Singles

A selection of news and feature photos that reflect the diversity of the human experience.

Fatima cooks corn over the fire while her husband Aman and their children sit in their tukul near Project Mercy in Yetebon, Ethiopia. Fatima and Aman's son Nuri is a student at Project Mercy. Aman has been a farmer all his life but he hopes that his son Nuri will not have to be a farmer. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Jahleel Claypool, 7, recites "the Creed" in front of the class at the Marva Collins Preparatory School of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. Every morning before school starts the students recite the creed, a mission statement where students take responsibility for their success and failure as students. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
A group of women workers clean corn at Project Mercy in Yetebon, Ethiopia. In rural areas, much of the work, whether it is making butter or bread, farming, or herding cattle, is done by hand. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
High school student Abe Ritter, 17, skips rope with Abenezer, 4, one of the children that lives on the grounds at Project Mercy in Yetebon, Ethiopia. A year ago, Abenezer was the first surgery done in the operating room at the newly-built hospital. He had bowel problems and was severely malnourished and dehydrated. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Amber Lopez watches from her truck as a procession of elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus walk down Blake Street in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Jessie Elliot, and Nick Crawley wait on a bench at Denver International Airport before Elliot flies to Indiana to visit family for Thanksgiving, 2004. Approximately 37 million persons are expected to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
Mimi Kaczmarzyk dances by herself lit by the glow of Christmas lights as Wilco plays at the 32nd Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
A small boat goes up to the base of the Glen Canyon Dam during a water release on the Colorado River. The water release mimics the seasonal flow of the river and helps redeposit sediment. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
A police officer tries to arrest a protestor in downtown St. Paul before the start of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday, September 1, 2008. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
Inmates in the Sumter Correctional Institution's boot camp program file past a window of the chapel in Florida. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Lilly Garcia, left, hugs her daughter at the end of their visit at the Ventura County Juvenile Hall. Her daughter has been locked up in Juvenile Hall for weeks. Lilly has been fighting to regain custody of her daughter, who has a history of mental health problems. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Mourners toss flowers onto the casket of Burhan Karadeniz as it is carried into a cemetery in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Karadeniz was a Kurdish journalist who died in exile and was brought home to be buried. His funeral was a flashpoint of Kurdish and Turkish tensions and was closely monitored by the Turkish police. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
A panicked crowd of Iraqi civilians run past Lance Corporal Joey De LaO, during a joint patrol with the Iraqi police Saturday in Baghdad. During the foot patrol a crowd of civilians panicked and rushed at the marines. De LaO fired several warning shots. No one was hurt. Iraqi police and marines went out on patrol to search for weapons and arrest looters. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
A lone house stands surrounded by scorched earth after a fire near Golden, Colorado. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Dicie Isley hugs her daughter Nakayah Isley as volunteers clear away debris in Holly, Colorado after a tornado swept through the town. One person was killed and approximately 10 were hurt. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
Rachel Ramos, left, talks with her granddaughter Destiny Vargas, 5, center, while her other grandaughter Brooklyn Vargas, 9, right, lays on the hood of their car while taking a break from cleaning their yard of tornado debris in Holly, Colorado. Ramos' house was destroyed by the tornado but they are rebuilding their home. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
A pick-up truck drives a back road on the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Reservation near Towaoc, Colorado. The Bureau of Indian Affairs police must cover a large geographic area. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Kyle Anderson lays his head on the casket of his brother, Navy Hospital Corpsman Christopher Anderson, at his burial service at Arlington National Cemetery. Christopher Anderson, of Longmont, Colorado, was killed in Iraq by a mortar on Dec. 4, 2006. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
A woman makes phone call as a police officer in riot gear sits atop Mickey's Diner to guard against protestors at the Republican National Convention in downtown St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Hillary Clinton campaigns with her husband former President Bill Clinton at a campaign event at the Iowa Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, July 2, 2007. It is the first time that Bill Clinton has stumped with his wife. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama waves to the crowd before speaking at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, August 28, 2008. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
Rebecca Moon, left, and Nicole Hunt, right, hold a cross with their fellow dancers at the Father-Daughter Purity Ball at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Approximately 100 fathers and daughters attended the ball. The ball highlights the role of fathers in protecting their daughters and showing them the value of sexual purity before marriage. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Aaron Lovato walks, carrying his walking stick like a cross, to the Chimayo Sanctuary. Lovato walked 86 miles from Albuquerque. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
A lone firefighter stands on a mountain top at dusk near New Castle, Colo., on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. More people were evacuated Tuesday after the fire flared up in the afternoon. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
Members of a ballet class practice in front of the windows of the Colorado Ballet in Denver, Colorado. The students are learning ballet technique and some are selected from the classes to be part of the performances with the Colorado Ballet as needed. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Michelle Benavidez cries as she speaks with her nephew Staff Sergeant William Owen at her home in Arvada, Colo., on Thursday, September 11, 2008. Her son Kennith Mayne, 29, was killed in Iraq. "He's the reason I'm in the infantry," said Owen. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
   
Rick Anderson comforts his wife Debra Anderson as they sit with the casket of their son Christopher Anderson, who was killed in Iraq. The Anderson spent the evening mourning and sharing stories about their son. (Photo by Chris Schneider)
     
  
Clinton supporters sit beneath a flag as they wait at a Hillary Clinton campaign event with her husband former President Bill Clinton at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, July 3, 2007. (Photo by Chris Schneider)