(photo by Shuran Huang) Families and friends, including Juanita’s younger sister, Mae Rose Richmond, 81, prayed before the lunch was served in Juanita Collins’ house on Clarendon Street in Syracuse, New York, following the funeral service.
(photo by Sabrina Godin) COVID-19 in in the Godin Household 2019. Sabrina Godin closes her house door as thinks about the condition of the world on April 22, 2020.
(photo by Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times) People gather at the memorial in Minneapolis, Minnesota where George Floyd died in the custody of the Minneapolis police, June 2, 2020.
(photo by Hadley Chittum) Tanisha Murden photographed in her home with her son, Carlton and her step sons Javonte in Washington, D.C.
(photo by Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo) Chrishelle Campbell, 10, center, celebrates during her surprise birthday celebration, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Washington, at an outdoor event where guests were encouraged to drive by with signs and pick up curbside party favors in order to celebrate while abiding by social distancing guidelines in response to the coronavirus.
(photo by Sarah Silbiger) Senators Roy Blunt, Mitch McConnell, and John Barrasso, practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic at a press conference following the weekly Republican caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2020.
(photo by Bonnie Cash) Demonstrators gathered around Lafayette Square May 30 to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed while being arrested by Minneapolis State Police May 25. Park police patrolled the area, and police and protestors were met with bricks, tear gas and fireworks.
(photo by Carol Guzy) Syrian Kurdish YPG soldiers tenderly care for abandoned puppies at a checkpoint on the road to Tel Tamir, Syria on November 12, 2019. Smoke from burning oil is used as a shield from drones and airstrikes. Fierce conflict waged during an insurgency by Turkey after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew troops, which was viewed as many as a betrayal of Kurdish allies.
(photo by Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo) Xavier Simmorins, 8, of Baltimore, stands next to his brothers, 8-week-old twins Zuri and Zakai Simmorins, as they are held by their mother Samara Simmorins, during a protest Sunday, June 7, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. With four sons she has fears for their safety as they grow up.
(photo by Arielle Bader) The George Washington University baseball team runs sprints on the National Mall at sunrise on Sept. 7, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The squad is one of many GW athletic programs that rely on the national park’s green space for training on an otherwise urban campus.
(photo by Emma Howells for The New York Times) The crowd for the women's march gathers at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC on Saturday, January 18, 2020.
(Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is swarmed by reporters after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.
(photo by Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post) An emotional cleansing ceremony and tribute to ancestors is conducted by a group of Queen Mothers at Buckroe Beach in Hampton, Virginia, August 24, 2019 during commemoration events of the 400th anniversary of the first African landing at Point Comfort.
(photo by Heather Kim) Freemasons line the stadium at Morgan State University for a tribute to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings on Oct. 23, 2019.
(photo by Allison Shelley) Noel Michelange, 13, an eighth grader, rests on a broken down bus that was once part of the Dutchess County, New York, public transportation system, and now sits in the Onaville neighborhood of Canaan, Haiti, December 14, 2019. She has wanted to be a nurse, like her aunt, ever since she was small but wonders how.
(photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., center, talks with Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., left, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., on the House east front steps of the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday September 11, 2019.
(photo by Carol Guzy) Syrian Kurdish YPG soldiers fight Turkish forces with mortars at the front line near Tel Tamir, Syria on Monday Nov. 2, 2019. Turkey has used sophisticated weaponry and drones. Fierce fighting waged after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew troops, which was viewed as many as a betrayal of Kurdish allies.
(photo by Maansi Srivastava) Peaches reclines on her sofa after talking about her life in the Brookland Manor Apartments, which are slated for demolition. She has lived there for over 20 years. She raised her daughter here, and she now lives in an apartment down the hall. “I don’t know where we’re gonna go, but I’ve had a good life here,” said Peaches. She currently pays about $100 in rent each month, relying on the low-income housing to keep a roof over her head. Civil lawsuits are halting redevelopment at the moment, and the residents of Brookland Manor live in uncertain limbo.
(Amanda Voisard for RTI International) The Dire Primary Health Care Unit in Bishoftu, Ethiopia offers a Trachomatous Trichiasis (TT) screening at the center on April 1, 2019. For those who test positive for TT, counseling and corrective surgery are both provided. The surgery is funded by the Ethiopian Government.
(photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images) Confetti covers the crowd gathered for the Washington Nationals parade celebrating their World Series victory over the Houston Astros on November 2, 2019 in Washington, DC. This is the first World Series win for the Nationals in 95 years.
(photo by Megan Smith) A protester raises his hands in front of the police in Lafayette Park, near the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 31. Demonstrators have been mobilizing across the country to protest the death of George Floyd, sharing their anger against police brutality and discrimination. Police used tear gas and rubber pellets to push back protesters as they tried to advance further into the square.
(photo by Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post) Taylor Blackwell, 9, jumps double dutch rope while her mom Danielle Blackwell and sister Jaelynn,12, turn during DC's Chocolate City Experience around Black Lives Matter Plaza, June 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. Taylor and her sister are on the Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars Jumprope team.
(photo by Shuran Huang) Tilia Rose Collins, 26, Juanita Collins’ granddaughter, sits in the sunroom of Juanita’s house, where she shared some special memories with her late grandmother over the years. “We came here for all the festivals and I loved coming here,” Tilia says, “My grandma would sit around the Christmas’ tree and handed us gifts.” The sunroom is Tilia’s favorite place in the house.
(photo by Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post) Despite heavy rain, civil rights advocates keep protesting into the late evening hours in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2020, to mourn black lives taken by police brutality and to demand social justice.
(photo by Sarah Baker) To most people, an inheritance is something they are given when a relative dies – property, money or something sentimental. The word now has a very different meaning to the Harmon/Baker family. A genetic mutation, known as BRCA 1, has been silently passed from generation to generation, from parent to child. Only discovered its presence in their family seven years ago. It means that those who inherit this faulty gene will have a much higher risk for breast and ovarian cancers. Portrait of Jan Baker who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer related to the BRCA1 genetic mutation rests in bed after chemotherapy.