Photo of the Day
Hello! I’m Margo Jenkins, and this is Photo of the Day column. Everday you will get to see a world class photo from around the world. These photos can be of the past and the present, showing our natural environment and social environment.
The Hillsboro Globe is pleased to bring you this curated slideshow that introduces our audience to Associated Press photos and their photographers. Each weekday a new photo is published and a link to learn more about that photo if the reader chooses to do so.
We hope you enjoy these photos.
Black People are Disproportionately Denied Aid
Xia’la Long looks at the tombstone of her uncle, Randy Long, who was murdered in 2006, while posing for a photo at a cemetery in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., April 19, 2023. An AP examination of data from 23 states shows that Black people are disproportionately denied aid from programs that reimburse victims of violent crime. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)...
Journey to America
A migrant's baby is carried in a suitcase across the Rio Grande river from Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Migrants rushed across the Mexico border, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Migrants arrive on the Me...
Pain is Still Prominent
We must not forget about the hardships in our world. An injured protester grieves in pain as police fire tear gas to disperse protesting members of the Inter University Students Federation during an anti government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 19, 2022. The image was part of a series of images by Associated Press photographers that was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Breakin...
Is The Pope Entertained?
Dancers perform for Pope Francis during a meeting with youth, at the Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
All Art is Unique
Visitors watch flowing data sculptures at the exhibition "Refik Anadol. Machine Hallucinations" at the Kunstpalast art museum in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Anadol used a machine learning framework to let AI use two million images captured and recorded by the International Space Station and Hubble space telescopes as well as the Magdalena Ridge Observatory, to create artwork whe...
Kentucky Derby Highlights
Below are some of the best photos from the 2023 Kentucky Derby on May 6. A race fan walks on the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race, Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) People walk on the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Ph...
Shortstop Goes Up for An Out
April 24,2023 Rose Park Middle school player B. Dcaring slides to second base, while West End Middle school shortstop D. Benson jumps to catch the ball. (Photo by Margo Jenkins for the Hillsboro Globe).
Power protests
Protesters clash with police attempting to keep them from reaching the Education Ministry in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Opera at the end of a rally in Paris, Thursday, march 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, ...
Road Trip into the Sun
A motorist is silhouetted against the setting sun on the eve of the vernal equinox, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Joint Military Drill Between South Korea and the United States
A U.S Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter transports a M777 howitzer during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)...
Tarawih Prayer Kicks Off Ramadan
Muslim worshippers perform a night prayer called 'tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey at Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)...
March 27, 2023, Mass Shooting Aftermath
A makeshift memorial is seen at the entry to Covenant School with a police car guarding, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The former student who shot through the doors of the Christian elementary school and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school. (AP Photo/John Amis) Parishioners participate in a community vigil at Belmont ...
Carnival float goes up in Flames
A carnival goer watches as a carnival float depicting Marseille goes up in flames during Marseille's Carnaval de la Plaine in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Israeli Activists dressed as The Handmaid’s Tale in protest
Israeli women's rights activists dressed as characters in the popular television series, "The Handmaid's Tale," protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)...
Beautiful parks in Germany
People walk though a park as snow falls in Frankfurt, Germany, early Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Ahhh! The Oscars are too hot!!
Daniel Kwan, left, and Daniel Scheinert toss their awards for best picture for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" as they pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)...
Do Vehicles Have Super Speed These Days?
Long time exposure photo shows a bus driving towards the city of Frankfurt, Germany, early Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Palestinians Protest Against Israeli Military Raids
Palestinians wave the national flag during a protest against an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Palestinian officials say several Palestinians were killed and over a hundred were wounded during a rare daytime Israeli army arrest raid in the occupied West Bank. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)...
Did You Hear About a Big Storm
Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day without power Sunday as crews continued work to restore electricity more than 165,000 homes and businesses in the greater Detroit area following last week’s ice storm. Storm clouds and snow are seen over the San Gabriel Mountain range behind Griffith Observatory in the Hollywood Hills part of Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. A powerful win...
Who Says Grounds Keepers Don’t Have a Cool Job
A Chicago White Sox groundskeeper prepares the infield during an MLB spring training baseball practice, in Phoenix, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt York) As a baseball groundskeeper your job includes overseeing the care for the different surfaces on a baseball field. In this role, your job duties include inspecting the condition of the grass and sand and determining areas that may need t...
