A woman goes for an early morning swim at Sunken Meadows Park, in Kings Park, Long Island, NY.

Homes on the Bonavista Peninsula as seen from the Skerwink Trail, a renowned hiking trail on the Bonavista Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada

Volunteers of America hold their annual 'Santa School' inside their Greater New York Offices.  The sidewalk Santas in training, learn the ins and outs of Saint Nicking before taking their positions as the famed bell ringers throughout New York City.

A man dressed as Chewbacca is arrested in Times Square in Manhattan.

Virgina Andre and her with her daughter London Davis of the Bronx stand outside Federal Court in Brooklyn, during a protest of the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the Killing of Trayvon Martin.

A boy grabs towards his relative as he is arrested while taking part in a protest near Union Square in Manhattan. The rally took place in solidarity with the unrest in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Grey in police custody.

Altagracia Mayi breaks down at the site where her son Manny was killed in a bias attack in 1981.

People protest in Foley Square against the showing of the controversial film "The Third Jihad" during a New York police Department Training.

Hamzah Alnuzaili, a Golden Glove boxer and aspiring New York  City police officer, inside Teddy Atlas Cops and Kids Boxing Gym.

Jaquan Cross Williams sits outside his home the day after he was shot in the wrist by a stray bullet. The Brownsville tween was riding his bike when a gunmen fired wildly at an unrealted target.

People cool down at the beach at Coney Island in Brooklyn on  a 94°f day in July.

A protester briefly blocks NYPD vehicles as other protesters shut down traffic on the West Side Highway in Manhattan. Protests continued through out New York City after a grand jury in Missouri refused to indict police officer who killed unarmed Michael Brown.

Artist Martha Walker works in her Gowanus Studio.

Artist Martha Walker works in her Gowanus Studio.