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A visit with endangered silverback mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Photo by Adrienne Jordan
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A visit with endangered silverback mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Photo by Adrienne Jordan
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A visit with endangered silverback mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Photo by Adrienne Jordan
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A visit with endangered silverback mountain gorillas at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Photo by Adrienne Jordan
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People look at the makeshift memorial near the National War Memorial near Parliament Hill, where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, was killed by a gunman, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 in Ottawa, Ontario. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Justin Tang)
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Paul Williams, president of Historic Congressional Cemetery, welcomes visitors of all ages and encourages them to enjoy events such as foot races, costume parties and even yoga sessions. The fundraisers bring in money to maintain the grounds. (Photographs by Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times)
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On a recent weekend afternoon, runners fresh across the finish line of a 5K ambled up to a beer tent as a disc jockey cranked dance tracks. The scene at Congressional Cemetery resembled an outdoor festival, except the beer tent was pitched on a patch of grass about 15 feet from the gated grave of former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. (Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times)
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In an Oct. 14, 2014 photo, children from Theresa Pagels' Head Start class at Ella White Elementary in Alpena, Mich., step inside the mobile planetarium to take a trip to the moon and stars with Sesame Street through a high definition video presentation called "One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure. The show travels to schools in an inflatable dome that provides children with an age-appropriate introduction to astronomy while forging cross-cultural connections, according to The Alpena News. (AP Photo/The Alpena News, Nicole Grulke)
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Chance Pellum is among the small percentage of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Many others want more than smoky bars and feel unwelcome by Vietnam-era veterans, who make up the largest portion of the VFW and American Legion membership. (Associated Press)
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Skeletons big and small gather together at the Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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Clowns are ready to greet guests at the Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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Butchery is a theme at this year's Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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A Nocturnal Wasteland features a bus full of the living dead at the Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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This mallet wielding brute is up to no good at the Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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A large animatronic Pumpkinhead greets guests before getting on the Haunted Hayride at the Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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A goblin stops by the Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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A resident of Club Blood takes a bite out of a guest at King's Dominion’s 2014 ‘Halloween Haunt’ in Doswell, Virginia. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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An example of Halloween-themed scenery at King's Dominion’s 2014 ‘Halloween Haunt’ in Doswell, Virginia. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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A robed skeleton hides amidst walls of human skulls at Bennett's Curse in Jessup, Maryland. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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A robed monk and monsters co-star at Bennett's Curse in Jessup, Maryland. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)