Bev Freeman stands in her living room for a portrait. Freeman is the founder and CEO of Taste Black — San Diego Food Tour, which spotlights Black-owned and chef-led restaurants throughout the city, December 17, 2025 (For The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Demonstrators rally outside the San Diego Convention Center in downtown San Diego during an immigration-rights protest on Feb. 2, 2025.
Sofia Isella performs on violin during Horizon Day 2 in UC San Diego’s Epstein Family Amphitheater on March 1, 2025.
Sheep graze on a hillside in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Sept. 13, 2024.
Dorothy’s Wine Bar owners Tim Gastel-Wardell and Luis Rivera pose for a portrait behind the bar.
Demonstrators march through downtown San Diego during a “Hands Off” protest calling for the protection of democratic institutions on April 5, 2025.
Krista Lopez performs Doechii’s “Boom Bap” during a student showcase hosted by UC San Diego Associated Students Concerts & Events in Price Center on Feb. 6, 2025.
Thorice Bisek, 87, stands with her daughter, Nia Hanscomb, at a rally protesting Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration in Balboa Park in San Diego on Jan. 20, 2025.
Claudia Peinado, director of Authentic Vintage Posters in San Diego, flips through the shop’s oversized vintage prints on March 1, 2024.
Duckwrth looks out at the crowd during his performance at UC San Diego’s annual Sun God Festival at RIMAC Field on May 3, 2025.
A sea anemone rests in a shallow tide pool during a king tide at Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego on Nov. 11, 2024.
Egyptian comedian and television host Bassem Youssef speaks at a Palestinian Youth Movement rally in Ruocco Park in San Diego on Oct. 5, 2024.
UC San Diego students enjoy Duckwrth’s Sun God Festival performance at RIMAC Field on May 3, 2025.
Light streams into a meadow in Yosemite Valley on Oct. 24, 2025.
YouTuber and entrepreneur Mai Pham calls out ticket numbers during a post-panel giveaway with fellow influencers Tue Nguyen and Tammy Dinh at UC San Diego’s Price Center on March 5, 2025.
Cortina d’Ampezzo, a small town in the Dolomites, receives its first snowfall of the year on Sept. 13, 2024.
Student protesters converse with police during a demonstration against a public lecture by former Israeli ambassador Ido Aharoni outside the Gardner Room at UCSD’s School of Global Policy and Strategy, Monday, May 19, 2025.
Alex Patterson, 23, hikes with his dog Penelope along the Tahoe Rim Trail during a backpacking trip on May 23, 2025.
Leashed and alert, Tina waits for passersby’s attention in a doorway on a quiet street in Florence, Italy on July 18, 2025.
San Diego City Council member Sean Elo-Rivera and UC San Diego Department of Urban Studies and Planning senior lecturer Sue Peerson converse as Peerson gives him a tour of an Alleys-In-Action community pop-up in Normal Heights on May 18, 2024.
Lead singer Arion Starks and bass guitarist Asher Kai perform with their band, The Arkangels, during UC San Diego’s annual Sun God Festival at RIMAC Field on May 3, 2025.
UC San Diego professor Gary Fields reads a poem during a weekly gathering centered on Palestinian voices in front of Geisel Library at UC San Diego on Nov. 12, 2024.
Mauricio Benjamín de León paints scenes of Paris using only a pen and espresso at Merde Art Studio in Paris, France, on July 16, 2025.