Men cool themselves with fans in a park in Xi'an, China. View
Men exercise at a makeshift gym set up on the beach in Qingdao, China. View
Mary Glaser has her hair combed by Judy Enriquez in the beauty salon at the S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home in Taylor, Texas. Glaser was preparing for the annual wedding fashion show organized for residents at the rest home. View
Augusta Dexheimer and Sierra Melomo pose for their high school graduation photos. Both graduated from Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, a college preparatory public school in Austin, Texas. View
A couple pose in a field, dressed for a Courir de Mardi Gras celebration in Eunice, Louisiana. In the Cajun country tradition of Mardi Gras, costumed revelers go house to house collecting ingredients for gumbo from local families. View
Children play in the grass along a wall in Beijing, China. View
Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, were reunited with their families after just under 12 months in Iraq. First Sgt Mike Williams kisses his son Thomas, 3, at a homecoming reception on Cooper Field. Williams' daughter Abby, 7, at left, was also there, along with his wife, Sharla, and youngest daughter, Abigail, who was born while he was in Iraq. View
The 17th Annual MLK Community March, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, started at the UT-Austin campus and ended at Huston-Tillotson University. Melony and Alysha Orbach, 10, left, and Gabi Galvan, 10, far right, try to smell a flower that Belle Walston, 9, holds. The girls, along with Slyvia Stefani, 9, in back, made signs for the event with quotes from MLK. View
Sherry Fishman-Carroll measures the height of one of her younger patients at the People's Community Clinic, a nonprofit clinic that serves Central Texas' uninsured and medically underserved. View
A mother plays with her infant daughter during a check up at the People's Community Clinic, a nonprofit clinic that serves Central Texas' uninsured and medically underserved. View
Alice Ainsworth, an 83-year-old "yellow dog" Democrat, sits on her wooden porch swing at her home in Georgetown where she has lived for over 50 years. View
Greg Loftus just released his new album, 'Raise the Rent,' which features his characteristically gritty and heartfelt songwriting. View
Tito Beveridge two-steps with his wife, Lori, at a celebration for the local business owner's 50th birthday at the Broken Spoke. Beveridge is the founder and owner of Tito's Handmade Vodka, Texas' first legal distillery. View
Al and Vickie Kennedy, married 42 years, dance at their daughter's wedding reception at the Shoal Creek Saloon, under the watchful eye of a wall-mounted moose. View
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Mickey Owens kisses her horse after practicing Cowboy Mounted Shooting, a competitive form of horse riding where riders shoot at targets as they race around a course. View
Elvira has her photo taken in front of the Capitol by owner Joyce Hayes from Dripping Springs during the 13th Annual Mighty Texas Dog Walk. The event is a fundraiser for Texas Hearing and Service Dogs, which rescues dogs and trains them to be service animals for people with hearing loss and physical disabilites. View
A couple dozen protestors (and half a dozen dogs) gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Austin offices of U.S. Senator John Cornyn to protest Cornyn's support of President Bush's policies on issues such as the Middle East and health care, and calling the senator a "lap dog" to the president. Rowan, right, looks at the wooden dog with a Cornyn mask on its face as he stands with his owner, Linda McMillan, during the event. McMillan says that Rowan "likes to demonstrate" and often takes him to events like this one. View
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Lago Vista High School rallied behind their football team during a pep rally in advance of the Viking's Class 2A state quarterfinal game. The Viking cheerleaders perform for the crowd in the gymnasium. View
Westlake's Chris Young (11) celebrates with his team following a district championship game between Hays and Westlake, at Bob Shelton Stadium in Buda, Texas. Westlake defeated Hays 31-30. View
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The Wrens from Teaneck NJ perform at Radio Room during the Paste Magazine party at the SXSW music festival. View
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Modern-day ninja Josh Grant leaps between walls on the University of Texas campus as he demonstrates his parkour skills. Grant has a black belt in Shaolin kung fu
and heÕs appeared three times on the ÒAmerican Ninja WarriorÓ television show. View
The Preservation Jazz Hall band performs in front of the Paramount Theatre before the premier of the documentary film about the historic New Orleans jazz venue during the SXSW film festival. View
Lench Martinez gives Kartoon Pia a haircut and beard trim at Austin's Most Wanted Barbershop in south Austin. Martinez, who's family has been in Austin for more than eight generations, wrote a song about gentrification on the east side that gained popularity on YouTube. "My community has been torn apart by this," he said. View
A live chicken is tossed into the air for participants to chase during a Courir de Mardi Gras celebration in Eunice, Louisiana. In the Cajun country tradition of Mardi Gras, costumed revelers go house to house collecting ingredients for gumbo from local families. View
John Gonzalez, 5, jumps on a trampoline in his backyard 7 in Brownsville, Texas. All the houses on his street back up to the border fence, with a small road driven frequently by Border Patrol. Gonzalez's mother, Beatriz, says they have lived in the house about a year, but are considering moving because of the fence. People attempting to cross from Mexico have come into their house before, fleeing from Border Patrol. "You see all kinds of things here," she said. View
Robin Chotzinoff and Shelly Leuzinger were chosen for 'Best of the Fest' for their original performance piece '5 Reasons to Write a Song and 1 Reason Not To' at the Frontera Fest, a fringe theater festival in Austin, Texas. View