Students prepare to enter the building of Stratford Landing Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, August 23, 2021, the first day back to school for many districts in northern Virginia. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
Praise dancer Kendra Mosley performs during a memorial for sisters Jayla Brown, 9, NyJae Meade, 6, and NaJhari Meade, 1, outside of their home in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, where the girls were killed in a fire a week prior, on Monday, July 26, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
Simone Petrella drags Carter Schultz, 3, on a sled on a snowy sidewalk in Washington, D.C. on Monday, January 3, 2022. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
A security guard checks the door near The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, which is hosting the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Following the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, security from both private companies and the San Francisco Police Department has been increased around the conference. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The San Francisco Standard)
Papi Churro celebrates winning the 28th annual San Francisco drag king contest, hosted at Oasis in San Francisco on Sunday, September 8, 2024. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The San Francisco Standard)
: Children crowd onto a slide at Marie H Reed Recreation Center in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
Monica Morales coaches Emily L. Silverman on how to phone bank for Vice President Kamala Harris while reflected in a mirror at democratic headquarters in San Francisco on November 4, 2024. The former Nordstrom Rack space has served as a base of operations for both national and local races. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The San Francisco Standard)
Former mayor Willie Brown socialized with people during an election party at John’s Grill in San Francisco on November 5, 2024. The party, which has become an Election Day tradition, offers free food and attracts people from all walks of life, including reporters, politicos and passersby. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The San Francisco Standard)
Mary Clement wipes her face as Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speaks during the Make Good Trouble Rally, which advocates for increased voting rights protection and other social justice measures, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, August 28, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
An abortion rights demonstrator who handcuffed herself to the security fencing stands outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., US, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The court is scheduled to rule on Roe v. Wade, which established the constitutional right to abortion in 1973, by the end of its term in late June following a leaked draft opinion suggesting the court is poised to overturn the landmark ruling. Photographer: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bloomberg
LaDonna Martin teaches her third grade class at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. The Alexandria City Public School district has mandated that everyone wears masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
Big Bird arrives on the red carpet of the 2022 Kennedy Center honors in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2022. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 22: Students and staff members affiliated with the Burke School are reunited with their loved ones at Cleveland Park Library in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 22, 2022, following a shooting at the school. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
Rhodes Odendahl, 3, watches the Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2023. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)
Ballet dancers take a bow after an outdoor performance at The Washington Ballet Gala, which was hosted at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 4, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post)