In front of Petra's facade in the desert of Jordan, Bedouin men stage their camels and charge visitors for rides on July 14, 2023.
A spectator holds a "BELIEVE" sign in reference to the popular television series "Ted Lasso" as thousands of New York City Marathon runners stream past in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on Nov. 3, 2024.
Randall M. Good poses for a portrait while standing on a 10-foot scaffold at a private home in Denton, Texas on April 18, 2025. The homeowners are personal friends of Good’s, and he has been painting elaborate original works on their ceilings during the past several years. He incorporates symbols of the homeowners’ family into the art, including seven stars — one for each member of the family — but Good said they came to him later and told him he needed to add another. “You’re part of the family now,” they said. Although Good has been painting for years, this is his first time painting on a ceiling. “This is a dream come true to do this,” Good said. “I’ve been wanting to do something like this forever.”
A musician 1st class in the U.S. Navy Band Commodores jazz ensemble plays the tenor saxophone in the University of North Texas Syndicate on Nov. 1, 2022. The Commodores were founded in 1969 and play concerts all around the country. In addition to passing an audition, Navy musicians must also meet all other requirements for service in the Navy and attend recruit training in Great Lakes, Illinois.
A shaman performs a blessing in front of a crowd of locals and tourists during a re-enactment of the Mayan ball game Pok Ta Pok in the city’s central downtown district on Dec. 30, 2023. The game is played directly in front of the Catedral de San Ildefonso, a colonial symbol built of the exact same stones Mayans once used to build their city called T’ho. Under the towering presence of the cathedral, Mayan culture is celebrated and intertwined pasts come together in the present-day Yucatán.
A couple holds hands while riding the Ditmars Boulevard-bound N train on May 13, 2025, in Astoria, Queens, New York.
Bianca Zamorano, who portrays Cecily Cardew in “The Importance of Being Earnest,” performs during the show’s final dress rehearsal Nov. 12, 2025, on the Texas Wesleyan University campus. (McKinnon Rice | Fort Worth Report)
Three girls sled down a hill in Owl's Head Park in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on Dec. 27, 2025.
Boaters paddle through The Lake in Central Park on Sept. 3, 2023 as The San Remo cooperative apartment building spears into the skyline. New Yorkers and tourists alike can rent paddle boats to take onto The Lake. More than 60 million people visited New York in 2023, earning the city’s economy in excess of $74 billion.
A man stands outside the San Antonio de Padua convent with his horse in Izamal, Mexico on Jan. 13, 2024. Izamal, known as "The Yellow City," is a town of more than 28,000 people in the Yucatan Peninsula. It is believed to have been founded by Mayans between 750 and 200 B.C. but was later conquered by Spain during the 16th century. The convent was completed in 1561.
Men buy produce from Souk El-Khodra in Amman, Jordan on July 28, 2023.
A man wearing a keffiyeh walks inside the Roman Theatre as a young boy climbs the steps in Amman, Jordan on June 18, 2023.
A man walks down the 4th Avenue—9th Street Station platform in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Jan. 3, 2025.
Busses, cars, and cyclists navigate midtown Manhattan on Jan. 3, 2025.
The sun strikes Petra's facade in the desert of Jordan on July 14, 2023.
Shay Wiltshire, an intern at Land Rover and scholarship recipient, removes the splash shield from underneath a car on Nov. 6, 2025, at the Land Rover service center in Fort Worth. (McKinnon Rice | Fort Worth Report)
Denton resident Morgan Smith, 28, smokes a cigarette at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio in Denton, Texas on March 20, 2025. Located by the railroad tracks east of the Denton Square, Rubber Gloves is one of the most popular music venues in Denton. The venue originally opened in 1997 and closed in 2016, but it made a comeback in 2019.
A protestor sits on the steps of the Denton County Courthouse on the Square while holding a sign at a Hands Off! protest on April 5, 2025, in Denton, Texas.
A protestor holds a flag outside the window of their car while driving near the Hands Off! protest on the Denton Square on April 5, 2025.
Bianca Zamorano acts during the final dress rehearsal with Madisyn Savard, left, and Makailyn Felder Nov. 12, 2025, on the Texas Wesleyan University campus.
