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  • Second grader Harper Stiles puts his handprint on a mural with fellow students' prints during Earth Day activities at Adams Elementary School in Eugene, Ore.
  • University of Oregon Associate Professor Jun Li, Department of Computer and Information Science, created the Center for Cyber Security and Privacy, won a national “center of excellence” designation, claimed a federal grant and began laying plans for an advanced degree in the subject.
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  • Robert Okello, a caregiver at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, rests with a young chimp after playing on a forest walk on the 100-acre island. {quote}Chimps are our closest relatives. We should treat them like a member of the family,{quote} he says.
  • The first rain since June 28 broke a 39-day dry spell in Eugene, Ore., and that meant that 13-year-old Nana had to don her protective gear for a walk with her person, Marti Black, along 5th Avenue.
  • Dima Anglin, a seventh generation cattle rancher at Wilson Ranches in Wheeler County and a senior at Oregon State University, leads a horse back to a barn on Sept. 4, 2020, in Fossil, Oregon. “I saw this deal on Facebook that was saying people in Eastern Oregon have been social distancing since long before it was cool.”
  • Michigan's Mason Ferlic nosedives into the water jump during the 3,000 steeplechase on the third day of the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field. Ferlic was unhurt in the incident.
  • Cristina Stone, owner of 4th Dimension Salon, has closed her shop and has seen her income vanish along with all the stylists who rented space in the shop.
  • University of Oregon Psychology graduate student David Sutterer demonstrates the use of an EEG or electroencephalogram cap used to observe brain activity. Researchers in the Neurons to Minds cluster proposal would use EEG as one of the tools in their work to understand how the brain enables thought.
  • Sabrina Ionescu watches a tribute to Kobe Bryant as fans turn the lights on their phones at Matthew Knight Arena.
  • Young fans high five Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu as she leaves the court after leading the Ducks to a 76-64 win at Matthew Knight Arena.
  • Satou Sabally plays for both the Oregon Ducks and the German National Team.
  • Oregon head coach Dana Altman bends in disappointment with 4 second left in the game against North Carolina in the 2018 NCAA National Semifinal at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
  • The sun reaches totality over the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport, Oregon on August, 21, 2017.
  • A pro-police demonstrator and a counterprotester engage in conversation after a march supporting law enforcement returned to Springfield City Hall in Springfield, Oregon on June, 22, 2020.
  • Tyshawn Ford, a leader of Black Unity, is dragged away by Springfield Police Wednesday at a barricade erected by police during a protest by the racial justice group in the Springfield, Ore. July 29, 2020. Ford was charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with police, and resisting arrest.
  • A counter-protester and a Black Unity protester square off as Black Unity protesters left the Springfield, Ore., neighborhood after marching through the streets in Springfield, Ore. July 29, 2020.
  • Vehicles burned in the Holiday Farm Fire sit outside a shop in Nimrod, Oregon.
  • Kailiana Kroeker wears a respirator to protect against hazardous air generated by smoke from the Holiday Fire Farm in Springfield, Oregon.
  • Sixth grader Katie Newton in her classroom in Spray, Oregon. Newton has been a Spray student her whole life. “We actually get to go to school and, you know, we get to play outside and actually get to interact and stuff,” Newton said.
  • A boy leaps for joy as he enjoys an afternoon of kite running in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kite fighting is a long-held tradition in Afghanistan. The runners chase after the fallen kites.
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  • The John Day River courses through Wheeler County as the sun sets near Mitchell, Oregon. Wheeler County covers more than 1,700 square miles in north central Oregon and has a population of about 1,300 people. It is one of 10 counties in the United States that has yet to record a coronavirus case.
  • An emerald miner from the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan prays with the Hindu Kush in the background.
  • Mohawk High School seniors Dalton Martin and Hunter Carter shakes hands from the backs of their trucks as they stage in the parking lot to receive their diplomas as graduates of the Class of 2020. The traditional graduation at the school was cancelled due to Covid-19 so seniors had a drive-through celebration that went through Marcola. [Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard] - registerguard.com
  • ao Van Bien is held by his mother, Dao Thia Hai, after they greeted each other on the family's boat on the Thai Binh River near Hanoi, Vietnam. Bien's parents work on the river fishing and the kids are unable to see them for long periods of time.
  • It was no ordinary house move when a Junction City, Oregon family decided to relocate an old farmhouse to their new property. Movers decided it would be easier to travel across fallow grass seed fields. This created an interesting visual effect but the semi-truck pulling the house on the other side was testament it was definitely not floating.
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