Topic: 2024 year in review

As former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said,"a week is a long time in politics", and here in Cayman that observation played out in real time as the country faced prospects ranging from a government collapse to snap elections in 2024.

Take a look back at 2024 through the Compass' photo gallery.

Compass editors spend a lot of time obsessing over how many readers we're reaching. Here's your chance to take a second look at some of the best, overlooked pieces we produced this year.

The warnings have been coming for years, that Grand Cayman’s crown jewel, Seven Mile Beach, is shrinking - a result of climate change, sand loss and a lack of strategic planning.

Of the almost 3,000 stories published in the Compass this year, these are our pick of the crop. We hope there's something for everyone here. What do you think?

It was a busy year in Cayman's courtrooms, which saw trials involving murders, a senior politician, human smuggling, and a plethora of other cases.

WATCH: In a partnership with the Cayman Compass to commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, photographer Courtney Platt reshot some of the most striking images from his book ‘Paradise Interrupted’.

This was the year when rocketing inflation finally eased in the Cayman Islands, with the rate of inflation running at 1.7% in June 2024.

As 2024 draws to a close, the Cayman Compass has selected some of the most significant stories in Cayman film to emerge this year.