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A BNSF train following a derailment on the Swinomish Reservation in Anacortes, Washington, US, on Thursday, March 16, 2023. A BNSF freight train derailed spilling around 5000 gallons of diesel with no indication of impact to water or wildlife, Washington Department of Ecology reported. Photographer: David Ryder/BloombergRomal holds his daughter, Athar, in a home they are living in on June 26, 2023 in the suburban Seattle area. Athar was born in January in Pakistan as Romal and his wife, Samima, made their way to the U.S., where they are currently living in his sister’s home while looking for housing. Romal, who worked as an interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, went into hiding for 16 months to avoid the Taliban’s detection before he was able to flee the country. (Photo by David Ryder for The Chicago Tribune)SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – MAY 31: Shemona Moreno, executive director of 350 Seattle, speaks from a podium while Amazon workers gather for a rally during a walkout event at the company’s headquarters on May 31, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. The protest action was organized to call attention to return to office requirements, in addition to recent layoffs and climate change issues. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON – JULY 23: A driver uses a bulldozer to create a fire line ahead of fast moving flames shortly after a new fire started near the Manastash Vista Point along Interstate 82 on July 23, 2023 in Ellensburg, Washington. Dry and windy weather has fueled wildfires in Washington state, including the large Newell Road Fire near Bickleton, which has reached about 50,000 acres in size. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)Jonathan Batista dances during a company class at Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, Washington on September 6, 2023. Photo by David Ryder for CrosscutApple Cup 2023. Washington Huskies football vs Washington State Cougars football on November 25, 2023Washington football team plays Oregon on October 14, 2023. DOT, WASHINGTON – JULY 23: Cattle graze below a sunset tinted orange by smoke from the Newell Road Fire on July 23, 2023 near Dot, Washington. Dry and windy weather has fueled wildfires in Washington state, including the large Newell Road Fire, which has reached about 50,000 acres in size. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)MOSCOW, ID – JANUARY 3: Lights illuminate police tape on a home where a quadruple murder took place on January 3, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. A suspect has been arrested for the murders of the four University of Idaho students. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)Washington baseball vs CalA woman yells at Starbucks Workers United union members and supporters outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Unionized Starbucks Corp. Baristas held their biggest strike yet on Thursday, accusing the coffee giant of refusing to fairly negotiate at cafes that voted to organize. Photographer: David Ryder/BloombergYAKIMA, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 24: Alison Lafferty poses for a portrait at The Well Church of Yakima, where she does bookkeeping, in Yakima, Washington on January 24, 2023. (Photo by David Ryder for The Washington Post)A pop-up neon art installation for one night only held at Sea-Tac Airport on Nov. 4, created by Kelsey Fernkopf. Photographed for the Port of Seattle.Andy Shaw and Ilana Sawyer share a moment together following an event at Temple De Hirsch Sinai called “A Vigil For Israel: In Support, Solidarity & Hope” in Seattle, Washington on October 10, 2023. Hundreds of community members were joined by religious leaders and elected officials for the vigil. (David Ryder for Crosscut)Seen reflected in a studio mirror, dancer Leah Terada rehearses a piece set to a poem by David Whyte titled “Regret,” choreographed by Emily Schoen Branch at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Francia Russell Center in Bellevue, Washington on January 5, 2023. Terada will be performing in the final day of the upcoming Seattle International Dance Festival. (Photo by David Ryder)A rufus hummingbird feeds its young in a nest, as seen during an outing with Birds Connect Seattle, previously known as Seattle Audubon, during its Birdathon fundraiser at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, Washington on May 25, 2023. The group announced its name change in March to distance itself from slave owner John James Audubon.Jacob Russell and Karen Kenyatta Russell pose for a portrait at Luther Burbank Park in Mercer Island, Wash., Saturday, August 26, 2023. The two are the children of NBA great and former Boston Celtics player Bill Russell. (David Ryder for The Boston Globe)Neetika Jindal, a volunteer from Girl Scout Troop 46005 holds collard greens during a harvest at Food Bank Farm, run by Pastor Jim Eichner and the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, in Snohomish, Washington on November 19, 2023. The farm grows food for Food Lifeline and area food banks. (David Ryder for Crosscut)Fall foliage in New HampshireWashington basketball vs Nevada. Romal (R), Samima (L), and their daughter, Athar, share a lighthearted moment on the porch of a home they are living in on June 26, 2023 in the suburban Seattle area. Athar was born in January in Pakistan as Romal and Samima made their way to the U.S., where they are currently living in his sister’s home while looking for housing. Romal, who worked as an interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, went into hiding for 16 months to avoid the Taliban’s detection before he was able to flee the country. (Photo by David Ryder for The Chicago Tribune)Apple Cup 2023 — Washington Huskies football vs Washington State Cougars football on November 25, 2023. Huskies won 24-21 in dramatic fashion.University of Puget Sound commencement events.DOT, WASHINGTON – JULY 23: The burned remnants of an historic grange are seen near a wind farm after the Newell Road Fire moved through on July 23, 2023 in Dot, Washington. Dry and windy weather has fueled wildfires in Washington state, including the large Newell Road Fire, which has reached about 50,000 acres in size. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)Washington football vs Arizona State.SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 21: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao leaves the U.S. District Court on November 21, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. Zhao pleaded guilty to a money-laundering charge. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)Washington baseball vs CalWashington football team plays Oregon on October 14, 2023. Photo by David RyderWashington football team plays Oregon on October 14, 2023. Photo by David RyderSTANWOOD, WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 6: In an aerial view, floodwaters surround a home on December 6, 2023 in Stanwood, Washington. Atmospheric river conditions in the region brought heavy rains and flooding. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
Jaleesa Trapp embraces Monet Carter-Mixon, a sister of Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who died in police custody, after the not guilty verdict in the trial of the three police officers charged in Ellis’s death in Tacoma, Washington, U.S., December 21, 2023. REUTERS/David Ryder
