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Police in riot gear stand guard during a protest held by the group Iraq Veterans Against the War at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 27, 2008. Police estimated that about 3,500 to 4,000 people attended the rally, which ended peacefully.
- An organizer at a rally held by the group Iraq Veterans Against the War clears the crowd for a march during the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 27, 2008.
- Chayanne Rosales flies high above the crowd during the Kelly Miller Circus in Hudson Oaks, Texas. The Hugo, Okla.-based circus was founded in 1938 and travels to about 200 cities a season.
- Claire Wedemeyer, who performs with the Kelly Miller Circus, powders her makeup before a show in Hudson Oaks, Texas. Wedemeyer lives in a small compartment in a tractor trailer when the circus travels.
- Oswaldo Ramirez, 8, walks near a warehouse fire just south of downtown Dallas.
- Floodwaters from Lake Weatherford in North Texas close in on Charles Clagett’s house. The floods damaged 32 buildings in Parker County.
Jase Stadem, 12, walks amid the rubble of his family's home after a tornado hit the north-central Colorado community of Windsor in May 2008. Tornadoes rolled through northern Colorado, leaving a path of destruction throughout the region.
- An instructor shows a group of firefighters how to approach and extinguish a flaming gas leak. Almost 400 students representing 122 fire departments from across the state attended the North Central Texas Area Fire Protection School east of Mineral Wells.
- Floorman Tommy Vela helps change a pump at the Fisher No. 1 natural gas well near Hudson Oaks, Texas. The Barnett Shale, a vast underground natural gas reserve believed to be one of the largest in North America, has lured energy companies eager to capitalize on high natural gas prices.
- A migrant worker fixes a fan at the Bryant Grain Co. in Aledo, Texas. The company was founded in 1981 and distributes throughout the state.
- Tree stumps protrude through the cracked bottom of Lake Lavon just north of Dallas during a period of severe drought. The Collin County lake provides water to more than 1.5 million people in seven counties.
- A longhorn rests in a field of flowers near Aledo, Texas.
- Rain clouds move over Cedar Hill State Park just west of Dallas.
- A kayaker navigates the rapids of the Platte River in Denver. The area downriver from the confluence of Cherry Creek and the Platte near downtown has become a popular spot for urban kayaking.
- A family sits outside a trailer during First Monday trade days in Weatherford, Texas.
- Trustees wait to be processed at the Parker County jail in North Texas.
- Sisters Breyisha and Brianna McKay, Hurricane Katrina victims who were forced from their home in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward and were evacuated to Hudson Oaks, Texas.
- A human specimen is displayed at Gunther von Hagens’ “Body Worlds” in Dallas. More than 7,000 people have agreed to donate their bodies for plastination, a process in which bodily fluids are replaced by liquid plastic. The plastic hardens, leaving tissues intact and allowing bodies to be displayed in their natural color and without formaldehyde.
- Visitors walk past a 16-foot-long sculpture of a newborn baby at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Artist Ron Mueck is a London-based photorealist from Melbourne, Australia.
- Anthony Frissora introduces the next act during Stuard Elementary School’s first grade musical in Aledo, Texas.
- Renowned trick rider J.W. Stoker leads his horse through a corral at his home near Weatherford, Texas. Stoker is best known for performing as a stunt rider for Roy Rogers and has been inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Stoker has performed throughout North America and has toured extensively in Europe and Japan.
