A Palestinian man waves the Palestinian flag during the "National March on Palestine in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 4, 2023.
Protesters and journalists move away from tear gas during the Block Cop City march in Atlanta, Georgia on Nov. 13, 2023.
Journalists film the police riot line after being tear gassed and hit during the Block Cop City march in Atlanta, Georgia on Nov. 13, 2023.
Immigration authorities release captured undocumented Haitian immigrants to be deported back to their home country in Dajabón, Dominican Republic on Nov. 24, 2023.
A Haitian family bathes in the Massacre River past the Dominican Republic and Haiti border on Nov. 24, 2023.
A sugar cane cutter rests after a long day's work in El Seibo, Dominican Republic on Nov. 21, 2023.
A Caguas Courthouse bailiff oversees cars coming into the Courthouse's parking lot on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Courthouse was evacuated earlier in the day when a "suspicious backpack" was found on the premises. The Puerto Rico Police Department's Explosives Division confirmed there was no explosives in the backpack.
An activist holds the Puerto Rican flag during a protest at Los Almendros Beach in Rincón on Saturday, March 4, 2023 Activists tore down a cement wall illegally built by the Sol y Playa Condominium that did not obey environmental protection laws.
A woman in a hijab with the Palestinian flag painted on her cheek attentively listens to a speaker at a protest outside the Israeli Consulate in solidarity with Palestine on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. There have been hundreds of similar marches across the world in solidarity with Palestine because of the Israeli Defense Forces continued bombing of Gaza, which has killed at least 5000 people. The bombing came after Hamas militants invaded Israel, killing at least 1400 people.
Signs held by Puerto Rican Federation of Teachers members during a protest against charter schools on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Charter schools have become increasingly common in Puerto Rico since former Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed an education reform law in 2018 that allowed a legal path to establish charter schools in Puerto Rico. Public school teachers have repeatedly rallied against them, arguing they take money away from public schools.
A giant papier-mâché doll of a teacher holding a sign that reads "no to charter schools" is paraded down Old San Juan during a protest on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Public school teachers argue charter schools, which have become more common since an education reform law was signed in 2018, take money away from public schools.
A firefighter takes a moment to rest while fighting a mountain wildfire in Utuado on Friday, June 16, 2023.
Environmental activists tear up the concrete boardwalk going up to a beachfront shack that was built without following proper environmental laws in La Parguera, Lajas. The protests began when it was found that the parents-in-law of gubernatorial candidate Jenniffer González-Colón owned a beachfront shack illegally built on public land. An investigation by the Department of Natural and Environmental found they had illegally cut down mangroves to repair the shack.
Nilson Barahona-Marriaga stands with his fist in the air infront of Stewart Detention Facility in Lumpkin, Georgia on Thursday, June 29, 2023. Barahona-Marriaga was held in Stewart Detention Center after being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2020.
Drag queens wave to the crowd during a Pride Parade through San Juan on Sunday, June 4, 2023.
A Puerto Rico National Guard Blackhawk helicopter flies over a fire in Utuado on Friday, June 16, 2023. Over 50 acres of mountain were turned to ash during a wildfire.
Protesters hold a sign that reads "Georgian. I am not a terrorist" during a march at Atlanta's Gresham Park in honor of slain protester Manuel Terán on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
A young boy walks through a Central Romana batey in El Seibo, Dominican Republic on Nov. 21, 2023.
Dozens of police officers in riot gear oversee a protest in Old San Juan, PR on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2023. The streets of the old city have been filled with cops as protests against LUMA energy, a private company that runs distribution and transmission of Puerto Rico's electrical grid, continue.
A Haitian cane cutter poses for a picture in a batey in El Seibo, Dominican Republic on Nov. 21, 2023.
City of Atlant Police officers oversee a protest at Cadence Bank in Atlanta, Ga. on Friday, June 30, 2023. Cadence Bank is providing a construction loan to the Atlanta Police Foundation to build the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, also known as "Cop City."
Puerto Rico Police Department officers riding motorcycles oversee a May Day protest on Monday, May 1, 2023.
Belkis Terán, mother of slain activist Manuel Paez Terán, leads a Stop Cop City march through Gresham Park in Atlanta, Ga. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Paez Terán was killed during a multi-agency raid on the South River Forest in Atlanta on Jan. 18, 2023. He has become a martyt for many Stop Cop City activists.
A drag queen spreads her costumes wings during a Pride Parade through San Juan on Sunday, June 4, 2023.
Puerto Rico Police Department officers stop activists from moving towards the Sol y Playa Condominum on Sunday, March 4, 2023. Police arrested at least 4 activists during the protest, who were later released the same day.
An environmental activist clad in a safety vest hammers away at an illegally built cement wall in Los Almendros Beach, Rincón on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Activists have been protesting at the beach since 2021, when a video of a Carey turtle in the construction site for a pool at the Sol y Playa Condominium spread through social media.
An environmental activist blows a conch shell during a protest on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Activists protested the "Beach House," a hotel and restaurant that was dumping sewage into a children's park through an illegally constructed undeground pipe.
The hearth of an abandoned stone home in Maricao State Forest in Maricao, PR on Saturday, June 3, 2023
A cell tower fades into the mist in Maricao, Puerto Rico on June 3, 2023