(From left) Nina Achidi, Fatima Ingawa, Mimrah Hossain, Fareeha Mustafa and Dania Farawi hold unlit candles as they mourn the deaths of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha at the one-year commemoration vigil of their passing. The vigil was held at N.C State University on Feb. 9, 2016.

The Anoka County fair closed out on Sunday July 29, 2018 with the beloved demolition derby. The derby featured everything from under-21-year-old kids crashing into each other in cars to fully grown men smashing trucks together. Winners of each heat took home cash prizes as reward for outlasting the group. Above, Tanner Duffing starts to drive out of the arena with his first place trophy sitting in the passenger seat

Police shot and killed Thurman Blevins on Saturday evening June 23, 2018 in a North Minneapolis neighborhood. Shortly after the incident police taped off the scene and dozens of community members slowly began to gather. Most of them expressed sadness and frustration towards the police and the situation as a whole. James Lark breaks down into tears as he recounts what he saw of the shooting only an hour earlier.

On July 12, 2018 ten inches of rain fell on the small town of Mora, MN in a matter of hours. The rain led to flooding of local streets and highways that lasted for days. On June 16, 2018 Parker Mitchell and his friends took the rare opportunity of Highway 65 being flooded to kayak right on it.

Alexandra Davies loves writing poetry while outdoors. She strives to capture a feeling of lost wandering in her writing. Here she takes in the cool air in Wayne, New Jersey on December 19, 2017.

The North Carolina football team runs out of the tunnel on November 17, 2018 before their game against Western Carolina University.

A student in a T-Rex costume walks through McCorkle Place, the northern quad of UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

Riverside High School running back D'Anthony Bright wipes mud from his face during Riverside's first conference championship in sixteen years. Bright broke 2,000 yards on the season during this game.

Stillwater High School pitcher Andrew Gilbet (1) tags out Mounds View High School short stop Joey Lawson (6) as he attempts to slide into home in the fourth inning. The Stillwater high school baseball team defeated Mounds View 3-2 with a game winning single in the bottom of the 7th inning of the AAAA quarter-finals on Thursday June 14, 2018.

Victor Cajigas, the community liaison for the Iniciativa Comunitaria, checks in on a homeless man living in front of Centro Medico hospital after giving him water and fresh blankets on Saturday March 10. The Iniciativa Comunitaria is a local group of volunteers that formerly traveled internationally to assist victims of natural disasters in South America and elsewhere. After Hurricane Maria made landfall, they turned their attention inwards to helping communities across Puerto Rico. The group provides medical services, emotional support and love to areas that were greatly affected by the storm.

Skye Barker is held by her Aunt Tonda while her mother, Tori Barker, holds a family friend's baby, Bryson at a dinner and Tequilla tasting party. Tori is the granddaughter of the town's founder, Andy Barker and Skye is his great granddaughter. The get together was held in the original home of Andy Barker.

Jackie Litynski (far left) celebrates with her teammates after winning the women's fencing ACC tournament on February 25, 2018. The match ended in the first three-way tie in ACC history and led to officials having to create the overtime rules on the spot. Each team would select one "champion" in each of the three forms of fencing to duel in one bout each. Best two out of three total bouts wins. No. 1 Notre Dame received a first round bye and played North Carolina after they defeated Duke. Litynski scored the winning touch in the last point of the last bout in sabre against Notre Dame to claim the title.

Hala Aqel poses for a portrait behind a hajib during sunset at Terhune Memorial Park in Wayne, New Jersey. Aqel experienced emotionally difficult times growing up in her Arabic family, often feeling alienated. The way she described her feelings made it seem as though she was looking at life through a veil all these years.

On Saturday July 21, 2018 there was a local parade held in North Minneapolis to celebrate the Rondo neighborhood. In the 1930s, Rondo Avenue was at the heart of Saint Paul, MN’s largest Black neighborhood. After the construction of I-94 in the 1960's the neighborhood was broken up and segregated by race. Each year people come together to celebrate the memory of the once legendary neighborhood. Hundreds of families lined the street to watch local community groups, politicians, dance groups and law enforcement greet them, perform and hand out freebies. Kids scavenged for free candy, stickers and comic books. In this image, Eric Marshall, a dancer with Kruciial Kreatiions performs a backflip during the groups routine.

North Carolina mid-fielder Ela Hazar (7) takes a stick check to the throat from Maryland midfielder Gen Giles (5) as she closes in on the net during a game in Chapel Hill, NC on February 24, 2018.

Gabrielle Thompson poses for a multi-light portrait while performing ballet covered with baby powder.