Kaiden J. Yu

Aria Enright, 9, and her brother Everett, 8,  observe the 2024 Fourth of July fireworks show on the National Mall from Rosslyn, Va.

Children play in the Dilworth Park water feature in Philadelphia, Pa., on June 21, during an extreme heat warning on the East Coast of the United States.

A young girl runs through a puddle on the National Mall on Oct. 6.

Andrea Lozano-Alanis hugs her friend Efrain Romero after being released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on June 25 in Philadelphia, Pa. Lozano-Alanis was detained by ICE in East Norriton earlier that month.

Jeremy Scandlin shows his custom-made Wu-Tang eyepatch at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., where the legendary hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan concluded their farewell tour on July 18. 

Federal agents patrol the National Mall on Saturday, Aug. 16, in Washington, D.C.

Breenie Hasnain, 8, chants into a megaphone at the "Hands Off" rally on the National Mall on April 5: "No Trump! No KKK no fascist USA!"

Lion dancers perform at the 2024 Lunar New Year Parade in the Washington, D.C. Chinatown on Feb. 11.

A young concert-goer reacts with excitement as girl group TLC takes the stage at Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va., on July 5, 2024.

Edo Kite Master Mikio Toki performs at the 2024 Cherry Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall on March 30.

A visitor at the Washington Monument takes a photo on Oct. 3, in Washington, D.C.

A rally for Ukraine moves north on 17th Street toward the residence of the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 22.