Jami Wallace becomes emotional after the public health meeting with the EPA in East Palestine on Tuesday, June 20. She has been an active member in the community and advocating for their rights after the derailment, demanding the healthcare they deserve.
Hayley Steed and Lilly Liu, The Villages High School students, pose for pictures and celebrate after receiving their associate degrees on May 3, 2024 at Lake Sumter State College.
Jeff Drummond, left, talks to Mike Rosenbaum as they come out of their rooms at the Davis Motel for some fresh air in the evening about four months after the East Palestine train derailment. They both live less than a mile from the derailment site and have been staying at the Davis Motel since.
Honey drips from a Riverview Apiaries honey bee hive as bees continue working on June, 19, 2024, at Back Road Berries in Oxford.
Deb Perina, from left, of the Village Santo Domingo, sings the national anthem as Veteran’s Memorial Park president Sue Roper, of the Village of Bonita, and Joanne Sheridan, of the Village of Collier, salute beside her at Armed Forces Day on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Veteran’s Memorial Park of The Villages.
Activity leader Chris Iannello, from left, manager of Colony Cottage Recreation, pours water on the other activity leader, Andy Shpur, manager of Lake Miona Recreation, as it splashes five-year-old Olivia Rank and the rest of the kids during the Camp Villages Wacky Wednesday Water Games event on June 26, 2024, at Bridgeport Recreation.
Months after the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the US EPA and Norfolk Southern contractors continue to clean up contaminated dirt, while regularly testing the air in town.
Kandace Jones, of Orlando, places a rose on her loved one’s, Master Detention Deputy Lynn Jones, memorial wreath at the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Fallen Officer Memorial on May 7, 2024 outside the Lake County Courthouse.
Dennis Perrien, from left, of the Village of Sunbury of Glenbrook, Buddy Clark, of Summerfield, and Bill Barnhart, of the Village of Summerhill, pray for active and former military on June 20, 2024, at the Veterans Memorial Park of the Villages.
Justice, Britney’s five year old daughter, watches tv at her grandma’s house after getting home from kindergarten on a cold day in December, a few days before the two year anniversary of her mother's death.
Roger and Janet Walker stand in front of their home in East Palestine, Ohio, about four months after the Norfolk Southern train derailment disrupted their lives. Janet said she has had chemical burns on her lungs since the night of the derailment and is no longer able to stay in their home, which is located less than a mile from the derailment site.
Sherri Morris, of Fruitland Park, arranges a bouquet of flowers for Mother’s Day on May 8 at Plantation Flower Designs and Gifts.
A young girl looks up at her dog in the rural regions of Guaviare, Colombia, six years after the Colombian government signed a peace treaty to attempt to end a fifty year conflict.
Lily Keister, Kent State higher education master’s student, looks out the window in Pacifique Niyonzima’s living room. Pacifique invited us to his house for dinner on one of the last nights of the trip.
Sandra holds the last coat her daughter, Britney, wore before she died, which she kept with the last socks Britney wore. She cries as she holds the coat, the emotions of December 2020 coming back to her.
Sarah Schmidt laughs as Jordon, one of her students, throws her daughter off a rock into the pool in Kigali, Rwanda, on one of the off days after studying peace education.
Ten-year-old Dylan Emily holds up her hand in celebration after winning the kids watermelon eating contest at the Lady Lake Fourth of July event on Saturday, June 30, 2024, at the Guava Street Athletic Complex in Lady Lake.
