“Mommy loves you, daddy loves you, Ms. Celina loves you, Dani loves you,” Jill McDonald, 46, tells her son, Luca Amine-Hadir, 5, as she helps him settle down for bed on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 at their home in Sebastopol, Calif. Luca lives with epilepsy and profound autism and struggles with sleep, often waking up in the middle of the night and taking hours to fall asleep. Jill stays close by in case of emergency seizures.
Sophomore linebacker DeShawn Toomer (13) warms up for Riverside High School’s football game against Sanderson on August 25, 2023 in Raleigh, N.C.
A child of a military service member makes silly faces as she stands on stage with her parents ahead of an event in support of Joe Biden's Joining Forces initiative at Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, N.C. on Friday, June 9, 2023. Service members and their families were escorted on stage two hours before Joe Biden arrived for the event, giving children a lot of time to entertain themselves onstage.
A backup dancer flips their hair during Doechii's performance at Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025.
The Riverside High School varsity football team boards the bus to their game against Sanderson on Aug. 25, 2023 in Durham, N.C.
Protesters sing and dance to “We are Family” by Sister Sledge during an action hosted by Families First at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, July 26, 2025. The protest was held to voice concerns over cuts to federal programs including Medicaid, FEMA, food stamps and school lunches.
Bull riders prepare for competition at Shady Acres Rodeo in Hope Mills, N.C. on July 16, 2023.
Marshall Korss, 21, baits a hook with a live anchovy on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in San Francisco Bay, Calif. Small-scale commercial fishing is one of an increasing number of professions at risk of disappearing due to climate change and exploitation of natural resources; Korss says he is the youngest commercial fisherman in the Bay Area, and one of only eight fishermen who still fish daily. But despite the long hours, Korss says he’ll continue to do it as long as he can. “If I’m not out fishing, I’m sitting at home, thinking about how many fish other people must be catching,” Korss said. “It’s my addiction.”
Will Holliman drives his fiancé’s son, Pierson, 8, to school on the morning of Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Kennett, Mo. Holliman’s two biological children, who are now in their early 20’s, were young when he went to prison. Now, he tries to be there for Pierson and his sister Aubree, 6.
A horse is loaded into a trailer after the conclusion of the “Bulls, Broncs, & Barrels” Rodeo at Cavvietta Horse and Cattle Co. in Greenville, N.C. on Thursday, June 6, 2023.
Cindy West Rigsbee, 67, and her daughter Beth, 46, share a quiet moment before bed at their home in Durham, N.C., on July 26, 2023. Cindy's role as both mother and caregiver to Beth, who lives with a severe form of epilepsy, was suddenly upended in January when Cindy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told she had months to live. “If you don’t have [a plan], what’s going to happen to your children?" Cindy asked herself. "What’s going to happen to your young special needs adults?”