A man plays traditional Indian music along a side street in Jalsaimer, India on Nov. 23, 2005 while advertising the musical sitars that he sells to tourists. 
Tibetan refugee Ama Adhe holds prayer beads at the Tibetan Reception Center in Dharamsala, India in August 2005. Adhe, who spent 27 years in Chinese prisons for participating in the resistance movement in Tibet in the 1950's, escaped to India where she now assists other refugees.

During an immigration rally on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in downtown Miami, FL, advocates rallied for reform of immigration laws. Rallies took place across the country, but compared to last year, the turnout was low which many attributed to fear of law enforcement.
Virginia resident, Buckshot, smokes a cigarette near the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C., VA on Saturday, March 17, 2007, the four year anniversary of the America's invasion in Iraq. Antiwar protestors marched to the Pentagon while supporters lined the streets waving American flags and holding signs advocating support for soldiers and the American government. 
Promoting the upcoming March of Dimes Signature Chefs Event, participating chef Carlos Fernandez of Hi-Life Cafe in Fort Lauderdale, FL along with nine-month-old Ruthann Solano of Fort Lauderdale play in the kitchen at Bahia Mar Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, FL on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008.

Boca Raton resident Suzanne Taylor stands in front of works titled, "Orchid #1" and "Orchid #2" by Palm Beach artist and still-life photographer Barry Seidman who showcases his series of large-scale photographs on canvas titled "Bloomers" at Exor Galleries in Boca Raton, FL on Sunday, July 27, 2008.

Front to back, Dana Mineo, Marisa Silverman and Jessica Slansky get ready for a girls night out in Orlando, FL in 2007.

A young girls helps her father sell dolls on the outer wall of Jaisalmer, India in November 2005.

Cooper City resident Richard Povian, 16, poses in front of a tie-dye peace sign during the second annual Cooper City Peace Festival at Cooper City High School, FL.

Ariana Vale, 4, of Weston, FL has her face painted during United Way of Broward County's "A Taste of La Vida Hispana" in Weston Town Center on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. The event helped raise money for United Way, a non-profit organization that works to strengthen the community through programs that focus on creating economic stability and self sufficiency, resources for families and youth, and accessible health care and safety.

"I wanted to be married to her forever and for her to be a married woman when she died," said Bob d'Ambrosio of Deerfield Beach, FL on Wednesday, Feb. 14 while holding a picture of his wife Helena who passed away a week after the couple married on Jan. 18, 2007 at the hospital where she was admitted for terminal cancer. Having known each other for 25 years and dating for 12 years, they had planned to elope in Las Vegas before she got sick. He proposed again at the hospital where the two were wedd in the company of family, friends and hospital staff. "She is a special lady," he said remembering her on Valelntine's Day.

A woman sits in the Ta Prohm Temple of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia in January 2005.

Dawa, a Tibetan monk with the Gumed Monastery in McLeod Ganj, India poses during a Tibetan festival in September 2005.

Sinbad fishes on Anglin's Fishing Pier in Lauderdale by the Sea, FL in August 2008.

Isaac Betencourt, 3, of Weston, FL poses at a child's birthday party in Weston in November 2007.

Western High School band member Travis Reynolds of Davie plays the tuba during the annual Forest Ridge Holiday Parade in Davie, FL on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. "It has grown to be a big community event. Each section of the neighborhood decorates a float," said Davie Councilwoman Susan Starkey who participates each year. Booths with baked goods and activities for children and adults were set up along the parade route.
A young girl plays in a rice field in Nakatsu, Japan while her parents harvest the staple crop on October 10, 2003.

A gardener cares for the Isuien Garden in Nara, Japan in 2003.

A girl eats ice cream at the St. David's Carnival in Davie, FL on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. The Catholic church and school has raised money with the carnival since the late 1970's. This year's proceeds will help expand the school's cafeteria and gymnasium.

Manuel Torres of Weston looks at Peruvian jewelry while his wife shops at a different booth during United Way of Broward County's "A Taste of La Vida Hispana" in Weston Town Center, FL on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2008. The event helped raise money for United Way, a non-profit organization that works to strengthen the community through programs that focus on creating economic stability and self sufficiency, resources for families and youth, and accessible health care and safety.

A man sells jade at the Dirt Market in Beijing, China on Saturday, May 1, 2004.

Tau (Jonty Braun) of Plantation is riding around on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 in Weston, FL and neighboring communities in a 1930's-style Russian motorcycle he named Sonya to spark conversation and inform people about his new website,
www.karmicshopping.com which has links to more than 1,000 stores. When online shoppers use the website to link to a store, money is raised for 11 humanitarian projects.

A group of girls eat ice cream during a bamboo festival in Usuki, Japan in Fall 2004.

Two men smoke outside an apartment window in Haight Ashbury in San Francisco, CA in June 2008.

Dressed as the character Zabuza Mimochi meaning Deamon of the Mist from the anime Naruto, Orlando resident Paul Fong, 25, attends the third annual Florida Super Con - a comic book, anime, animation and fantasy convention, at the Bonaventure Hyatt Resort in Weston, FL on Friday, May 23, 2008. The weekend event that includes artists, musicians, vendors, voice actors and comic book characters as well as about 4,000 participants from the tri-county area. "I saw a need in the community because there is no other event like this in South Florida," said Florida Super Con creator and Fort Lauderdale resident Mike Broder who collects comics from the golden and silver age, 1940's through 1960's. For more information, visit www.floridasupercon.com.

On the set of the making of hip hop artist Tay Dizm's Beam Me Up video featuring artists T-Pain and Rick Ross, an extra shows off his tattoo in July 2008 in Miami, FL.