Jess Cappel, 17, goes down the slide at the Dunham Recreation Center Complex in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday, June 8, 2020, the first day the pool has been open since the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Aprina Johnson, an organizer for the event, cries after speaking to a crowd as it marched through downtown Cincinnati during the "Cincinnati March For Racial Justice II" organized by Cincinnati For Racial Justice on Sunday, June 28, 2020.

Daeanna Kidd, Lanae Matthews, and Takoryah Green (left to right) play at the Parker Bennett Community Center's park after school. The Parker Bennett Community Center (PBCC) offers free care to children between the ages of 5 and 13.Jkeyah Patterson, 22, is a recreation assistant for the afterschool program. Patterson says the most rewarding part of her job is helping to mold the children at the program into what they want to be, while taking into the consideration the fact that most of these kids are coming from low-income households. “Realizing that all kids don’t come from the same area...from the same place. That’s why I’m really grateful to work here so that I can give my love and attention to them,” said Patterson. 

Liam Collins, 15, of Fort Mitchell, Ky. rakes up the Old Boone County Infirmary Cemetery (also known as the Boone County Poor House) in Burlington, Ky. on Saturday, July 11, 2020. Collins decided to clean up the overgrown land for his Eagle Scout Service Project. The cemetery has many unmarked graves and one marked grave of a cold case murder victim, Leslie Sparrow. "Everybody should be remembered after death" Collins said. 

Sean Ogletree reads the day's mail to Gregory Matheney, who was born with blindness, at his home in North College Hill on Friday, June 5. Ogletree has been case manager at Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually-Impaired for three years. "I want these people to trust me like I’m their family, and in a lot of ways I am" Ogletree said.

Sydney Miller, 6, of Taylor Mill, Ky. waves to passing cars in Independence, Ky. during the "City of Independence 4th of July Parade" on Saturday, July 4, 2020.

Protesters gather with others at the Hamilton County Justice Center as part of the "Our Streets: Free the People" event on Saturday, July 4, 2020.

Colleen Manning (from left) with children Leela Manning, 7, and JJ Manning, 5, view an exhibit at the Newport Aquarium which reopened on Monday, June 22, to a reduced crowd after closing due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Abigail Chast, 7, (right) of Loveland takes a photo at the lion exhibit on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at the Cincinnati Zoo with sister Natalie Chast, 4, and mother Jennifer Chast. Wednesday was the first day the zoo has been open since March 15, when it was closed due to coronavirus concerns.

Darian Burgin of the West End embraces another demonstrator at the Hamilton Co. Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, after the sheriff and deputies kneeled in response to protesters' repeated pleas on Monday, June 1, 2020. Protests have been held around the country after George Floyd, a black man, died Monday in Minneapolis, after a white police officer kneeled on his neck. 

Logan Kendall (from left), Calvin Bektas, Trevor Tolbert and Tyler Tabor join hands and pray before their game against Franklin-Simpson High School in Scottsville, Ky. on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018.

Caitlin Brock and other members of Phi Mu sorority wait for the arrival of their new sorority sisters during "Bid Day" at Centennial Mall in Bowling Green, Ky. on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2018. Brock said she looks forward to “getting new members into the family. They all bring their own essence.”

Jessica Rogers (right), 32, sits with daughter Ahni'ya Bruton-Rogers, 10, after waking her to get ready for school at their home in Bowling Green, Ky. Rogers, a social worker,  became a single mother when she was 21 years old and still in college. “There were times where that refrigerator wasn’t full. We have people around us who won’t let us go hungry, but I don’t want to depend on them because they won’t always be around,” Rogers said. 

Olivia Cassidy and her classmates get instruction from Dorrance Dance, a professional alternative dance group, at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Mich. on Friday, June 21, 2020.

Issy Wolle (from left), Hope Coven, Jennifer Fuehrer, Sarah Jaskowski and Lucia Tomlinson warm up in a dance studio at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Mich. on Friday, Aug. 3, 2020.