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Danielle Wilson, 7, decorated her Chalmette home with Mardi Gras beads. Her family returned home last year. The house was almost completely underwater and her elderly next door neighbor drowned in the Hurricane Katrina flood waters.

The Yellow Pocahontas second chief David Montana marches past debris on his way to the first chief's house in the Treme neighborhood on Mardi Gras day. Residents are beginning to return to the neighborhood the was once home to Louis Armstrong.

'So far we survived' is spray painted on an overpass in the upper ninth ward. Hurricane Katrina destroyed many homes in the area. Only a few houses are being rebuilt in the area.

In the two and a half years since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents are still struggling to rebuild. Despite the frustrating pace of recovery, the city's spirit could not be quelled during the third Mardi Gras since the storm. Christopher…

Debbie O’Neill, 54, checks the water on the 82,000-acre South Pope Ranch just north of the Big Bend National Park. West Texas has suffered from an extreme drought that has caused massive agricultural losses and killed livestock. O'Neil checks miles…

DeLishia Dismute, 18, and David McNeil, 19, take a break from the dance floor near the end of the Wagner High School Senior Prom at the Alzafar Shrine Temple. They have been dating for 5 months. 'Prom is the last hurrah before you graduate and have…

James Bryant becomes an ordained deacon at New Light Baptist church. His faith helped him overcome drug addiction and cope with his difficult job as an embalmer at Lewis Funeral home. 'I don't see how you can do my job, if you don't believe in God,'…

Photographers and soldiers cast shadows during a memorial service at Joint Base Balad for the seven Texas and Oklahoma National Guard soldiers killed when their CH-47 Chinook crashed on route to Balad, Iraq.

Donald Murdoch, 21, playfully bites his wife Rita Alcota's finger while riding the bus. The young couple were married on Valentines Day. The bus is their only mode of transportation. Simple trips can take hours and multiple transfers. Donald has aged…

Nicolette Perez, 16, and her son Eduardo Xavier Pena, 1, wait for the bus in downtown after school. Two years ago, Nicolette Perez had the kind of free time that 14-year-olds take for granted. One afternoon in the park, she spotted a cute little girl…