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2019 Features

Morgan Kwiecien, 4 takes a moment in the sun before the family’s pool was opened at their home May 2nd, 2018 in Henrietta, NY.
Isabel Paz (78) drinks a soda after helping cut up a pig and three bulls for meat to use to feed the townspeople during the the Fiesta Patronal in San Juan Mixtepec Oaxaca, Mexico on June 19th, 2018. The Fiesta Patronal is festival that takes place in San Juan Mixtepec every June 21st-June 25th and honors their patron saint, Saint John the Baptist.
Juan Pe–a, right, watches as two of his customers goof off in his Bodega in the Bronx, N.Y. on June 11, 2018. Juan Pena has owned 180 Pe–a Deli Grocery since 1998. While being challenged by the shopping plaza’s this grocery is still an important part of the community.
Nick Arena an Ontario Fire Department Diver sits in the pool after all of the participants finished diving into the pool at the 19th Annual Polar Plunge event at Lake Ontario in Rochester, N.Y. on Feb. 10, 2019. The Polar Plunge is an annual fundraising event for the Special Olympics where participants run into freezing cold water.