Alice watches the 2017 solar eclipse in amazement at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on August 21, 2017. It was the first time she had experienced or seen anything like the eclipse.
A man walks through a shaft of light on an unseasonably warm day in February 2017 in downtown Chicago.
A woman named Valarie becomes emotional as she is about to be baptized by being submerged in Lake Michigan near North Ave. Beach by members of the Moody Baptist Church on August 27, 2017 in Chicago.
Children pose for a photo while bathing and washing clothes in a creek in Karawa, The Democratic Republic of Congo.
Roberto Almodovar hugs his aunts, Mary Rodriguez, left, and Gladys Ramirez, right, after being released from custody after more than 20 years in prison at the Cook County Jail on April 14, 2017 in Chicago. Almodovar was framed for a double homicide by a Chicago police detective in 1994. (For the Chicago Tribune)
Sousaphones Against Hate band members play music during a protest outside of the Trump Tower on inauguration night, January 20, 2017 in Chicago.
Students are seen waiting in an attendence line in the small school in the River of Life village located outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
James Hill, father of Brittany Hill, cries after speaking at a press confernce outside of Chicago Police Headquarters on June 6, 2020. Members of the Hill family announced they would be pursuing a lawsuit against the CPD after a video was leaked showing 24-year-old, Brittany Hill, being shot and killed while holding her 1-year-old daughter. (For the Chicago Trubune)
Litzy Blazys, center, waits while her dress is fluffed by her mother, Elizabeth, left, and her cousin, before the start of her Quinceanera ceremony at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, IL.
Men embrace while watching the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade in the Boystown neighborhood of Chicago.
A girl is caught picking her nose before the start of the Fourth of July Bike Parade in Pemberville, Ohio. The kids spent the morning decorating their bikes in red, white and blue before going for a ride around town, which ended with Popsicles and juice boxes.
A teacher gives a high-five to a student at the School for the Deaf after completing a card matching game during a one-on-one class in a village outside of Hanoi, Vietnam.
The Springfield Blue Devils cheerleaders preform on the sidelines during a football game in Holland, OH.
Ashlee Dean Wells smiles with her child, Nova, 5, near their home in Evanston, IL. Wells and her partner have chosen to not define their childrens’ gender as a part of gender-neutral parenting. (For Quartz)
Black Lives Matter protesters are seen in Federal Plaza during a sit-in on July 11, 2016 in Chicago.
Kids are seen playing a pick-up game of basketball at one of the only parks in Dolton, a south suburb of the city of Chicago, on a summer evening in August 2016.
Brett Flowers throws a crab cage into the marsh on Hilton Head Island at sunset in May 2016 while on vacation with his family.
John Motter's reflection is seen in his combine while he harvests his soybean fields in Hancock County, OH.
A young Congolese boy takes a bite of his orange in his families’ farm field in Karawa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Brittany Pingle is seen sitting on playground equipment at the abandoned Waterville Elementary School in Waterville, OH.
A regular is seen at the bar at East Burn Public House in Portland, Oregon.
A woman chops and prepares cuts of meat at the Central Market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Joe carries garlic to the washing station at his organic farm, Blue Island Organic Sustainable Farm, in Blue Island, IL.
Two young boys use a bike to wheel logs from a tree back to their home in Karawa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.