![President Biden speaks as a crowd holds "We [Heart] Joe" signs.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6adbb93/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5809x3872+0+1/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2F33%2Fdf3f92604a3dbfc94c730963ac75%2F1472058-na-0819-dnc-rcg-1897.jpg)
Democrats from across the country convened in Chicago to officially crown Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee.
The party’s energetic embrace of Harris’ candidacy coincides with the first in-person DNC in eight years following 2020’s pandemic-altered convention.
The party is also bidding a bittersweet farewell to President Biden.
Monday night’s headline speech from Biden represents the start of a baton pass to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Photojournalists Robert Gauthier and Myung J. Chun are on the ground in Chicago to bring behind-the-scenes visuals and candid moments.
![Tim Walz tears up standing with Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a932b9a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2665x1777+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Feb%2Ff0%2F297c79484aa5b0099fe66a736759%2F1472058-na-0819-dnc-rcg-8572.jpg)
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tears up while standing with Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff as Jill Biden speaks about her husband, President Biden, at the Democratic National Convention.
![A delegate applauds between a crowd of "We [Heart] Joe" signs.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7a897c1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5287x3525+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2Fe0%2Fb13a8d614716bfa09986df23b6db%2F1472058-na-0819-dnc-rcg-9022.jpg)
Delegates cheer Biden at the Democratic National Convention.
![President Biden hugs his daughter onstage.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1f215a4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5380x3587+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5c%2F8e%2F8df0f8d8414c9082aac46e9b0fd6%2F1472058-na-0819-dnc-rcg-13644.jpg)
Biden embraces his daughter, Ashley Biden, as he takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention.
![Protesters in Chicago hold poster cutouts of bloody hands and a "Free Gaza" sign.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7f91cbd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5877x3918+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F26%2Fea%2F4eed84da42eb8964ef3cedc7850c%2F1471874-la-pol-dnc-march-mjc479.jpg)
Protesters at Union Park in Chicago.
![A law enforcement officer tilts a protester's megaphone away from himself.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f583370/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4671x3114+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F72%2F00%2F37b74be34882bced59d96f72a4bf%2F1471986-na-0818-dnc-protest-rcg-2625.jpg)
A law enforcement officer redirects the megaphone of a protester who was shouting antiabortion slogans at officers along Michigan Avenue.
![A line of police officers on bicycles with blue lights.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3a593f3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5797x3865+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fee%2F5f%2F2baee1fd4953963d9ca86eb34178%2F1471986-na-0818-dnc-protest-rcg-2961.jpg)
Law enforcement officers on bicycles barricade a section of Michigan Avenue as protesters with the March For Bodies Against Unjust Laws proceeds to Grant Park.
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