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Guests square dance just outside the barn during a Blue Slope Country Museum barn dance in North Franklin, Conn. The farm and museum has been hosting weekly barn dances for 25 years. (Connecticut Public)

People gather around the a 90 foot tall tower for the Dance of the Giglio during the during the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The feast has roots dating back to 1887 in Brooklyn, but originates in the Italian town of Nola.

Betsy Johnson plays with her grandchild in Louisville, Ky. for a feature on Baby Boomer grandparents. (AARP)

Wade Martin hunts for Sea Otters in the waters off Sitka, Alaska. Under an exemption to the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Native Alaskans who live on the coast, such as Martin, a Tlingit tribal elder, are able to trap and hunt species others cannot. (The Wall Street Journal)

An Amish horse and buggy rides through the fog in Auburn, Ky. A law requiring horses to wear equine diapers is dividing a the town, where Amish residents say it violates their religion. (The Wall Street Journal)

Commerce in Midtown Manhattan. (NYC Tourism + Conventions)

A sanitation worker soaks in the sun while passing through Times Square in New York. (NYC Tourism + Conventions)

The Las Vegas Strip is deserted after lockdown closes all nonessential businesses. It was only the second time ever casino doors were shuttered, the first being for JFK's funeral in 1963. (The New York Times)

Steve Malinowski, founder of Fishers Island Oysters, pilots his boat into Spicers Marina in Groton, Conn. Malinowski has been cultivating oysters for over 30 years. (World Wildlife Fund)

A rainbow appears above tourists in the Tongass National Forest in Juneau, Alaska.

Crowds gather for the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority)

The alien sculpture “Fred” at the Alien Research Center in Crystal Springs, Nev. The business has already received increased calls related to the Storm Area 51 event. (NBC News)

Employees roll joints at Aether Gardens in Las Vegas. The cannabis producer operates out of a 120,000-square-foot facility 14 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. (The New York Times)

Owner of the Healing Center Cheryl Luell smells a sample of flower on display in her dispensary on Needles, Calif. The small town along Route 66 near the Arizona border is betting the cannabis industry can help fill the run-down buildings and usher in an economic revival. (The New York Times)

A man drives past a Hunter S. Thompson mural in the Fremont East section of Las Vegas. Revitalization efforts have been underway for years in the downtown neighborhood adjacent to the Fremont Street Experience. (Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority)

A man unicycles through an October snowstorm near the Naumburg Bandshell in New York’s Central Park. (NYC Tourism + Conventions)

Dancers compete during the filming of “Finding Magic Mike” at SAHARA Las Vegas. (Warner Bros. Discovery)

Angelina Fierce does touch-ups between Sea Queens drag and dinner performances at The Port of Call in Mystic, Conn. (Connecticut Public)

A facade and pile of bricks from a building facing the town square of Courtland, Ala. Damage to manufacturing jobs from a sharp acceleration in globalization since the turn of the century has contributed to the city’s economic decline. (The New York Times)

Brandon Atchley, 15, surveys damage after a tornado ripped through at a mobile home park in Athens, Alabama. (The New York Times)

Students gather for a class meeting at Cairo Junior/Senior High School in Cairo, Ill. The town has a population of fewer than 3,000 people. A plan to demolish two public housing developments would force many residents to leave and cut the school enrollment in half. (The New York Times)

Tourists make their way through the Fremont Street Experience in Downtown Las Vegas, Nev. (Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority)

Covid longhauler Cassie Peterson looks out of the front door of her Magna, Utah home. Peterson’s exhaustion and fatigue symptoms make it difficult for her to leave her home, even for a short walk. (UtahMed Magazine)

The children of Jerika Whitefield play in their Oliver Springs, Tenn. home. Whitefield developed endocarditis and was saved by open-heart surgery, but was warned not to use methamphetamine again. (The New York Times)

Kailey Olsen works the drive-thru at Swig in St. George, Utah. A niche market for mixed soda drinks has grown rapidly in Utah and the Mountain West over the last decade. (The New York Times)

People visit loved ones in the Video Visitation room at the Morgan County Jail in Decatur, Ala. Allegations of corrupt practices have plagued the department. (The New York Times)

Final preparations are made at the Hartford Public Schools float prior to the Greater Hartford Puerto Rican Day Parade. (Connecticut Public Radio)

A man takes photos outside of the Monument Valley Tribal Park Visitor Center.

Cowfish head chef Chris McDonald fishes outside of Lander, Wy. (Warner Bros. Discovery)

Counter-protesters demonstrate against a White Lives Matter rally in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The event was hosted by Nationalist Front, a loose coalition of radical right and white supremacist organizations. (Getty Images)

Dollie Jones is consoled at a community meeting and memorial in Tupelo, Miss. Jones’s son, Antwun Shumpert, was shot and killed by a police after running from the traffic stop. (The New York Times)

A child walks past a makeshift memorial honoring Sgt. Dustin Demonte and Officer Alex Hamzy outside the Bristol Police Station on Friday. (The New York Times)

Randy Holt pilots the Bill Berry out of the lock system at Kentucky Lock and Dam near Paducah, Ky. The deteriorating condition of americas locks and dams is causing significant delays on americas waterways. (The New York Times)

A child plays on a clothesline at the James A. Cayce Homes in Nashville, Tenn. (NPR)

Performers practice routines during a dress rehearsal of “O” by Cirque du Soleil at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The show will have its first performance since being shuttered due to the pandemic. (The New York Times)

Lauren Horbal and Tiffany Cannon experienced housing discrimination in Nashville after a landlord realized they were a couple and broke their lease agreement. (The New York Times)

A couple kisses during a CMA Music Festival performance at Riverfront Park in Nashville, Tenn. (The Tennessean)

A dog waits in a car in the Lemon Creek neighborhood of Juneau, Alaska.

Suzie Conn takes care of her alpacas at Willow Creek, the farm she and her husband, Gary, own in College Grove, Tenn. (The New York Times)

Leticia Hughes gives her son Ashton, 12, a dose of Humira for juvenile arthritis and Crohn’s disease. While her new job has a good drug-coverage plan, the medication is still more than the monthly rent. (The Wall Street Journal)

A woman looks into a room during the Swan Ball, a high society gala in Nashville, Tenn. The event is in limbo after a bitter battle over its finances wound up in federal court. (The Tennessean)

Tia Tabor helps her father outside for a walk at their Bowling Green, Ky., home. Ms. Tabor, who had to quit her job to take care of her parents full-time, believes proposals by Kentucky, which wants many Medicaid enrollees to work or volunteer if they are physically able, are “insulting and degrading.” (The Wall Street Journal)

Kids play in an open fire hydrant on a hot summer day in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

People pack onto the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge to watch a total solar eclipse in Nashville, Tenn. (The New York Times)

The TVA Fossil Plant during sunrise in Gallatin, Tenn. The plant is on trial for alleged Clean Water Act violations. (The New York Times)

A bonfire burns on the beach in Douglas, Alaska.

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