Amateur bull rider’s gear up before they compete at Shady Acres Farm in Hope Mills, North Carolina.
Lucia Orozco-Mireles, blocks the sun out of her eyes with an American flag while she listens to speakers at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Durham, on October 30, 2016. More than 1,000 members of the North Carolina Congress of Latino Organizations met with North Carolina candidates for governor and U.S. senate during a public nonpartisan meeting.
Sophie Wade, 7, right, looks up into her fort as sister Ava, 9, heads toward the kitchen of the fort inside their Henderson home on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.
A lone American flag flew in Wilmington, N.C., on Monday, four days after Hurricane Florence slammed the city, leaving it isolated.
A protestor stands with fist raised as she confronts police officers in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 21 September 2016. North Carolina governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency after protesters took to the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, for the second consecutive night to demonstrate against the fatal shooting of African-American Keith Lamont Scott by police officers.
Isabelle Morris, 15, a sophomore at Haywood Early College, sleeps on the bus during the morning route. The Haywood County school system has a shortage of bus drivers. They seek out full and part time employees, already employed in the school system. Such as teachers, custodians, and classroom aides. Adam Perry, a career counselor and bus driver at Tuscola High School in Waynesville, N.C., picks up students grades 6-12. His route starts at 5:20am and he’s back at Tuscola High School by 7:30am. Once back to the school, Perry drops the students off. Some students attend Tuscola, but due to the lack of bus drivers, other students take a connecting bus to Haywood Early College, Central Haywood High School, or Waynesville Middle School.
Mother Charise Henderson, sits on the steps with her kids in Raleigh, North Carolina. Henderson has a son, Za'Mont, 5, who has Sickle Cell Disease and has had three liver transplants over the course of three years.
Ronnie Long and wife Ashleigh Long hold hands as they talk during Ronnie's visitation at the Albemarle Correctional Institute on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018.