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  • Sharif Abdur-Rahim, one of two founding brothers of the African Cultural Arts Forum in West Philadelphia, stands in a second-floor workshop used to store African art, as well as produce oils, incense and  personal-care products on Saturday, July 13, 2019. ACAF was one of the initial recipients of last year's Shared Equity in Economic Development Fellowship, designed to help legacy small businesses modernize and survive.
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  • While canvassing in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia on Friday, November 30, 2018, Tarik Harris crosses the street to survey Lindley Playground, which he says is known to be a location for selling drugs.
    Violence Interrupters
  • Children play in North Philadelphia's "Logan Triangle," a section of blocks that were largely abandoned in the '90s after it was discovered they were sinking into the ground. Nearly all of the houses were razed, leaving several blocks of unexpected greenspace in their stead.
    Logan Triangle
  • Will Smith, a resident of Salem, N.J., crosses the parking lot in front of the closed down Incollingo's grocery store on the way to a Dollar Tree next door  on Saturday, January 19, 2018. While the store carries a limited number of  non-perishable food products, it does not have fresh fruits, vegetables or meat. As high as 10 percent of New Jersey's population is food insecure, living without certainty of where they will get their next meal.
    Rural Food Deserts.jpg
  • Orlando Dingui, an operations supervisor for Waste Management, steps away from an active delivery of recyclables to the company's Philadelphia facility on Thursday, December 13, 2018. An understaffed recycling department, combined with China's policy shift to refuse American recycling materials, has led to fifty percent of Philadelphia's recyclables being incinerated.
    Failing Recycling
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  • Festival goers light incense that they will use as an offering to honor their ancestors at the Hoyu Folk Culture Festival in Chinatown on Sunday, March 31, 2019.
    20190331_WHYY_Hoyu Festival_289.jpg
  • Masa Collaborativo
  • Penny Morton and her granddaughter, Izzy, hold arms in front of Morton's childhood home in the village of Fricks Locks, Pa. on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. The village was abandoned in the 1970s, following construction of a nuclear power plant in nearby Limerick, Pa. Morton now provides tours of the empty town, along with two of her sisters.
    Fricks Locks
  • Schyler, 8, leads a horse from the pasture at Chamounix Stables to prepare for a ride on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Story published February 2019.
    Work to Ride
  • Amani Hutcherson sprays her water gun during the Water Fight Philly event on Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
    20190630_WHYY_Water Fight Philly_D4_...jpg
  • Stephen and Honora Joyce collect grocercies at the Hope Mobile food distribution site at Cross Keys United Methodist Church in Williamstown, N.J. on Saturday, January 19, 2018. After serving thirty years in the Army as a mechanic, Stephen worked several industrial jobs. However, the last few companies he worked for either folded or moved out of the area, leaving him unemployed. Between Stephen's job loss and a stroke that makes it difficult for him to work, the Joyce's have had trouble affording fresh food.
    20190119_New Jersey Monthly_Food Des...jpg
  • Robin Powell holds a photo of her 2-year-old grandson, Terrence Webster, who was shot and killed when a gunman fired through the front door of his parent's apartment. Police believed the boys father was the target, however an arrest was never made.
    A Child Lost
  • Robin, right, holds candles at a vigil held for her friend Tara Brooks who was shot and killed early one morning during a home invasion.
    Candlelight Vigil
  • Unique, 24, a prostitute in Camden, NJ, walks the streets during a hot summer day. She started in the sex trade to pay for her drug addiction.
    Camden Prostitution
  • Pastor Bob Coombe, from the First United Methodist Church of Germantown, lies down on the sidewalk outside of Sen. Pat Toomey’s Philadelphia office on June 22, 2017, as part of a die-in protesting proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act. Coombe and other religious leaders at the protest consider health care as not just a political issue, but a moral one.
    KJB_1229.jpg
  • Brother Jerry Jackson, chief of staff for the Philadelphia New Black Panther party, stands by a sign that demonstrates the party's stance on integration.
    New Black Panthers
  • Mayor Michael Nutter is briefed on rescue and recovery efforts by police, fire department, and coast guard officials after a duckboat capsized in the Delaware River after colliding with a barge. The small tourist boat was overrun by a much larger tugboat, resulting in the drowning deaths of two tourists, 16 and 20, who were visiting the country with their church.
