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  • Tessa Roberts laughs as she brushes her mule, Charlie, during the annual Shawnee mule ride in Shawnee National Forest at High Knob Campground near Equality, Ill. The event draws hundreds of riders and mule enthusiasts from across and outside the country.
  • John Massie, assistant director of sports medicine at the Student Health Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, unzips a suitcase holding the legs of SimMan 3G, a simulation mannequin shipped to SIUC from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in Carbondale, Ill.
  • Emily Pearce, 3, welcomes a distraction during a packed meeting about the dwindling school district budget at Cherry Grade School in Cherry, Ill.
  • Justin Rice, left, a prep cook at Brandy’s restaurant, and Eric Jacobsen, chef at Brandy’s, load a deep fryer onto a U-Haul for safekeeping as floodwaters rose in Peru, Ill. Brandy’s and Waterstreet Pub took precautions as the Illinois River rose, each restaurant emptying as much as possible before the river crested.
  • Brother Luke McLachlan, O.S.B., watches as high schoolers Killian and Marcus Cirone, members of the St. Bede science club’s rocket team, prepare to launch a rocket that would soar 752 feet into the air outside Peru, Ill.
  • John McKirgan pets his dog, Angel, at his home outside Peru, Ill. On the wall behind him are the medals he was awarded after his Army service in Iraq, including a Purple Heart.
  • A basic cadet listens to a cadre member in the background during the Air Force Academy intake day in Colorado Springs, Colo. As soon as the bus pulled out of sight of parents, the grilling began for aspiring cadets.
  • Basic Cadet Malcom Price from Washington D.C. glances up during the final obstacle of the assault course at Jacks Valley outside Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • A sailboat glides across a sunset over Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • A thistle plant reaches skyward during late afternoon outside Xenia, Ill.
  • Madeline Pisani, of St. Louis, carries a St. Ioasaph (Joseph) of Belgorod portrait during a celebration for the 100th anniversary of the saint’s glorification at St. Ioasaph’s Russian Orthodox Church in Muddy, Ill. Pisani said her family donated the land that the church — which was built 98 years ago and paid for by Tsar Nicholas II — stands on and they continue to care for it now.
  • Michael Connley makes sure his boutonnierre is properly attached before his wedding to Kavita Desai in Marion, Ill.
  • David Quinney leaps for a hold on a V7 bouldering problem at Little Rock City, a climbing area on a golf course near Chattanooga, Tenn.
  • Attorney Scott Ealy, dressed as Captain America, offers candy to miniature Captain America Justin Brummer, 8, during the Effingham Downtown Safe Trick-or-Treating in Effingham, Ill.
  • Chris Box, left, rubs his eyes while listening to Kenneth Nitzche, a fellow Army ROTC member, after a 5:30 a.m. shift for a 24-hour Veteran's Day vigil in Carbondale, Ill.
  • Matthew Tedeschi plays his trumpet as Haevin Britt, both La Salle Lincoln Junior High School students, looks on at Parkside Middle School during the 51st annual Band-O-Rama festival in Peru, Ill.
  • A dog watches passers-by from a yard in Cobden, Ill.
  • A member of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale track team runs the bleachers during a hot afternoon practice in Carbondale, Ill.
  • A super flock of starlings flies over Route 251 near Peru, Ill.
  • Southern Illinois University Athletic Director Mario Moccia, left, watches for fowl out of a blind during the Saluki Waterfowl Hunt at Grassy Lake Hunting Club in Ware, Ill.
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