Ric Francis

Singles

One young girl peers inside at partygoers while another dances on a darkened street.
   
Two neighbors greet one another before the start of a community meeting.
   
March 5, 2010 - Talcahuano, Chile - A Chilean policeman keeps watch for looters days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake.
     
  
Smoke from wildfires near the Oak Park area of Ventura County, Calif., is seen from San Fernando Valley Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005.
  
Members of The Nation of Islam distribute the organization's newspaper to participates gathering in the early morning at the capitol.
   
Brenda Price, center, and others observe and celebrate, at Eso Won Bookstore, the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as America's first black president Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles.
     
  
Amazonians visit a memorial erected in honor of indigenous natives and local migrants killed in a clash with Peruvian national police.
  
To commemorate the second anniversary of a destructive earthquake that struck on August 15, 2007, Peruvians place candles on the remnants of a church where over two hundred lives were lost.
   
Viewers pay their respects to former Pres. Ronald Reagan at his Presidential Library.
     
  
Orfidia Mashigkash Apatiu, 43, an Awajun, with her husband, Moises Jausito Lucinda, 49, weeps at the grave of their son, David Jausito Mashigkash, 19, who they said was killed by Peruvian national police.
  
Protesters fill the streets of downtown Los Angeles in what supporters of illegal immigrants have billed as 'a day without immigrants.'
  
Mduduzi Lawrence, 21, left, with his crew of self-described bandits smoke marijuana mixed with cocaine through broken bottle necks.
     
  
African-American inmates talk to clergy and community activist about racial clashes with Latinos.
   
Two teenagers sip malt liquor while a young girl waits for an elevator in the lobby of the Alabama Housing Projects.
   
The casket containing the body of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the Los Angeles Crips, is wheeled into church. He was executed by the state of California for the murders of four people.
     
  
Several local boys make do with a toy basketball goal and high spirits.
   
Nancy Tunnell, with Veterans for Peace, smooths the sand at a memorial dedicated to American soldiers killed in Iraq.
   
Michael Jackson waves to fans as he arrives at the Santa Barbara County courthouse for his child molestation trial.
     
  
A local firefighter, in the background, hoses down a neighbors property.
   
A water taxi transports a local resident.
   
A farmer with a load of onions heads towards a market.
     
  
A partial solar eclipse occurs with the moon shielding 35 percent of the sun.
   
Gilmer Ugkaju Intakea Edad, 20, top, an Awajun, ferries passengers across the Chiriaco river.
  
A boy lights a candle as he joins a procession for Senor de los Milagros (Our Lord of Miracles).