Johnny Culbreth leaps from the high dive at the Vale Pool in Vale, Ore. on a 110° day during June 2021's record-breaking heat wave.

Houses alongside the Swannanoa river in Western N.C. which were all flooded by Hurricane Helene.

Nyra Fields-Miller, overcome with emotion about her deceased son, is lowered to the ground in the middle of her speech outside the St. Paul Governor's Mansion where families and community members advocated for the release of State Patrol footage of the death of Ricky Cobb II in St. Paul, Minn. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Ricky Cobb II was murdered at the hands of Minnesota law enforcement during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 in north Minneapolis.

In between prayer sessions for Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” a young boy laughs with his brother at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Islamic holiday marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Star player Caitlin Clark warms up as team assistants toss balls onto the court before the Big 10 Women’s Basketball Championship at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Iowa beat the University of Nebraska 95-89 in overtime, cinching the championship.

Nikki Haley maintains a smile as she greets the crowd at her caucus watch party after losing the Republican presidential primary vote at the Iowa caucuses to Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. In a tight race for second, DeSantis came in at 21.2% and Haley only 19.1%.

A firefighter tames the Cow Valley fire in Ironside, Oregon in July 2022.

A Burnsville firefighter mourns the loss of his colleague and looks out of the window during the funeral procession as they pass near the Burnsville City Hall and Police Administration building on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 in Burnsville, Minn. Thousands of people showed up for today’s funeral events to honor the two policemen and firefighter who lost their lives on the line of duty on Feb. 18.

A yellow jacket flies around President Donald Trump’s head as he delivers remarks to the press regarding Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C. on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. The hurricane wiped out hundreds of wasp nests, leaving the yellow jacket populations in western North Carolina to buzz around with nowhere to go.

Minnesota forward Grace Zumwinkle (13), who scored a hat trick and all three of Minnesota’s goals at the game against Montreal, dances to “Crank That (Soulja Boy) in the locker room with ” Minnesota forward Taylor Heise (27) at their first ever home PWHL game at Xcel Energy Center against Montreal on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota won 3-0.

Ethan Benner from Vale, Ore. waits at the base of the high dive while someone else prepares to jump from the top at the Vale community pool on June 24, 2021, the hottest recorded June month in the county.

Addie Getman bounces her friend Maddie Shultz on the trampoline on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in Eden Prairie, Minn. Her mother Meta is a fertility coach who gave birth to Addie through IVF and is working to advocate for the continued use of IVF. With other states cracking down on IVF, Minnesota could become a safe haven state for healthcare access, just as it has with abortion.

Ethan Smith (left) and Remi Rose Stavish “absorb the energies” of some freshly-lit mullein stocks, colloquially known as “hag torches” during the Hourglass Kids’ performance at the 18th annual Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival in Pittsboro, N.C. on Thursday, May 5, 2022.

Members of Carolina Black Caucus gather around Hortense McClinton, the first Black faculty member at UNC, at the Hortense McClinton Residence Hall Dedication Ceremony at UNC in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Friday, May 13, 2022.

Being in a men’s prison facility as a trans woman comes with many issues. For Mohagany Foster, her gender identity was forcibly stifled and she experienced immense harassment, gender dysphoria, and abuse for the 20 total years she was behind bars. Now able to present as a woman again, she does everything she can to reclaim the femininity that was robbed from her. One of the first things she did after release was get her hair braided at a studio in her new neighborhood in Durham, N.C. Getting braids done is a day-long commitment, and this appointment took nearly eight hours. In love with them, Mohagany gets her first look in the mirror with her new ‘do. Jumping up and down in pure joy, “I love it!” she said. “I love it I love it I love it!”

See full story under the story tab → (re)Becoming Mohagany

Sofia Zografos starts to build a snow man on the normally-sandy beach of Edem in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece on Feb. 16, 2021, the first snow snorm in 12 years for Athens. Like many other young Athenians, this was Zografos' first time ever experiencing snow.

