Nathalie Blanfort, left, and her sons, Noah, 4, and Bryson, 6, watch the solar eclipse with Doris Ugarriza, right, on the roof of the museum on Monday, April 8, 2024, at The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in downtown Miami. “Oh my gosh it’s happening!!” said Bryson, center.
Denny Hamlin (11) comes in for a pit stop and his crew rushes to tend to the car during the NASCAR 4EVER 400 Cup Series on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla.
Camille Ecker, left, from France, lifts his little brother, Lucien, up in the fountains to cool off on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, at South Pointe Park. The family is visiting from France. 2022 was the fifth-warmest year on record in Florida since 1895.
Isabella Green, left, and her sister, Nikita, share an embrace with Isaac Manton during a rally in support of the Israeli people in the Israel-Hamas conflict on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at Waterways Shoppes in Aventura, Fla. Miami has a large population of people who identify as Jewish and this rally was organized to foster a sense of community after the Hamas attacks.
A firefighter heads back into the flames of the Sites fire while it burns across the mountainside in Stonyford, Calif., on Sunday, August 2, 2020. The fire season was described by locals as feeling “worse than the years before.”
Sylvia Unzueta, a Women’s Park founder, left, kisses Freda Tschumy, the artist who designed the time capsule, during the unveiling of its contents, pictured behind them, from 31 years ago on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Women's Park in Miami, Fla. The time capsule was originally set to be unveiled on the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic.
Lasonja Mills Vandyke, mother of 16-year-old Brandon Mills who was killed in a mass shooting in 2009, cries while recounting the day of her sons death on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, at 15th avenue corridor, the intersection he was killed, in Liberty City. Vandyke returned to the scene of the crime for the first time since that day. “I got here and could still see him breathing but the paramedics were across the street not doing anything, so I tried to scoop him up,” she recalls.
Lilly Harris runs across her backyard by herself while her mother, Crystal, recovers inside from a stress induced seizure. The six-year-old is often left to her own devices. “I like to help mom out with chores when she’s feeling sick. I like her to be proud of me when she wakes up,” said Lilly.
A soldier watches the Thunderbirds perform a demonstration during the Wings Over Homestead Air Show on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Fla. The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force.
From left to right: Chris Carlson, Jared Lago, Bibich Zabaleta, and lieutenant Veronica Cordoba, the fire engine crew for Station 68, pose during a shift on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at Dolphin Station 68 in Doral, Fla. The crew works together on 24 hour shifts. Property taxes go towards public safety expenses like the fire department.
Phoebe Congleton, 12, stretches before ballet practice in her living room in London, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Congleton is a back up Clara in BalletMet’s production of the Nutcracker this year. All participants in the Nutcracker had to be 12-years-old because vaccination was a requirement.
Attendees listen to Calvin Harris perform during Ultra day 3 on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.