Lake Erie during a powerful storm near Lakeview Beach, Lorain on Nov. 1, 2021.

A Bald Eagle takes flight near the Redwood Elementary School, Avon Lake on March 7, 2021.

Police officers in riot gear prepare to counter a protesting crowd in La Plaza de Armas in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Jan. 2, 2017. The crowd, infuriated by a tax increase on gasoline that went into effect in 2017, prompted city-wide disruption and police officials scrambled to wrest control and establish order.

A Blue Jay perched on a branch somewhere in Central Park, New York City on April 1, 2017.

An crowded street in Guanajuato, Mexico on Dec. 28, 2016.

A tractor produces bales of hay in a valley somewhere near the Shenandoah Mountains, Virginia on June 9, 2017

Kent State International student graduates carry the flags of their nationality at the commencement event on May 12, 2017.

Butterflies mating inside the Cleveland Botanical Gardens in Cleveland, Ohio on May 11, 2017.

D’nae Webb at the Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio on April 14, 2018.

Left: Ralph Mercado gives Dominic Fontanez a haircut at Ohio Exclusive Barber Shop, Amherst on August 15, 2021. Mercado was giving out free haircuts for kids returning back to school.

"It's a Nellie McClung quote. She fought for the right for women to run for office in Canada. I really like it because so often women are supposed to hedge their bets and make themselves smaller and less intelligent for the comfort of men. When you're trying to get things done, there will always be people who don't want you to succeed. But they don't matter. Be exceptional and leave them in the dust." Corinne Engber at the Kent State University Commencement ceremony at Dix Stadium, Kent on May 12, 2017

Council on American-Islamic Relations Executive Director Julia Shearson speaks the masses at Cleveland's Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 21, 2017. “Islam is not an armchair faith,” says Shearson. “We have to act in the world because we’re commanded that when we see an evil in the world, you have try to change it with your hands and if you can’t, you actively speak against it.”

Left: Slim Jimmy and Swae Lee performing together as the rap-duo Rae Sremmurd at the M.A.C. Center in Kent on April 20, 2017. Rae Sremmurd were the headliners for Kent State's annual Flashfest.  

Elyria Mayor Frank Whitfield receives his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at North Ridgeville High School, Ohio on April 4, 2021.

A "Castillo", a wooden structure fitted with fireworks, spews fire near Degollado's Plaza in Jalisco, Mexico on Dec. 31, 2016.

Corbin Williams, a junior marketing major, fills out his provistional ballot at the Kent State Rec Center in Kent, Ohio on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016

Crowds from the When We all Vote rally at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum, Pittsburgh on Sep. 25, 2018.