Politics and Protests
Protestors march with a paper-machete puppet of President Trump down Southwest Sixth Street during the "No Kings Day" protest on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
City of Gainesville Public Works employees saw, cut and pry bricks from the rainbow crosswalk near City Hall on Monday, August 25, 2025.
A protester holds a sign reading “Families belong together” during a Young Democratic Socialists of America protest in Turlington Plaza against the University of Florida’s decision to partner with ICE on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.
Protestors stand on both sides of Southwest Sixth Street during the "No Kings Day" protest on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Olivia Pollock, a Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by President Trump, adjusts her father's flag during the protest for Jeremy Brown in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions during a press conference after the State of the State Address in Tallahassee, Fla., on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
A protestor wears a Mexican flag as a cape outside Tigert Hall, the University Administration building, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in protest of the University of Florida’s decision to partner with ICE.
Ben Pollock holds an American flag during the protest to release Jeremy Brown in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
Shana “Shana Banana” Smith sings at Cora P. Roberson Park on Saturday, June 14, 2025, for the "No Kings Day" protest.
Luanne Bryce shakes a videographers hand during a protest for Jeremey Brown, a Jan. 6 defendant, in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
A protestor dawns a hat on the side of Southwest Sixth Street during the "No Kings Day" protest on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Florida Trooper Orlando Morales' son wears his hat before the State of the State Address in Tallahassee, Fla., on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted how he rescued an abandoned dog during Hurricane Milton during his speech.
Community Events
Cliff Preston reads the inscriptions at the base of the “Walk Through Time” veterans memorial, a walkway that traces U.S. military history beginning in 1775, during Alachua County’s Veterans Day celebration at Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
Errol Nelson weaves a blue ribbon around a palm tree maypole alongside 11 others during the Florida Emancipation Celebration at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center in Gainesville, Fla., on May 24, 2025. Each year, attendees join together to plait the maypole in honor of Florida’s Emancipation Day, which occurred on May 20, 1865.
Robby Lizama holds the end of a beer funnel while sitting on top of a basketball hoop at Alpha Epsilon Pi’s tailgate party before the LIU vs. UF game on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
A participant runs out of the Norman Hall tunnel during the Smathers Centennial 5K on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., in celebration of Smathers Library’s centennial.
Jean Hunt (left) and Rev. Melissa Pisco (right) hold each other while praying over a photo of Hunt’s dog, Penny, during the Blessing of the Pets service at First Archer United Methodist Church in Archer, Fla., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.
Fiona Sun leans back and extends her arm to display her hanfu, a traditional Chinese garment symbolizing cultural heritage, during the fashion show portion of the Chinese American Student Association’s annual Mid-Autumn Festival, “The Heart of Chinatown,” in the Grand Ballroom of the Reitz Union in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.
Mosche Weiss (left) prays with Rafael Kattan (right) after being wrapped in tefillin, traditionally worn by men during prayer, during UF Chabad’s Rosh Hashanah observance on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.
Kaydance Lancaster, a Young Marine Private, lifts up the American flag on the new flagpole during Alachua County’s Veterans Day Celebration at Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
An attendee flips through a prayer book handed out by UF Chabad for the congregation to follow along to traditional prayers sung during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at the O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla.
Rev. Melissa Pisco bestows a blessing upon Tally, a beagle, during the Blessing of the Pets service at First Archer United Methodist Church in Archer, Fla., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.
A member of the Chinese American Student Association performs in the group’s final dance of the evening during its annual Mid-Autumn Festival, “The Heart of Chinatown,” in the Grand Ballroom of the Reitz Union in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.
Jack Flaven (second from left) peeks over at a record someone else pulls from hundreds of records for sale at the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale in downtown Gainesville on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.
Kathryn Morin (left), Samantha Higgins (center), and Lexie Ewing (right) read “Strange Pictures” together as they wait among hundreds of others for the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale in downtown Gainesville on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.