Coney island clowns dance atop of a mobile boombox during the second day of the Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. More than 400,000 festival goers migrated to Las Vegas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of EDC. The sold-out festival featured eight stages, multiple art installations, theatrical performers, and much more.|Harrison Hill
As dusk approaches, Desaire Gaddy explores the dry scrubland that surrounds her rural home outside of Thoreau. Gaddy was moved back onto the Navajo Nation Reservation from her life in Florida to stay with relatives who live without running water due to the ongoing water crisis. “Do you want me to show you where I dreamt of the water running?” she muses. “All through here, just blue water and dolphins.” Most children grow up on the reservation not knowing of another life, but not she.|Gabriel Scarlett
Board of Supervisors Malia Cohen and Ahmed Abozayd vice president of Local 87 speak before a march in support of janitors with SEIU Local 87 on Thursday, July 28, 2016 in downtown San Francisco. The janitors are in a contract fight with employers.|Michael Noble Jr.
Camp 8 brush fire squad members take a break as a valley catches fire in Duarte, California on June 20, 2016. As temperatures reached triple digits, more than 1,000 firefighters deployed to fight two fires that raged just miles apart from each other in Duarte and Azusa, California. Together, the fires burned around 5,000 acres and forced the evacuation of at least 770 homes according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.|Harrison Hill
Robert Mims of Bryan, TX competes in the bull riding portion of the National Senior Pro Rodeo on Tuesday July 5, 2016 at O.L McMains JR. Arena in Grants, Nm. Mims finished second.|Shaban Athuman
“Coach Lederhouse always tells us ‘we are free to swim’. God has made us free and already redeemed us. We don’t have to earn anything, and we can have peace that He is in control,” Wheaton swimmer alumni ’16 Kirsten Nitz said. “Do your best, and leave the rest up to God.” Through practicing and competing with broken ribs and illnesses like the flu, Nitz never stops. Her dedication and strive to do her best over the years has led her to earning five individual national NCAA titles – a first for any Wheaton athlete in any sport. She is also the first Wheaton swimmer to go undefeated in all of her 12 CCIW individual events and earned the title of a CoSIDA All-American athlete three-times.|Erica Lafser
“Any time I think about it, I speak about it, I get angry”. A retired uranium worker of over two decades reacts in frustration and anger as he explains the harmful practices he took part in during his years as an employee of the United Nuclear Corporation at their Church Rock Mill. His name is withheld for the safety of himself and his family. In the past when he has spoken out, his family was threatened and once a coworker came to his house and threw a brick through a window, nearly hitting his infant grandson. While working at the Church Rock Mill, he remembers taking part in chemical dumping, burning of official medical documents, and he vividly remembers the faulty practices that led up to the Church Rock Spill, the largest spilling of radioactive material in North American history. “Love got stories about what we did, about what was done by the companies, about how they don’t care about the people… A lot of times I shed a tear. I think about the elderly, I think about the kids.”|Gabriel Scarlett
James Copas, 52 (left) and Harold Copas, 62 (right) sit on the front porch with their mother Mildred Walker, 89 as they enjoy the summer breeze and making their mother laugh. 23rd June 2016. Tompkinsville, Ky.|Srijita Chattopadhyay
A group of protesters gather to demand D.A Gascòn to bring charges to the police officers that shot and killed unarmed Amilcar Perez-Lopez on June 22, 2016 in San Francisco, California.|Michael Noble Jr.
The Suffer’s singer Kam Franklin performs at BottleRock 2016 in Napa, Calif. on Sunday, May 29, 2016.|Michael Noble Jr.
