I got a new phone today because my other one was run over by a semi. Now I can see my pictures but not my contacts and my prior apps didn’t come back. Can you help me get those back?

1. Your contacts should be stored in whatever email accounts you used on the other iPhone. Log into those accounts and turn on the contacts option, and they should sync onto the new one.
2. The apps, should have been automatically set to re-download from the app store if you restored a backup from the old iPhone onto the new one. If you did not do that, then you{ll need to redownload them manually: link-> Redownload apps and games from Apple - Apple Support

Were you managing your contacts with iCloud. If so, go into Settings>your Apple ID>iCloud>then tap on Show All. From there, turn on the switch for Contacts. If you were using another email account, you need to ensure you have installed that email account on the new phone and turn on Contacts there as well.