Friends and family of Harris Wolobah walk back to their car after the candlelight vigil mourning the death of Harris in Worcester, MA on Friday, September 8, 2023. Harris, 14, died after eating the Paqui One Chip Challenge, an extremely spicy tortilla chip with marketing daring people to not drink or eat anything else for as long as possible. The One Chip Challenge has since been pulled from shelves.
A biker wheelies through a steaming manhole in Washington, D.C. as a pro-Palestinian protest marches down a nearby street on Nov. 4, 2023.
Boston College High lines up for the pledge of allegiance during a Boston College High at Catholic Memorial high school football game in a Catholic Conference clash in West Roxbury, Boston, MA on Thanksgiving November 28, 2024.
(left to right) João Marciano do Carmo’s mother Ana Geralda do Carmo, 8-year-old sister Clara Valentina do Carmo, and father José Ferreira do Carmo sit together in their home during an interview in Milford, MA on Sunday, September 28, 2025. João Marciano do Carmo, 19, was arrested by ICE the morning before in Milford. His family said they had not heard from him and did not know where he was. Ana Geralda do Carmo's shirt reads "make prayer great again."
Judges clean and inspect the underside of a pumpkin for debris as Waylen Vasconcellos, 10 months old (right), watches at the giant pumpkin weigh-off at the Topsfield, MA fair on Friday, October 4, 2024.
The biggest pumpkin of the event collides with Metcalf Plaza after a 70 foot drop at Boston University’s annual pumpkin drop on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.
Mt. Carmel junior Joey Ireland (28) swings at a pitch in a light rain during the Mount Carmel vs. Nazareth Class 4A Reavis Sectional high school baseball semifinal at Triton College in River Grove, IL on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
Skylar Lautowa-Peguero performs at the Skating Club of Boston’s "Summer Sizzler" ice skating event in Norwood, MA on the evening of Thursday, August 15, 2024.
James Markis, a Boston College graduate student and chair of Massachusetts College Republicans, poses for a portrait in his Boston apartment in front of a white backdrop on October 18, 2024. On his wall is a flag picturing Donald Trump after an assassination attempt earlier this year in Pennsylvania. Markis said he was looking for wall decor and bought it off of TikTok. Next to him is an icon of Saint Demetrios, which Markis, who practices Greek Orthodoxy, said he derives his first name from.
Eleanor Gavazzi (left, waving flag) shouts at a rally advocating to keep Steward-owned hospitals Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center open on the front steps of the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Gavazzi said Nashoba Valley Medical Center saved her son and mother’s lives, and that it would take her 40 minutes to get to an ER if Nashoba Valley Medical Center closed.
The Boston University Women's Lightweight Eights team race in the Head of the Charles down the Charles River in Boston, MA on October 22, 2023.
St. John’s Shrewsbury senior Dylan DiPietro (7) is tackled during the St. John's Prep at St. John's Shrewsbury game in a Catholic Conference matchup on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
Exhausted runners lie down in the finish area after the Division 2 boys race at MIAA's Meet of Champions at Fort Devens on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Makai King, a fifth grader with autism and a passion for the MBTA, looks for landmarks to point out while riding the Commuter Rail from South Station to Back Bay station in Boston, MA on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
Jean Pinthievre sits with his daughter Lovemica in their apartment on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. The family arrived in the United States in 2023.
Dennis Carlotto of South Holland walks through the closed St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Chicago, IL near the suburb Dolton on Friday, May 9, 2025. Newly elected pope Leo XIV used to attend the church in his childhood. The parish closed in 2011 when it combined with the nearby Queen of Apostles Parish, according to a Chicago Catholic article published at the time.