Johnny Culbreth leaps from the high dive at the Vale Pool in Vale, Ore. on a 110° day during June 2021's record-breaking heat wave.

Houses alongside the Swannanoa river in Western N.C. which were all flooded by Hurricane Helene.

Nyra Fields-Miller, overcome with emotion about her deceased son, is lowered to the ground in the middle of her speech outside the St. Paul Governor's Mansion where families and community members advocated for the release of State Patrol footage of the death of Ricky Cobb II in St. Paul, Minn. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Ricky Cobb II was murdered at the hands of Minnesota law enforcement during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 in north Minneapolis.

In between prayer sessions for Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” a young boy laughs with his brother at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Islamic holiday marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Star player Caitlin Clark warms up as team assistants toss balls onto the court before the Big 10 Women’s Basketball Championship at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Iowa beat the University of Nebraska 95-89 in overtime, cinching the championship.

Nikki Haley maintains a smile as she greets the crowd at her caucus watch party after losing the Republican presidential primary vote at the Iowa caucuses to Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. In a tight race for second, DeSantis came in at 21.2% and Haley only 19.1%.

A firefighter tames the Cow Valley fire in Ironside, Oregon in July 2022.

A Burnsville firefighter mourns the loss of his colleague and looks out of the window during the funeral procession as they pass near the Burnsville City Hall and Police Administration building on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 in Burnsville, Minn. Thousands of people showed up for today’s funeral events to honor the two policemen and firefighter who lost their lives on the line of duty on Feb. 18.

A yellow jacket flies around President Donald Trump’s head as he delivers remarks to the press regarding Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C. on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. The hurricane wiped out hundreds of wasp nests, leaving the yellow jacket populations in western North Carolina to buzz around with nowhere to go.

Minnesota forward Grace Zumwinkle (13), who scored a hat trick and all three of Minnesota’s goals at the game against Montreal, dances to “Crank That (Soulja Boy) in the locker room with ” Minnesota forward Taylor Heise (27) at their first ever home PWHL game at Xcel Energy Center against Montreal on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024 in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota won 3-0.

Ethan Benner from Vale, Ore. waits at the base of the high dive while someone else prepares to jump from the top at the Vale community pool on June 24, 2021, the hottest recorded June month in the county.

Addie Getman bounces her friend Maddie Shultz on the trampoline on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in Eden Prairie, Minn. Her mother Meta is a fertility coach who gave birth to Addie through IVF and is working to advocate for the continued use of IVF. With other states cracking down on IVF, Minnesota could become a safe haven state for healthcare access, just as it has with abortion.

Ethan Smith (left) and Remi Rose Stavish “absorb the energies” of some freshly-lit mullein stocks, colloquially known as “hag torches” during the Hourglass Kids’ performance at the 18th annual Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival in Pittsboro, N.C. on Thursday, May 5, 2022.

Members of Carolina Black Caucus gather around Hortense McClinton, the first Black faculty member at UNC, at the Hortense McClinton Residence Hall Dedication Ceremony at UNC in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Friday, May 13, 2022.

Being in a men’s prison facility as a trans woman comes with many issues. For Mohagany Foster, her gender identity was forcibly stifled and she experienced immense harassment, gender dysphoria, and abuse for the 20 total years she was behind bars. Now able to present as a woman again, she does everything she can to reclaim the femininity that was robbed from her. One of the first things she did after release was get her hair braided at a studio in her new neighborhood in Durham, N.C. Getting braids done is a day-long commitment, and this appointment took nearly eight hours. In love with them, Mohagany gets her first look in the mirror with her new ‘do. Jumping up and down in pure joy, “I love it!” she said. “I love it I love it I love it!”

See full story under the story tab → (re)Becoming Mohagany

Sofia Zografos starts to build a snow man on the normally-sandy beach of Edem in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece on Feb. 16, 2021, the first snow snorm in 12 years for Athens. Like many other young Athenians, this was Zografos' first time ever experiencing snow.