Lieutenant Mike Segrest embraces his two young daughters, Aubrey, 4, and Austin, 6, after returning to the United States from the USS Enterprise. Segrest is an F-18 Fighter pilot with the "Knighthawks" of the Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 136 returning home from a six-month deployment.

NoneAbdul Farj 25, cries uncontrollably during a funeral procession for his fallen brother, a volunteer fighter for the revolution killed by Pro-Gadafi forces while retreating from the oil-producing city of Ras Lanuf. "My brother, you're free now," he cried. Benghazi, Libya. March 9, 2011.

On election night, November 2, 2010, Tom Keane waits in the hallway of The Draft in Concord, NH, as Andy Sanborn and his wife, Laurie, escape the stress of election night and have a moment to themselves. Andy and Laurie were both awaiting election results; Andy was awaiting the results of a State Senate race for District 7 while his wife, Laurie, was awaiting the results for State Rep. Laurie eventually won her race, while Andy was still awaiting the results at midnight. Eventually, Andy also won his election making him one of the many new Republicans voted into office in an election that saw a massive change in power, not only in New Hampshire, but also across the country.

The day before his one year deployment to Afghanistan, Spc. Jason Cromwell comforts his girlfriend Ashley Werst as they prepare to leave Cromwell’s mother, Linda Slosser’s house after several failed attempts to leave and Slosser’s suggestion that leaving wasn’t going to get any easier in Wahoo, Neb. on Oct. 27, 2010. Cromwell and Werst ended up staying longer to continue talking for almost another hour.

Kira Woolard, 4, a resident of Craven County, looks outside during the midst of Hurricane Irene, from the Brinson Elementary School shelter, facilitated by the American Red Cross, near New Bern, N.C. Woolard and her family were unsure of the condition of their home, which was in a low lying area that was subjected to heavy rain. They remained in the shelter for more than 24 hours.

On February 3, 2011, Michelle Ann Beshara (right) peeks through her elbow as Toneaya Key (left) shields her face. Both were waiting to be transported to the Orient Road Jail following Operation Pain Reliever, a massive prescription drug bust by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The operation, which included over 80 warrants and took place on Thursday and early Friday morning, was the latest in a series of steps to curb prescription drug abuse in Hillsborough County.

A Palestinian boy kicks a tear gas canister down the hill and away from others who were within range of Israeli fire. Friday, March 4, 2011. Bil'in, Palestine.