J.J. Borgesi, 12, looks out of the car window as he and his mom take their daily afternoon drive to look for housing around the Bridgeport, Pa. area on Dec. 1, 2021. Amy Hylenski and her son were displaced after the flooding from Ida. They are currently living with Hylenski’s mother until they can find an affordable home.
Joie Henney's emotional support alligator, Wally, rummages through the pantry inside his home in York Haven, Pa. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Wally is currently the only registered emotional support alligator in the country.
Little Amal rests her head on the Love sign at Love Park in Philadelphia, her last stop in the city, on Sept. 14, 2023. Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl and global symbol of human right, spent two days in Philadelphia before moving on across the U.S.
N. Hadi, 29, sits in an upstairs bedroom of his South Philadelphia home, where he normally reads Quran before he breaks fast for Ramadan. Hadi left Afghanistan with his wife, two young children and brother on August 16, 2021.
Vanessa Morbeck with her daughter, Ariana Johnston, 8, inside her apartment at the Veterans Village in Philadelphia on Nov. 11, 2023. Diagnosed with PTSD, Morbeck is a survivor of military sexual trauma, a problem that has grown in recent years, as well as domestic violence and childhood abuse. She’s gone through bouts of homelessness, but found community at the Veterans Village.
Brothers Emeric Golden, 2, left, and Jerry L. Golden IIII, 5, plant a flag at the Philadelphia National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 2021. Jerry L. Golden III, their father, was a Marine until 2018, and said he takes his boys to the cemetery every year to show them “super heroes.”
Participants react as a wave crashes on them during the annual Business Persons Plunge in Ocean City, NJ on May 26, 2023. In this Memorial Day Weekend tradition, city officials and community members "unlock the ocean" for the season, first by turning a giant wooden key and then plunging into the ocean while fully clothed.
President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd at a Keep America Great campaign rally in Wildwood, NJ on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.
A Trump supporter uses a megaphone atop of the Peace Monument as a mob of Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol building during an insurrection on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
Laura Sinnott Caroluzzi tears up while she holds a photo of her husband, Jack Caroluzzi, who died in the flooding brought by the aftermath of Hurrican Ida, outside of their home in Bridgeport, Pa. on Sept. 3, 2021. Caroluzzi said they had been married for over 30 years.
Sarah Butler, stepsister of Jahaad Atkinson, cries before the start of a vigil for Atkinson and Ahyir Womack at Martin Luther King Park in Chester, Pa. on May 5, 2023. The boys, who were 9 and 12 years-old, were killed after being struck by an Amtrak train last Saturday.
The Annapolis community gathers for a vigil in commemoration of the five staffers killed by a gunman at the Capital Gazette office building on Friday, June 29, 2018.
Belle Sandella, an end of life doula, is hugged by Dorcas Miller, 94, who has dementia, inside Miller’s home at the Redeemer Village in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Sandella is one of a few doulas who rotates and takes care of Miller. Death doulas are non-medical guides who help people be bettere prepared for the end of life.
Dr. Johanna Beck pumps while answering the phone in her office at Jefferson on 8th and Chestnut St. in Philadelphia on Nov. 9, 2023. “There is a big burden of pumping at work,” Beck said. “The way it gets better is visibility.”
A passenger is silhouetted at the new Moynihan Train Hall in New York on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021.
The Esperanza Academy Dance Ensemble performs at the Kimmel Center on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. The event, “Arts Launch 2021: A Return To In-Person Arts,” marked a celebratory return to in-person arts and cultural events in Philadelphia following an 18-month hiatus due to the pandemic
Savvy Baby performs on the opening night of Snatcherella 3000 All Stars at Franky Bradley's in Philadelphia on March 1, 2023. The competition is a search for Philadelphia’s next up and coming nightlife performer.
Participants relax and catch their breath after a yoga class at the Oval in Philadelphia on Wednesday evening, July 13, 2022.
Artist Kate Schelter paints among the peonies at Styer's Peonies farm in Chadds Ford, Pa. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
Jeannine A. Cook poses for a portrait on the roof of the American University of Paris on Oct. 4, 2023. Cook owns two bookshops in the Philadelphia region. She is bringing the art of bookselling across the world, already having done two pop-up bookshops in Paris.