A year in pictures: Images of Devon from 2024

BBC News South West looks back at some of the stories and pictures that hit the headlines in Devon in 2024.

Close of up of a leopard, looking slightly away from the camera. Behind him is greenery which has been blurred. Dartmoor Zoological Society

Dartmoor Zoo's Amur leopard, Freddo, attracted interest on an "animal dating site" in January

An aerial view of an army vehicle, with its back filled with sandbags and a WW2 bomb. The vehicle is driving up the empty street, there are no cards on the road. It is driving next to houses to the left of the road, and grass and tree to the right of the road.Devon and Cornwall Police

In February, a 500kg (1,100lb) World War Two German bomb forced the evacuation of thousands of people in Plymouth before it was taken away and detonated at sea

A group of people in a line men, women and children. They are throwing colourful powders into the air, with colours including pink, yellow and orange.

In March, the Hindu festival of Holi, which marks the last full-moon day of the lunar month and celebrates the beginning of spring and the victory of good over evil, was marked in Exeter

Four statues facing away from the camera, made of scrap metal, in a field. In the background are green fields and a bright blue sky.Thomas Moran

Four life-size figures, called Peace by Piece, made in Devon using scrap metal, raised £15,700 for UNICEF in April

A beach and a cliff wall. The middle of the beach is covered in brown soil and rocks near where the cliff has fallen. Away from the cliff edge are some caravans.

Ladram Bay was closed in May after a "significant" cliff fall

A dog in the foreground of the photo. In the background is a silhouette of a hill with a lighthouse. The sky is filled with Northern Lights, featuring rays of green , yellow and purple.Padstowkitchengarden

The Northern Lights were visible throughout the year, including in May

Steve Hopper, in jeans and a navy blue shirt, holding a yellow bucket. Molly the fawn is eating from his hand.

In June, a farmer shared how the newborn deer he rescued, Milly, has been settling in

A close up of a Lamprey, similar to a brown eel, which has multiple rows of sharp teeth in its mouth. Jason Moore

A fisherman found a lamprey, sometimes known as a "vampire fish", in August in the River Exe

Two paddle steamers, one larger than the other, sailing up the River Dart. There are crowds of people on the boats. There are sailing boats moored in the harbour. Dart Harbour

Two historic paddle steamers cruised up the River Dart in Devon in September

A field filled with lights. There are squares of purple, pink, blue and red filling the field. To the bottom right there is a house.Salcombe FOL © 2024 Bruce Munro. All rights reserved. Photography by Serena Munro

An art installation containing 20,000 fibre optic lights was turned on in October to mark the 200th anniversary of the RNLI.

Two images side by side. In the photo on the left hand side is three women in bikinis on a red picnic blanket. Behind them are people playing on the beach and in the background are people queuing. On the right is a recreation of the photo on the left, the women look older and are in different bikinis. They are sat on a brown picnic blanket and there are no other people on the beach. Family handout

In November, three sisters originally from Cornwall, the Martins, recreated a photo of themselves on the same beach in Falmouth 40 years later

A pony in the snow on a cliff. Behind the pony is the sea. BBC Weather Watcher/Victoria

In November, Devon and Cornwall experienced a lot of snowfall

A caravan crushed by a tree on a road. Parked behind the caravan is a white van. Parked a couple spaced in front of the caravan is a red car. The tree which has landed on the caravan is lying on the road. In the background are more trees and Central Park.

Storm Darragh downed trees and caused power cuts in December. One tree landed on a caravan in Central Park, Plymouth.

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