Jeffrey Dean

Members of the Michigan State gymnastics team stand for the national anthem prior to a BIG10 gymnastics tournament in Columbus, Ohio.

A member of a right-wing militia stops for a cigarette during protests in Louisville, Kentucky.

James Hurt hugs Lauren Straatman outside of the ambulance headquarters where he works. Lauren’s mother became friends with James after he pulled her over for driving with no headlights. Although not biologically related, Lauren calls James her dad and maintains a close relationship with him.

SFC Kennedy, a flight medic with C co 2/4 AVN MEDEVAC, attends to two gunshot-wound patients in Baghdad, Iraq.

Malede Metike, an Ethiopian farmer from Mount Rasdejen, carries his weapon across his shoulders while hiking in the Simien Mountains. Metike serves as a scout six days of the year to protect hikers from animals such as wolves and hyenas.

Workers load oil palms into the back of a waiting truck in Ghana. Ghana produces more than 2,000,000 metric tons of oil palm fruits annually.

Ohio Senatorial candidate and author of 'Hillbilly Elegy' J.D. Vance speaks with supporters at a campaign rally.

Members of the 86th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) wait for Lonestar Dustoff helicopters to land with urgent MEDEVAC patients in Baghdad, Iraq on January 16th, 2009. 

Volunteers use rakes to create a maze during the early morning hours in Bandon, Oregon. The labyrinths are popular with visitors from all over the world, who come to walk the maze before the tide eventually washes it away.