• Becky Bickett dances while holding Adrian, left, and Owen Bricket, 3, at Our Lady of the Gulf Church’s Crab Festival on Saturday, July 2, 2016, in Bay St. Louis. The festival offers plentiful seafood, live music, amusement rides and craft vendors.
  • Librarian Rachel Cook takes five-year-old Willow Dougherty’s temperature before entering Overton Park Elementary School for her first day of in-person kindergarten on Monday, October 5, 2020, in Fort Worth. Pre-K, kindergarten, first-grade, sixth-grade, ninth-grade and special education students who chose to do so could begin in-person classes as part of Fort Worth ISD’s phase-in policy.
  • Trevor Ladner finishes getting ready in the dressing room of Club Veaux in Biloxi on March 26, 2016. “When I’m in drag I’m so much more confident because you’re kind of a heightened version of yourself,” said Ladner. “And so I brought that confidence into my normal life and I realized if I can be confident as Annie I can be confident as Trevor.”
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate on the mound after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 to win the World Series on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the World Series was played at a neutral site with limited attendance.
  • A local fisherman prepares to take on a load of oysters at Bayou Caddy as the sun sets on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. The Department of Marine Resources’ paid commercial fisherman to move the oysters east before the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Phase one of the emergency oyster recovery program saw 40,000 sacks of oysters successfully relocated within three days.
  • Andrew Buras, 16, holds his skateboard at a DIY skate park in downtown Gulfport on Thursday, September 24, 2015. Local boarders have taken upon themselves to build their own ramps and rails on a slab in downtown Gulfport. “If we can find some wood and screws, and someone has a screwdriver or drill, we can make something out of it,” said Buras about constructing their ramps and rails.
  • Keith Barthelemy, 5, daydreams during Sunday Service at St. Patrick Catholic Church. The Plaquemines Parish church took a heavy beating during Hurricane Katrina with winds smashing the stained glass windows and flood water reaching the top of its heavy wooden doors. Yet witnesses who sought shelter in the church during the storm said that through all the chaos the crucifix, right, remained standing.
  • Dallas Cowboys quarterback Garrett Gilbert manages to get the pass off to Ezekiel Elliott before being taken down Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. This was Gilbert’s first start for the Cowboys. He threw for 243 yards and one interception in the 24-19 loss to the Steelers.
  • J. Billingsly, left, son of Jonean Crowle, and Courtney Glas hold on to a dog that got loose until Harrison County Animal Control can retrieve it. Both had been helping to care for the more than 300 dogs and cats at the no-kill refuge run by Crowle. Authorities raided the refuge and arrested Crowle on charges of animal cruelty. Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said she was not taking adequate care of the animals in her charge.
  • Nickiva Coleman prays with Pastor Troy Lawrence Sr. as those seeking individual guidance gather at the front of the alter on Sunday, October 9 2006. Reaping the Harvest Full Gospel Baptist Church in the Lower 9th Ward opened its doors for the first time on Sunday after being severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Coleman lost four family members to Hurricane Katrina.
  • Metairie resident James Venturatos, 6, lights a candle before vespers with his father, Gregory Venturatos, on Sunday, April 23 2006 at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. The church held an Easter service followed by an Easter egg hunt for children.
  • Hoover Younger is helped down the stairs of his home by his son, Hoover Younger, Jr., as his belongings sit on a trailer to be put in storage on Thursday, May 5 2011 in Vicksburg. Like many properties in Kings County, Younger’s home was expected to flood from the overflowing Mississippi River. The Mississippi River floods during April and May of 2011 river and tributary levels to rise to record levels.