As President Barack Obama’s time in office comes to an end, we take a trip through the past eight years, through images captured by White House photographer Pete Souza.

Souza compiles his favorite photos every year, and these are some of the best of those featuring the 44th president. 

Here, Mr. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a semi-private moment after he gave her his coat on the way to an inaugural ball in 2009.

Mr. Obama sits in the driver’s seat of a car to greet employees after giving a speech at the Ford Kansas City Stamping Plant in Missouri in 2013. 

Mr. Obama basks in the sunshine after moving a meeting with his senior advisors out to the Rose Garden in the spring of 2009. 

Mr. Obama mimics the face of a little boy while visiting troops and their families at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe in 2013. 

Mr. Obama plays in the snow-covered Rose Garden with his daughters, Sasha and Malia, in 2010.

Mr. Obama slides across a counter at Shake Shack in Washington, D.C., for a group photo with the staff after having lunch with Vice President Joe Biden in 2014.

Mr. Obama meets Prince George in 2016. 

Mr. Obama sips from a coconut while visiting Luang Prabang, Laos, in 2016. 

Mr. Obama laughs as he’s briefed on the “Slow Jam the News” segment he will be doing during a 2012 appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”

Mr. Obama plays make-believe with White House aide Nate Tamarin’s son, Nicholas, during a Halloween event at the White House in 2012.

The president told Souza that this was his favorite photo of the year. 

Mr. Obama runs into Walker Earnest, son of Press Secretary Josh Earnest, during a Halloween event at the White House in 2016.

A boy takes a bite of Mr. Obama’s pie after the president offered it to those sitting near him at a restaurant in Ohio in 2012. 

Mr. Obama hugs the vice president after giving a eulogy at the funeral for Biden’s son, Beau Biden, in 2015. 

Mr. Obama and the first lady kiss at a game between the U.S. Men’s Olympic basketball team and Brazil in 2012, while Malia and Biden watch on the Jumbotron.

Mr. Obama greets children at a daycare center next to his daughter’s school after attending her fourth-grade closing ceremony in 2011. 

Mr. Obama and White House staffers peer out the window of Air Force One to see devastating tornado damage in Moore, Oklahoma, in 2013. 

B.B. King, on right, talks Mr. Obama into singing “Sweet Home Chicago” during the “In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues” concert in 2012. 

Mr. Obama and Biden laugh together before a campaign rally in New Hampshire in 2012. 

Jay Leno cracks a joke as Mr. Obama laughs while the two wait to tape “The Tonight Show” in California in 2011. 

Mr. Obama reaches out to shake hands with Bruce Springsteen before the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in 2016. 

Mr. Obama and European leaders take a break during the 2012 G8 Summit at Camp David to watch the overtime shootout of the Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich Champions League final.

Mr. Obama plays a joke on White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson as he stopped to weigh himself in a locker room at the University of Texas in 2010. 

Mr. Obama and his guide react after they thought he had caught a fish in Montana in 2009. He hadn’t. 

Former Deputy Press Secretary Jamie Smith’s daughter, Lincoln Rose, learns to walk in the Oval Office in 2014.

Mr. Obama reacts as his putt falls short while playing golf with staffers in 2016.

Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Obama and George W. Bush laugh as they wait backstage before the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in 2013. 

Mr. Obama runs alongside Bo in an East Wing hallway of the White House on the day the Obama family was introduced to the pup in 2009.

Mr. Obama and U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney recreate her “not impressed” face that went viral during the 2012 Olympics. 

The President plays with his niece, Sevita, while on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard in 2009. 

Mr. Obama jumps in the ocean while on vacation in Hawaii in 2012. 

Mr. Obama makes calls to congressmen to urge them to vote for the health care reform bill in 2010.

Mr. Obama takes a picture with Lego men constructed for the White House’s South by South Lawn event in 2016. 

Mr. Obama looks out the window as he sits in the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan in 2012. 

The first lady reacts to something Mr. Obama whispers in her ear while attending United Nations General Assembly events in New York City.

Mr. Obama poses with a little boy who had fallen asleep during the 2013 Father’s Day ice cream social at the White House. 

Mr. Obama chases Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on the White House colonnade in 2009. 

Mr. Obama dances with aide Ferial Govashiri in 2016 to help her practice for her upcoming wedding. 

Mr. Obama lifts Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes’ daughter, Ella, in the Oval Office during a Halloween event at the White house in 2015.

Mr. Obama practices yoga with Master Chief Petty Officer David Hall and his family while visiting he National Intrepid Center of Excellence in 2016. 

Mr. Obama escorts daughter Sasha up to the private residence before returning to the Oval Office in 2009. 

When Mr. Obama saw this 2014 photo of him and the Easter Bunny listening to the national anthem, he said: “The two most famous sets of ears in Washington,” Souza recalls.

Mr. Obama eats a green tea ice pop with his hosts while visiting the Great Buddha of Kamakura, in Japan in 2010. 

The president hugs the first lady after she introduces him at a campaign event in Iowa in 2012. 

Mr. Obama laughs as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs shows him pictures of past leaders wearing shirts chosen by the host country of the Summit of the Americas. The team was on their way to the summit in Singapore in 2009. 

Mr. Obama watches a virtual reality film taken during his trip to Yosemite National Park in 2016. 

Mr. Obama admires the view after hiking the Koko Head Crater Trail in Hawaii in 2015. 

Mr. Obama prays with members of the Circle of Protection Campaign during a meeting in 2011.

The first lady snuggles the president during a video taping for the 2015 World Expo in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

Mr. Obama during a trip to Midway Atoll in 2016.