Lydia Hammer

Alicia Michaels kisses a child's head during a drag performance SunKee Angel performs drag at the first annual pride fest in Rochester, NY on Sept. 5, 2026.

A customer orders food at the first Sundays in the Park performance in Greenville, NC on May 30, 2026.

James E. Mauser Jr. conducts the Tar River Community Band in Greenville, NC on May 30, 2026.

A drag queen lip syncs during her performance at the first annual pride fest in Rochester, NY on Sept. 5, 2026.

The brass section of the Tar River Community Band plays at Sundays in the Park in Greenville, NC on May 30, 2026.

The audience gathers around to view a massive marlin catch at the Big Rock Tournament in Morehead City, NC on June 11, 2026.

Dust falls from an excavator at the demolition site on Dickinson Ave. in Greenville, NC on May 28, 2026.

A child stares at a blue marlin at the Big Rock Fishing Tournament in Morehead City, NC on June 8, 2026.

SunKee Angel performs drag at the first annual pride fest in Rochester, NY on Sept. 5, 2026.

Alyssa Rodriguez plays Nyckelharpa at Fringefest Forest Music on Sept. 9, 2026.

A drag queen is comforted during an emotional moment at the first annual pride fest in Rochester, NY on Sept. 5, 2026.

Patriotic stripes are painted on Annah Fecho’s face at Summer Fest in Tarboro on July 4, 2026.

Rosemary Berdiel and Josh Bradshaw read to their children, Jiraya and Alysia Bradshaw at the Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount, NC on July 29.

People watch fireworks light up the sky on the Fourth of July in Tarboro, NC.

Gianna Arostegui gets her face painted at Summer Fest in Tarboro on July 4, 2026.