Inez Grace is held by her brother Leo Gomez as they watch their homes burn on Saturday June 26, 2016 in the Gamerco neighborhood on in Gallup, Nm.|Shaban Athuman
Russell Gardner, 5, holds plungers he used as paintbrushes during the Big Art Everywhere activities Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at the Children’s School.|Michael Clark
Annie Herring, 16 of Graford, Tx, will competes in Pole bending and Barrel racing in the Best of the Best timed events rodeo in Churchrock, NM. “I came for the experience, I wanted to a new rodeo” Herring said.|Shaban Athuman
LOUISVILLE, KY – JUNE 08: Roddrick Woods, 5, visited the Muhammad Ali Center and I Am Ali festival on June 8, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. Woods did a Kindergarten project on Ali. “He was a boxer from Louisville. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!” Woods said.|Justin Gilliland
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WKU’s wide receiver Taywan Taylor (2) dives into the end zone to score a touchdown during the WKU Hilltoppers 58-28 win against the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders football game on Saturday at L.T. Smith Stadium.SHABAN ATHUMAN
Ayden Jones, 5, sets up fall and halloween decorations at his grandmother’s house in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on October 10, 2015. Jones loves decorating for halloween, and plans to dress up as Olaf from the movie ‘Frozen’ this year. His grandmother, Jennifer Johnson, loves to oblige him with everything from window stickers to giant inflatable witches and ghouls. LAUREN NOLAN
Victoria and Fanny run from the waves while on Autumn holiday in Klitmøller, nicknamed Cold Hawaii due to its great surfing conditions. Located on the west coast of Denmark, Klitmøller is a traditional fishing village that has developed into a developing surf mecca. Since 2010 54 new residents have moved to the town of 822, most young families who have decided to leave bigger cities for the surf lifestyle. NICOLE BOLIAUX
A suffer runs to the reef to catch some waves in Klitmøller, nicknamed Cold Hawaii due to its great surfing conditions. Located on the west coast of Denmark, Klitmøller is a traditional fishing village that has developed into a developing surf mecca. Since 2010 54 new residents have moved to the town of 822, most young families who have decided to leave bigger cities for the surf lifestyle.NICOLE BOLIAUX
Anna Larsson tends to her two month old while her boyfriend Victor Rosario tickles their youngest son Elliot in their hometown of Klitmøller, known to many as Cold Hawaii due to its perfect surfing conditions. Larsson is originally from Sweden and met Rosario when visiting the Dominican republic. They have three kids together and live in Klitmøller where Rosario is a surf instructor and Larsson works as a nurse. NICOLE BOLIAUX
Ricky and Pedro Nuñez are the owners of Baja Autoservice specializing in the sale, maintaining and shifting of tires. Ricky Nuñoz bought the building in March 2011 and opened it with his dad in April of the same year. Last year they got in to an argument because they wanted different things. Ricky took his money, gave the shop to his dad and took off. After Ricky’s return the two now work well together, although it can be difficult working with your dad sometimes, Ricky says. BETINA GARCIA
Margaret Baker brings new life to old furniture and antiques at The Resurrection Shop, which she opened two years ago with her sister-in-law, Mary Dale Reynolds. Baker, a pharmacist by trade, converts consignment store wares, yard sale treasures and flea market finds into unique pieces for the home. “This is what I do for fun,” she said. “I love picking out the pieces.” The shop also holds classes, where members of the community can bring their own pieces of furniture and learn how to restore them. LAUREN NOLAN
Robert Gammon of Bowling Green Kentucky waits for his friends in front of Family Dollar in Bowling Green, Ky on Friday October 1st, 2015. At 19, Robert just got out of jail and is trying to get his life back in order. BETINA GARCIA
10 year old Alex Murillo hides in a miniature cave in the play area of the Lost River Cave attraction. Murillo and several other children spent the morning learning about nature and climate during the first day of the Fall Break Nature Discovery Camp. BRIA GRANVILLE
Bowling Green’s Christ Episcopal Church held their annual “Blessing of the Animals” on Sunday, October 4, 2015. The custom is conducted in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures. Interim Rector of the church, Judith Foster Reese, gave each animal at the ceremony a word of blessing, saying to each animal “May God bless you and keep you; and may the love between you and your human family be a sign of God’s love.” LAUREN NOLAN