Etienne Niyonzima, center, plays with his younger siblings, Esiron Nahimana, right, and Jeanine Niyizigama at their home in Columbia, Mo. Niyonzima immigrated to Columbia along with 44 other Burundian refugees in 2007. “If you are brothers, you have to help each other,” Etienne said. “When someone needs something, you do [it] for them... I help them because that’s what brothers are for. Brotherhood is to help each other.”
Shae McCord smacks her sister, Catlyn, during a pillow fight at their home in Vacaville, Calif. McCord's brain cancer, ganglioblastoma, returned with a second tumor just a few months after chemotherapy ended for the first.
Nicole Friese of Concord High School plays the drums before competing in Pageantry on Parade in Fairfield, Calif. Schools from all over the Bay Area competed in the marching band competition.
A wrangler drives a herd of cattle into the Philip Livestock Auction in Philip, S.D.
Smoke from the wildfires in Butte County blanket the Emeryville Marina, Nov. 18., 2018.
Laura Maciel marches down Texas Street during a Black Lives Matter Rally in Fairfield, Calif.
George Dull Knife stands in Whiteclay, Neb. Whiteclay's four liquor stores sold more than 4 million cans of beer last year, according to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission.
Bill Devon hunts in a minimum of three states each year and estimates he has called-in more than 200 turkeys.
Noah Young, 6, left, throws a football past his brother, Ian, 9, and over the front yard fence at his home in Rapid City, S.D. The Young brothers enjoyed a rare December afternoon of after-school catch as temperatures peaked in the 60's. "We don't get to play football much because it's cold," Ian Young said. "We were lucky our Mom let us play. She said no at first but then she realized it was nice out."
Caitlin Miller, 14, holds a pair of quails while waiting in line to auction them off at the May Fair in Dixon, Calif.
Pedro Santos, left, encourages Lady Chavez before her Circo Hermanos Caballeros performance at the Solano Town Center in Fairfield, Calif. Santos performs with his son and continues a family tradition from Spain dating back more than 100 years.
Sabina Alam's hearing aid on her right ear. Alam cannot hear out of her left ear, and she only has 0.5% hearing in her right ear. Her hearing aid only provides a slight glimpse to the sounds of the outside world. "Everything sounds muffled," Alam said. "Whenever I hear a sound behind me, I ask what is that." Despite her disability, Alam enjoys punk rock music and wants to work as a playwright.
Darlene Ratcliff, left, helps Nikita Curtis, 9, with her schoolwork at the Boys & Girls Club in Vacaville, Calif. One month after California's shelter-in-place order went into effect, the Boys & Girls Club continues to operate for families of essential workers.
Jordan Terry, 2, plays with bubbles at his home in Fairfield, Calif. Terry has an abnormal block in his urinary tract and is awaiting a kidney transplant. “It’s been a year of ups and downs,” his grandmother, Monica Muzio, said. “Having him home is always a blessing. He’s the life of the house. Jordan brings everyone together.”
Fr. Ronald Torres blesses Esperanza Ridgely following mass at the Holy Spirit Church in Fairfield, Calif. After being ordained as priest in Sacramento, Fr. Torres returned to the church he grew up in to lead his first mass.
Arthur Schaper, a supporter of President Donald Trump, is cornered at a gas station after he was chased in response to a far-right rally held at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley, Calif.
A house along Pleasants Valley Road is destroyed following the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in Vacaville, Calif.
Churchgoers holding candles lit from the Easter fire form a procession into the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City, S.D., during the Easter Vigil Mass. Bishops lit the Easter Fire to symbolize life and the new season.
Firefighters put out a house fire along Marigold Drive in Fairfield, Calif. Strong winds and dry temperatures caused and helped spread the seven-alarm fire, one of the biggest in the city's history.
Dwayne Jackson rides the bus to a homeless shelter in San Francisco, Calif. Jackson, who is overcoming a cocaine addiction, was thrown out of his house by his ex-wife a year earlier.
Kim Crosswait, right, a physical therapist, leads Seth England through water therapy at England’s home in Spearfish, S.D. At 9 years old, England is the oldest living child with Tay-Sachs disease, a neurological disorder that affects muscular movement. England undergoes water therapy once a week. The warm water helps England move his joints and places hydrostatic pressure on his lungs. England has undergone water therapy since he was two years old. “He usually giggles and laughs while in the water,” Crystal England, his mother, said. “It’s the one thing he gets to do that he enjoys. It’s really good for him.”