As 2019 comes to a close, it's difficult to recall all of the insanity in the news cycle over the past 12 months.
Time ceases to exist in the whirlwind of political scandal, impeachment hearings, the revving of the election cycle, and daily presidential tweet storms.
Everything is outrageous; Everything is exhausting.
Luckily for The Daily Beast readers, our art team cuts through the noise with original art - clever digital collages that match the sharpness and wit of our award-winning reporters and editors.
Here, the Daily Beast photo team shares some of our favorite illustrations and accompanying articles of the year.
Behind Los Angeles’ Bitter War to Abolish the Olympics for Good
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Inside the Secret Dinners Where Congress Figures Out How to Stop a Nuclear Apocalypse
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Photos from Getty
Is Meghan Markle’s Relationship With Her Dad Damaged Beyond Repair?
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Trump White House Is Forcing Interns to Sign NDAs and Threatening Them With Financial Ruin
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast
If Trump’s Rage Brings ‘Civil War,’ Where Will the Military Stand?
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
New Zealand Shooting: White Supremacists and Jihadists Feed Off Each Other
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
James O’Keefe’s Google ‘Whistleblower’ Loves QAnon, Accused ‘Zionists’ of Running the Government
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast
Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban Marks the Dark Return of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast
I Was There for Clinton’s Impeachment. Here’s the Hell Trumpworld Faces.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Why Janelle Monáe Came Out as Pansexual: ‘I’m Choosing to Embrace It’
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Getty
All the President’s Fools Couldn’t Put Trump’s ‘Perfect Call’ Together Again
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Getty
Russia Loves the Impeachment Hearings Because GOP Is Parroting Kremlin Propaganda
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Is It Still Safe to Be a Latino in Donald Trump’s United States?
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Facebook Axed Pro-Vaccine Ads, Let Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracies Slip Through
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast/Getty
Inside Porn’s Scary Death-Threat Epidemic: ‘You’re Always Looking Over Your Shoulder’
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos Getty
Hide the Mueller Report? Why Hide Something that Probably Won’t Be Shocking?
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
The Wests Go Western: Inside Kim and Kanye’s New Life in Cody, Wyoming
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos Getty
I Was a Whistleblower. The Trump Whistleblower Is About to Go Through Hell.
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
Alex Gibney: How Donald Trump Is Morphing Into Vladimir Putina
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos Getty
