%2F1258508-la-me-bishop-oconnell-homicide007-ls.jpg)
![Standing in darkened pews, lit by blu-tinted light coming in through a stained-glass window, people pray during a mass](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a170d53/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7488x4928+0+0/resize/2000x1316!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2F17%2F9156753e4313848762ba53ec72f6%2F1258356-me-0219-bishop-oconnell-murder11-wjs.jpg)
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COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: ‘Nobody ... anticipated this toll’
![A black-and-white image of a hand reaching in from the left side holding a hand of a patient on respirator in a hospital bed](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/738b958/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6240x4160+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbe%2F43%2F72a555444b5ba1fb26612b8cfeef%2F944716-la-me-chaplain-kevin-03.jpg)
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L.A. wants to evict families living in a luxury hotel since a botched 2021 fireworks detonation.
![Two kids run past a metal fence and boarded up homes](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f71d5eb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6291x3857+0+0/resize/2000x1226!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2F94%2F5827a87541b5a3c3d5efc5f711ea%2F1258770-me-0221-firework-explosion-update-cmh-09.jpg)
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And, for the end, some good news — how a hiker survived a 200-foot fall from an icy trail.
![A blonde woman, in a head-and-shoulders profile view, lifts her head with eyes closed, smiling into sun-setting light.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6b65121/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4863x3242+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F09%2F77%2F0d95e0ba4d168b45571d500d6180%2F1258890-me-hiker-recovey-story-jja-0010.jpg)
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