Surprise Visit from the President
President Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral on a surprise visit, in in Kyiv, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ...
One-Year Anniversary of Russia Invading Ukraine
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated with the colors of Ukraine to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country, in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) A photograph of a Ukrainian serviceman adorns a grave in the Alley of Glory portion of the cemetery, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ...
What do you do After Tiring out an Alligator?
Seminole alligator wrestler Billy Walker, of the Big Cypress Reservation, sticks his hand in an alligator's mouth after tiring it out, in a demonstration as part of the three-day Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Fla. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the event, an annual celebration of Native American culture and arts...
The Carnival Needs Fancy Shoes
A member performs during a street rehearsal by the Lins Imperial samba school ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival parade, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The samba school will show the story of Joao Francisco dos Santos, a black performer known as Madame Sata, who lived in the first half of the 20th century in Rio de Janeiro and became a LGBT + icon. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) ...
Crackdown on Child Marriages is Tearing Families Apart In India
Nureja Khatun, 19, cries as she waits in her shanty home for her husband Akbor Ali to return, in Morigaon district of Indian northeastern state of Assam, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Khatun's husband is one among more than 3,000 men, including Hindu and Muslim priests, who were arrested nearly two weeks ago in the northeastern state of Assam under a wide crackdown on illegal child marriages involving gi...
Remember It’s a New Year!
A reveler laughs as she waits for the countdown during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, late Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) Fireworks light-up the sky over the London Eye in central London to celebrate the New Year on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) ...
Ukranian Refugees Find a Home in the Circus
A young Ukrainian refugee circus student practicing in a training room in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. More than 100 Ukrainian refugee circus students, between the ages of 5 and 20, found a home with the Capital Circus of Budapest after escaping the embattled cities of Kharkiv and Kyiv amid Russian bombings. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos) ...
Full Moon Means It’s Time for a Dip
An Indian holy man takes dips at Sangam, the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna during "Maghi Purnima", or the full-moon day of the Hindu calendar month "Magh" in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) ...
Lighthouse seen through the smoke
Arctic sea smoke rises from the Atlantic Ocean at Portland Head Light as the morning temperature is about -10 degrees Fahrenheit, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ...
Florence Pugh Serves it up at the Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Florence Pugh poses for photographers upon arrival at the Critics' Circle Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
Even Penguins have Valentines
African penguins compete for a heart shaped valentines handed out by aquarium biologist Piper Dwight at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. The hearts were handed out to the penguins who naturally use similar material to build nests in the wild. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)...
Puren, Chile Wildfires
Volunteers carry supplies for firefighters near trees burning in Puren, Chile, late Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, as forest fires spread in southern and central Chile, triggering evacuations and the declaration of a state of emergency in some regions. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)...
Let’s Play Checkers on the Catwalk
A model wears a creation as part of the Casablanca menswear Fall-Winter 2023-24 collection presented in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ...
Girl With a Pearl Earring Come To Life!
A woman dressed as Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring painting, poses for the media as scores of people waited to pick free tulips on national tulip day which marked the opening of the 2023 tulip season on Museum Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)...
It’s Time to Get Your Baby Jesus Fixed
A man repairs a Baby Jesus figure in Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. As Mexicans prepare to celebrate "Dia de la Candelaria" or Candlemas. people bring in their Baby Jesus figures for major repairs. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)...
Ancient Archery Traditions Continue in India
A dog looks at archers silhouetted against the afternoon sun on a ridge overlooking the Laitlum Canyon about 20km (12 miles) from Shillong, India, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. In villages scattered across the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya an ancient tradition of archery still continues and regular competitions are held between different localities. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)...
Powerful Earthquake Kills many in Southeast Turkey and Syria
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook central Turkey early Monday and was followed by a strong aftershock. Civil defense workers and residents search through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the town of Harem near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Da...
Afghan woman Practices Muay Tha
An Afghan woman who practices Muay Tha, or Thai boxing, poses for a photo in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. The ruling Taliban have banned women from sports as well as barring them from most schooling and many realms of work. A number of women posed for an AP photographer for portraits with the equipment of the sports they loved. Though they do not necessarily wear the burqa in reg...
Compelling Image Captured at Carnival
Members of the Beija Flor samba school rehearse in the streets ahead of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival Parade, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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