Young kids at the park run up to statue after the unveiling portraying a young African American girl basketball player, by artist Brian McCutcheon, its the first statue of a black girl in the city at Smith Playground in South Philadelphia, on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (Shot for Philadelphia Inquirer)
Denise Lees looks out the window toward the creek in her home on Lenape trail a few months after the June flooding in Southampton, New Jersey on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. Lees and her family are one of the few families still living in their home after this major damage caused. ( Shot for Philadelphia Inquirer)
Jacqueline Callahan, playing Flower Girl dancing during the rehearsal of Don Quixote, re-choreographed by Artistic Director, Angel Corella in The Louise Reed Center for Dance at Pennsylvania Ballet in Center City, Philadelphia on Monday, September 23, 2019. Pennsylvania Ballet will open its season October 10th - 20th with Don Quixote at the Academy of Music. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Attorney General Josh Shapiro, speaks about the partnership with organizations, LIPSTICK and Mothers in Charge to combat gun violence in Philadelphia at the Phoenix Building in Center City, Philadelphia on Thursday, July 18, 2019. ( Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer )
William Cruz,17, dressed in his Air Force uniform holds a bottle of Narcannasal spray at the spot he used it to save a mans life from overdosing on Allegheny Avenue near the corner of G Street in North Philadelphia, PA on Thursday, April 4, 2019. (Shot for the Philadelphia inquirer)
Police commissioner Richard Ross Jr. speaks regarding the status of the "Facebook" post investigation at the Police Administration building in Center City, Philadelphia on Thursday, July 18, 2019. ( Shot for The Philadelphia Inqurier )
Jimmy Sims, protestorganizer. leads the charge with two megaphones as protesters march west down Arch street after protesting outside the ICE field office located at 8th and Cherry Streets in Center City, Philadelphia on Saturday, August 31, 2019. (Shot for the Philadelphia Inquirer)
Dhakiyah Harris, 8, looks up at her friend Jada Jones, 10, while relaxing on the hammocks at Spruce Street Harbor Park in Penns Landing at the intersection of Columbus Blvd and Spruce Street in South Philadelphia on Thursday, July 25, 2019. ( Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Union Climbers work together to breakdown the concert stage from the Wawa Welcome to America Fourth of July show last night on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, in Center City, Philadelphia on Friday, July 5, 2019. ( Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Meek Mill talking to press as the city of Philadelphia designates March 14th and 15th as “Meek MillWeekend” on Thursday March 14, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Grace Marion, 19, a 2018 Neshaminy High school graduate, who has won multiple student-journalism awards poses for a portrait at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, PA on Thursday, August 8, 2019. Marion now goes to the University of Mississippi on a full-ride journalism scholarship. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
(From left to right) Yosef Kahan, Zev Kahan, Levi Kahan, Chaim Kahan and Sara Kahan look through their own Haggadah's, the text recited at the Seder, a Jewish ritual ceremonial dinner for the first night of Passover in preparation for Passover in the home of the Kahan Family in Medford, New Jersey on Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Nyala Johnson, 6, is thrown into a blow up pool by her mother, Helen Johnson, outside their home at Bartram's Gardenin Southwest Philadelphia on Friday, July 19, 2019.
Shelly Yanoff from "Elder Witness" pen herself inside a portable fenced in detention center holding a poster of a deceased child to dramatize the stories of six children who have died in U.S. custody at Independence Mall at the intersection of 5th and Market Street in Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday, July 18, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Catanna Lawson, 7, cools off from the hot weather at Logan Square in Center City in Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday, July 18, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Zaique Mcfadden, 8, soaks King Nelson, 3, and Janiyyah, 10, while filling up their pool outside their home in the Point Breezeneighborhood of Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday, July 18, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Carla Cowan, dances on the Parkway to live music during the Party on the Parkway on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, in Center City, Philadelphia on Thursday, July 4, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer )
Armando Johnston, a member at this gym for more than twenty years teaches his grandson Amir-Rasaheed Dessasore, 6, how to dribble a basketball in the gym at the Burlington-Riverfront YMCA in Burlington, New Jersey on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. The Burlington-Riverfront YMCA will close in August. The members of this YMCA are upset because this gym serves low income families, seniors and families with children and the next closest YMCAis 10 miles away. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Sandi Kleinz, 65, a medicare recipient, who was recently treated at Hershey Medical Center for heart failure, only to return two days later after shortness of breath poses for a portrait at her apartment located in Hershey, PA on Friday, August 9, 2019. Kleinz experienced trouble after finding out medicare discourages hospital readmissions.
Mishka Thomas, 10 months, plays in her baby pool outside her home in the Wilson Park Apartments, in Greys Ferry, Philadelphia on Friday, July 5, 2019.
Protesters hold up signs at the intersection of 28th Street and Passyunk Avenue, during a protest outside of the PES refineryin South Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Shot for the Philadelphia Inquirer)
JP Flexer, a Philly resident yells out at the marchers that he describes as "white supremacists" during the Patriot Pride March in Center City, Philadelphia, on Saturday, August 3, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
West Chester's mayor, Dianne Herrin, a main proponent of the single use plastics ban, including bags, that will be taking place in West Chester, poses for a portrait on Market Street filled with shops and restaurants all due to make the switch from plastic in WestChester, Pennsylvania, on Friday, August 2, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Jessica Dore, a master of social work candidate, shuffles her tarot cards used for behavioral therapy to talk about mental health in Germantown, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. (Shot for the Philadelphia Inquirer)
Philadelphia Mounted police officers patrol McPherson Square Park located at intersection of E. Indiana Street and Kensington Ave. in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 27, 2019. According to couple at left, police allegedly move suspected drug users out of the park. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Doris Stewart, campsite host, laughs with camper Phyllis Gipe, in conversation at Col Denning State Park in Newville, PA on Friday, July 26, 2019. ( Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Doug Marandino, owner and beekeeper of Cape May Honey Farm checks for honey at his hives in West Cape May, New Jersey, on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Sage Frazier, 5, plays with bubbles in front of the sample mural of her Grandfather, Smokin' Joe Frazier, as part of a Mural Arts event for community members to paint sections of the new, Joe Frazier, mural at Athletic Recreation Center located in Brewerytown in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, July 27, 2019. (Shot for the Philadelphia Inquirer)
Andre N'diaye, 18, who has been a member for five years working out in the Wellness Center at the Burlington-Riverfront YMCA in Burlington, New Jersey on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. The Burlington-Riverfront YMCA will close in August. The members of this YMCA are upset because this gym serves low income families, seniors and families with children and the next closest YMCA is 10 miles away. ( Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer )
Tammy Lee, one of the march organizers is seen breaking down after and intense argument with an angry protester during the Patriot Pride March at Independence Mall in Center City, Philadelphia, on Saturday, August 3, 2019. (Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer )
An unidentified protester meets face to face with a police swat team protecting those marching during the Patriot Pride March at Independence Mall in Center City, Philadelphia, on Saturday, August 3, 2019. ( Shot for The Philadelphia Inquirer )