    Duck Boat Capsize
  • Sgt. Dave Bonk of the 39th Police District keeps an eye on updates from his laptop while on patrol during Operation Pressure Point, a multi-agency crime reduction initiative led by the Philadelphia Police Department.
    Operation Pressure Point
  • Jackson Januzelli leans into his father, Ron Januzelli, after handing him a stone he found and marked up outside his mother's house in Conshohocken, Pa. on Thursday, August 15, 2019. KRISTON JAE BETHEL / For The Inquirer
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  • Bella Renee, a self-described "Brookadelphian," waits backstage to be fitted for the runway at Philadelphia Fashion Week, held at Dilworth Park on Friday, September 28, 2018.
    20180928_WHYY_Philly Fashion Week_D7...jpg
  • Elise Winterberger, a keeper for the Philadelphia Zoo, feeds one of the giraffes on Friday, September 21, 2018.
    Giraffe Feeding
  • Silas, age 5, adds his own art to a wall during a memorial and mural paiting dedicated to famed graffiti writer Eliu "Karaz" Nazario on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Writers from across the city came to remember Karaz, who helped define the graffiti scene in Philadelphia throughout the '80s and '90s.
    Karaz Mural
  • Bonner Prendergast's Cobe Ruley, #20, dances in the locker room following a victory over Archbishop Carroll in game three of the PIAA Classic 4A basketball playoffs at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield, Pa. on Friday, March 15, 2019.
    20190315_Inquirer_Carroll vs. Bonner...jpg
  • Newly returned Allen Iverson practices with the Sixers on at the team's practice facility at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
    Allen Iverson - 1
  • Temple's Lavoy Allen fights to maintain control of a rebound during a game against Rhode Island.
    Lavoy Allen
  • Temple Footbal
  • A Cardinal O'Hara cheerleader looks down through the top of her spin as she prepares to be caught.
    Catch
  • John Franco from Council Rock South rocks back on his pole in the boys 3A pole vault at the PIAA State Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University on May 24, 2019.
    STRACK25_01.jpg
  • Brenna Cavanaugh (left) of Bentworth High School reacts after finishing fourth in the 2A 100m hurdle finals, while Tia Taylor (right) of Saint Basil Academy took first at PIAA state track and field championships on Saturday, May 26, 2018.
    Hurdles
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  • Downingtown East's #6, Nick Lovenguth, and #89, Joel Mindek, wait outside their locker room at Kottmeyer Stadium before playing Downingtown West on Friday, October 4, 2019. KRISTON JAE BETHEL / For The Inquirer
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  • Andrew Kocher rides Kahlua to gold in the Idle Dice Open Jumper Stake at the Devon Horse Show in Devon, Pa. on Saturday, June 2, 2018. KRISTON JAE BETHEL / For the Inquirer
    Devon Horse Show
  • The crew team for Notre Dame Academy de Namur practices basic strokes to introduce a new rower on the Schuylkill River.
    NDAPA Rowing
  • Philadelphia's Karl Savage displayed an early lead that carried him well past the 20-mile mark of the Philadelphia Marathon, but eventually dropped back to finish in fifth place.
    Philadelphia Marathon
  • A swimmer enters the pool from starting blocks during a charity event to raise money for Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children.
    Dive
  • Kennedy-Kenrick High School's football team huddles up for one of the last practices they will ever have before the end of the season and the closing of the school at the end of the academic year. Budget constraints within the Philadelphia Archdiocese forced the closure of several Catholic schools throughout the region.
    Kennedy Kendrick Football
  • Paulsboro High's Jimmy Sutton grapples Steve Calhoun from Washington Township in the 182-pound quarterfinals of the John and Betty Vogeding Tournament. In 2011, Paulsboro became the third school in the United States to accumulate 1,000 wins.
    Paulsboro Wrestling
  • Katy Perry performs at a Get Out the Vote concert in support of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton just days before the election.
    Katy Perry
  • Kirk Douglas of The Roots performs in Philadelphia on Independence Day.
    The Roots
  • Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees performs during a free 104.5 Block Party held at the Piazza at Schmidt's in Philadelphia.
    Neon Trees
  • Music legend Stevie Wonder performs at one of three surprise pop-up concerts held in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York.
    Stevie Wonder
  • Renowned jazz pianist Orrin Evans performs at Chris' Jazz Cafe.
    Orrin Evans, Jazz Pianist - 2
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