Children play with balloon weapons at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival on July 4, 2023, two days after the largest mass shooting in Baltimore's history.
Matt Goodwin speeds through a corner at the National Clustered Spires High Wheel Race in Frederick, Maryland on July 15, 2023.
Zachary Cugle works on his car after damaging it at the grand opening of Capitol Raceway's new drift track in Crofton, MD on July 1, 2023.
Cordell Pinckney Jr. leads the way carrying a boat out to the dock on the first day of Restoring Inner City Hope's four week summer camp with Baltimore Community Rowing in an effort to both diversify the sport and give the kids new opportunities.
Jakob Cisco smokes a cigar as fireworks explode behind him on July 4, 2024 in Wrightsville Beach, NC.
At his annual Juneteenth celebration in Baltimore, Md., Malcolm Ruff reaches out in triumph to the crowd. Maryland Governor Wes Moore had just announced Ruff’s appointment to a seat in Maryland's House of Delegates. Ruff pledged to do everything he could for West Baltimore, a historically underrepresented community.
Hillside High School football head coach Torrey Nowell celebrates in the locker room with his team after winning the Durham-Chapel Hill Conference Championship in OT on Oct. 27, 2023. Nowell and his coaching staff led Hillside to a winning season despite it being their first year with the team. "I thought it was pretty cool to just celebrate with them," said Coach Nowell. "Just let them know I was proud of them."
Tatum Byerson and her father wheel a cart of goods for the homeless into Manna House on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Tatum raised over $3,000 for her birthday after seeing Baltimore's homeless on her walk to school.
Tawanda Jones wipes her eyes at the ten year anniversary memorial gathering to honor Tyrone West held on the corner of Kitmore Road and Kelway Road on July 18, 2023. West was killed after being pursued by two officers of the Baltimore Police Department after he fled a traffic stop in 2013.
A surfer gives thanks as he enters the waves of Escambron Beach early in the morning on March 13, 2023. “All the surfers gather here. It’s a family, some of us have known each other for 50 years,” said local surfer Enrique Paoli. “We have waves elsewhere. This spot is sacred to us.”
