Singles Shane Washington, 21, shows Mikey Payne, 27, a song while taking a break from skating at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC. The plaza, also known as Pulaski, is one of the most popular street skating spots in the world. Regulars like Shane and Mikey come to the plaza every evening to skate, smoke, drink, and hang out. Washington, DC - Community members gather to remember the life of Clarence Venerable, a new Cure the Streets “violence interrupter” who was shot while leaving a training session last Friday, November 22. The shooting response was held in the location of the shooting, in front of the Cure the Streets office and Alliance of Concerned Men building on November 25, 2019. (Hadley Chittum). Rod Dewitt feeds his cow, Upchurch, one evening in Floyd, Virginia. The Dewitt's, who are vegetarians, bought Upchurch's mother while she was pregnant to save the baby from being slaughtered for meat. Arlington, Virginia — A man cries sitting down at the bench remembering Zoe Falkenburg who was eight when she died in the plane crash on September 11, 2001. Zoe, her sister Dana, her parents, Leslie and Charles also died (Hadley Chittum). Allison cooks spaghetti as Jason calmly cajoles a grumpy Nixon to try to get him to eat. As a result of a serious illness he had last year, Nixon often refuses to eat, afraid the food will make him sick. GW freshman Jillian Kislow reacts at a vigil to remember the victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. held in Kogan Plaza in March 2018. Washington, DC — Photos from the 17th st. high heel drag race in the Dupont Circle neighborhood in Washington, DC on October 29, 2019 (Hadley Chittum).