Community members stand in somber silence at a candlelight vigil for missing Spanaway, WA resident Chris Virdell outside the Safeway in South Hill, WA where he worked on Feb. 22, 2012. Virdell, 18 at the time, went missing on his way to the bus for work from his parents house on Feb. 9, 2012. A body found in Centralia a year later would be identified as Virdell, with the death ruled a homicide. No one has been charged in the killing.
Pfc. Robert Flores holds his daughter Beatriz for the first time as he reunites with friends and family on October 18th, 2014. A member of the 570th Sapper company, he just returned from a six month deployment in Afghanistan.
SWAT officers stand guard at Pacific Lutheran University providing security for a memorial service for fallen US Forest Service Ranger Margaret Anderson being held in Olsen Auditorium on Jan. 10th, 2012. Anderson was shot and killed on New Year's Day 2012 while stopping a car at Mount Rainier National Park.
Mickey Fay Jr leans in for a turn at the race track, during practice at Puyallup fairgrounds on Saturday, January 5. Taking after his father, Fay first started riding at age 3 and rode his first race at age 4.
Indian Army troops prepare to seize a structure during a tactical exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of the 2015 iteration of the annual Yudh Ahbyas exercise that joins U.S. and Indian troops.
TV and radio personality Danny Bonaduce (right), chats with Puyallup Mayor Rick Hansen (left) at Charlie's Restaurant before the 2012 Puyallup Santa Parade. Bonaduce, currently a DJ at KZOK in Seattle, is often jokingly referred to as the honorary mayor of Puyallup and served as the Grand Marshal of the Santa Parade.
Pakistani workers at the Dubai Creek taking a break after hauling freight. A huge portion of Dubai's population are foreigners brought in to do labor that the wealthy Emirati don't want to do, or specialists doing work that they are unable to do. Only about 20% of people in Dubai are citizens.
Tacoma area singer-songwriter Daniel Ahrendt participates in the First Annual Parkland Songwriter's Showcase hosted by Northern Pacific Coffee Company in January 2012.
Tacoma area rapper Joshua Cobb, who records and performs under the stage name Extra, in the recording booth at RBB Studio in Parkland, WA in 2012. RBB has since shut down after raids by law enforcement investigating narcotics activity.
Gunnar Varland smokes a cigarette in a relative's backyard on the Norwegian island of Fogn as he recalls growing up during the Nazi occupation of his country.
