Patrick McDermott | Visual Journalist

Editorial

Members of the Sheriff Gusman Community Service Program help clean the aftermath of Madri Gras parades during the early hours on February 1, 2008 on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana.
   
From left, Senators’ Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., John Kerry, D-Mass., and Harry Reid, D-Nev., speak to reporters on the health condition of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2008. Sen. Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor earlier in the day.
   
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., waves to supporters after announcing that she will no longer seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton endorsed fellow candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. in his presidential bid at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2008.
     
  
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., speaks during the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 2, 2008. The GOP will nominate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as the Republican presidential candidate.
   
MSNBC's Tucker Carlson speaks at 'Rally for the Republic' held by former Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sept. 2, 2008. The Republican National Convention was held in St. Paul, Minn., from Sept. 1-4, 2008.
   
Revelers of the traditional Thai festival held on the full moon of the second month of the ancient Lanna Calender, Yi Peng, release paper laterns, into the sky in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. The ancient capital of the former Lanna kingdom, where now both Loi Krathong and Yi Peng are celebrated at the same time, result in paper lanterns being lit and floral boats floating on the waters.
     
  
Elderly gather at the Ngoc Son Temple on the Hoan Kiem Lake every afternoon to play in friendly matches of Vietnamese chess.
   
  
     
  
   
  
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
     
  
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
   
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, and Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq, hold a news conference to discuss the current conditions in Iraq at the Newseum in Washington D.C., on April 10, 2008. Petraeus and Crocker discussed the current situation of the war in Iraq, after President George W. Bush announced he was cutting combat tours to 12 months from the current 15-month deployment on the general’s recommendation.
  
A single chair sits empty at press confrence after a press release from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service on behalf of federal mediator George Cohen indicated that the two sides in the NBA and NBA Player's Association dispute are so far apart it does not warrant further mediation by the FMCS sits on a table at Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on October 20, 2011 in New York City.
     
  
Billy Hunter, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (L), and Derek Fisher, President of the National Basketball Players Association speak at a press conference after the NBA and NBA Player's Association met to negotiate the CBA at The Helmsley Hotel on November 10, 2011 in New York City.
   
A press release from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service on behalf of federal mediator George Cohen indicating that the two sides in the NBA and NBA Player's Association dispute are so far apart it does not warrant further mediation by the FMCS sits on a table at Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on October 20, 2011 in New York City.
   
(L-R) Maurice Evans, Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBA Commissioner David Stern, NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, and Peter Holt speak to members of the press to announce a tentative labor agreement to end the 149-day lockout on November 26, 2011 in New York City.
     
  
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
   
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
   
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
     
  
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
   
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
   
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
     
  
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
   
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.
   
An estimated 70 to 100 thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol building in Madison, Wisc. on February 26, 2011 for the 13th straight day to protest the Budget Repair bill proposed by Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor Scott Walker. The bill, if passed, would restrict collective bargaining for most government workers.