Justin Pearson celebrates with supporters after being reinstated to the the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
Joe Pruden looks down as he leans against the counter in what used to be the kitchen in his home on Seven Mile Road outside Midnight, Miss., on March 29, 2023. Recovery efforts continue after an EF-4 tornado came through the area last Friday night. His wife Carmen Pruden said they rode out the tornado in their bathroom with their grandson after their son called them and told them to take cover. “Get your tail in your bathroom and do it now,” said Carmen about what her son told her on the phone.
An audience member is comforted by Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo during a mini-concert from local Cuban-American artists on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The event was put on by the City of Miami to show support to the people in Cuba who are protesting for freedom.
Mikayla Flanders and other members of the DaySpring Missionary Baptist Church Atmosphere Shifters perform during the 105th anniversary celebration at DaySpring Missionary Baptist Church on October 13, 2019 in Gainesville, FL.
Michael Soroka touches his father Dr. Mike Soroka's leg as they listen to a commencement address by the dean of Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine on October 28, 2021. Mike Soroka was terminally ill with cancer. When it seemed that he wouldn't be able to see his son graduate in spring, or likely make it to fall graduation in December, the college arranged for an at-home ceremony. Dr. Kenneth Johnson, the executive dean of Heritage College, and Dr. John Schriner, associate dean, came in full regalia to give Michael a commencement address. His father then presented him with his doctoral hood and led him in the osteopathic oath. Mike Soroka passed away from colon cancer on November 24, 2021.
Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Rossi signals to passengers that Terminal 3 is safe to enter at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after officials received a bomb threat on Saturday morning, July 10, 2021.
Linda Jones has tears roll down her face as she speaks about Tyre Nichols outside the Memphis Police Department Ridgeway Station during a justice for Tyre Nichols rally in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, January 29, 2023.
Mourners hold up a program with a photo of Lisa Marie Presley on the front lawn of Graceland at the end of the celebration of life for Lisa Marie Presley in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, January 22, 2023.
A member of the Caring and Sharing After-School program sits on stage as others wave flags as part of a performance during the Colonel Charles D. Young Veterans Day Breakfast Celebration on November 11, 2019 in Gainesville, FL.
Eduardo Tellez from Danza Quetzalcoatl performs during the Dia de los Muertos Parade from Overton Square to the Brooks Museum in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, October 28, 2023. The group’s outfits represent the tradition of Aztec warriors and the dances they perform correspond to a different prayer to either the land, air, fire or other subjects.
Atlanta firefighter Christopher Ingram of Truck 16 carries a ladder back to the truck after working to put out a structure fire on Cairo Street in Atlanta on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The house was unoccupied though there were initial reports of possible occupants.
A camper from Camp Whitefield looks up at a cast replica of an Argentinosaurus skeleton in the atrium of Fernbank Museum on Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Atlanta. The Argentinosaurus roamed Earth around 90 million years ago, was up to 130 feet long, weighed up to 100 tons and was a plant eater. (Chris Day/Christopher.Day@ajc.com)
Ryan Gartley competes in a pawpaw eating contest as attendees watch and cheer during the 23rd Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival in Albany, Ohio, on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Gartley, who ultimately won the competition, said this is his second pawpaw contest he's taken part in. His main strategy is to get the seeds off to the sides as much as possible while he's eating the remainder of the fruit.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Make America Great Again Victory Rally on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Circleville, Ohio.
Anna Elizabeth Hunt is crowned as the 2021 Queen Genevieve as Little Miss Sternwheel Leighton Geese looks out over the crowd and Little Mr. Sternwheel Forrest Lee Abbott covers his ears while the captains of the assembled boats blow their horns during the Sternwheel Festival in Marietta, Ohio, on Saturday, September 11, 2021.
University of Memphis student Arabella Patterson and Paige Seward play tic-tac-toe against U.S. Navy underwater construction divers Keith Reed and Jason Fox as Fox reacts to losing his game outside of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium prior to the football game between Memphis and Navy in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
Protesters perform “A Rapist in Your Path,” a song protesting violence against women on Feb. 5, 2020, in Tallahassee, Fla. The song was created in Chile and has been performed by women around the world. The women pointed to the Supreme Court and Capitol building while saying the words “the rapist is you.”
Jessie West is tackled into the mud while watching the Toilet Bowl outside New Marshfield, Ohio, on February 20, 2022. For over forty years, New Marshfield residents have held a pick-up football game the Sunday after the Super Bowl. The MVP on the winning team is given the purple toilet to hold on to until the next game is held the following year. "You can always guarantee there's a Toilet Bowl," James McCune, a spectator and former player, said. "It was going before I was born and will still be going after I'm dead."
Little Amal, a 12-foot-tall puppet of a ten-year-old Syrian refugee child, takes part in a play with students of Crosstown High at Crosstown Concourse in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. The puppet, a symbol of human rights designed by the Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa, has been making her way across the country since Sept. 7 on a journey of 6,000 miles across the United States. On this 40-city voyage, Little Amal will make three stops in Tennessee − Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga.
Memphis Police Department Deputy Chief Stephen Chandler speaks with Marsha McKinney the mother of a man who was taken into custody following a standoff with police at Ubee’s on Highland Street near the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tenn., on May 2, 2023. FOX13 News’ station, which is next to Ubee’s, reported that the man fired into the station.
Yvetta Goodman sits and looks down at her grandfather’s grave after the 2023 Memorial Day Ceremony at the West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, May 29, 2023. Goodman’s grandmother is buried on the other side and she said she and her husband Melvin, who is a Navy veteran, come to visit them “all the time.” “Memorial Day especially because I recognize all the military men not just grandaddy but all the people who sacrificed,” she said. “It means a whole lot to us both.”
Dancers from L.Y.E. Academy perform during the celebration for what would have been Tyre Nichols’ 30th birthday at Fourth Bluff Park in Downtown Memphis on Monday, June 5, 2023.
Pallbearers carry the casket of Memphis Fire Department Lieutenant Jeffrey Norman before it is lifted onto a fire engine as MFD Fire Chief Gina Sweat salutes the casket during the funeral service for Norman at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Norman died while fighting a house fire in South Memphis on July 19.
Jerry Engelby, from Jefferson City, Missouri, holds a rose and a candle as she sings along to “Can’t Help Falling in Love” in front of Graceland during the “Candlelight Vigil” as part of Elvis Week 2023 in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. “It comes to me every year,” Engelby said about the song. “Can’t help falling in love with him over and over and over at the age I am with grandkids.”
Renee Sekander and other Paul Young supporters dance after Young gave his victory speech after winning the mayoral election during a watch party at Minglewood Hall in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, October 5, 2023.
Marion Fire Department firefighters respond to a warehouse fire in West Memphis, Ark., on Saturday, September 30, 2023.
Tayla Thompson, 4, Chasterdee Warren, Tyla Thompson, 5, Ciana Warren, 3, and Caleb Warren, 12, look out their car windows as they look up at the smoke from a warehouse fire as firefighters from the West Memphis and Marion Fire Department respond in West Memphis, Ark., on Saturday, September 30, 2023. Warren said they could see the fire from their home in West Memphis so she decided to take her two children and two nieces closer to see what was happening. “We like to take adventures,” she said.