Brazilian military police squad round-up suspects and search for drugs in the Alto da Serra shantytown in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Military Police units, which have their own formations, rules and uniforms depending on the state, are responsible for maintaining public order across the country. Deployed solely to act as a deterrent against the commission of a crime, units do not conduct criminal investigations.
Peruvian Secret Service officers keep an watchful eye in LIma, Peru.
US Air Force Blue Angels fly by the Statue of Liberty and Liberty State Park during Memorial Day festivities.
Firefighters rescue an MTA worker who fell on subway tracks while working on repairs at the 57th St. F train station in Midtown on Sunday morning.
Firefighters work on an apartment fire in Edgewater, NJ.
Police officers from the 6th Precinct in downtown Manhattan pause to salute fellow officers who perished during the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Actress Meryl Streep, accepts the 2014 Monte Cristo award dinner at the Edison Ballroom in New York.
The new span of the Kosciuszko Bridge makes debut with a spectacular light show Thursday night's in New York with LED lights installed on the span that can change color and synchronize to music.
Dozens of floats and some 20,000 participants attend the Gay Pride parade, which starts at 36th Street before turning towards the West Village. The march comes at an emotional time, just weeks after a mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando, Fla. On Fifth Avenue, FDNY Lt. Victor Berrios kisses his fiancee Christopher Castro while marching in the parade.
PSA 5 Officer Jackson remove crime tape from the rear of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Towers located at 70 Lenox Ave and where a woman fell from a window while her young son watched in horror, police said.
A seasoned NYPD detective (R) from the 114th Precinct in Astoria, Queens react to a shooting evidence inside a Nissan Maxima at 28th Ave and Steinway Street early Sunday morning.
The Dominican Republic pride was on full display Sunday as the borough of Manhattan played host to the annual Dominican Day Parade. Thousands of parade-goers lined up along Sixth Avenue to watch the festivities adorned with the island's red, white and blue flag. A dancer entertains the crowds wearing the Dominican flag colors.
Firefighters extinguish a fire on a car at FDR Drive near East 34th Street in Manhattan.
President Donald Trump signs a book to an unidentified supporter in New York.
President Barack Obama address the 71th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Standing before the United Nations for the last time as president, Barack Obama reassured foreign leaders that the world is better equipped to tackle its challenges than almost any point in history despite a cascade of harrowing crises that seem devoid of viable solutions.
Former President Bill Clinton greets President Obama during the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York.
Manhattan is framed by the flag of a passing boat on the eve of the 15th Anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
An NYPD Bomb Squad Technician check a suspicious bag in Midtown Manhattan.
Models walk the runway during New York Fashion at the tents, Lincoln Center.
Steven Monetti Jr. and his fiancee Michelle Johnson walks through the Empty Sky Memorial in Jersey City on the morning of the 15th Anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Members of the FDNY and NYPD remove an injured worker from a construction site after a wall collapsed on a building being demolished in Midtown Manhattan.
President Barack Obama address the 71th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Standing before the United Nations for the last time as president, Barack Obama reassured foreign leaders that the world is better equipped to tackle its challenges than almost any point in history despite a cascade of harrowing crises that seem devoid of viable solutions.
Mexican pride was on full display Sunday as the borough of Manhattan played host to the annual Mexican Day Parade. Thousands of parade-goers lined up along Madison Avenue to watch the festivities adorned with the country red, white and green flags.
Firefighters work on a house fire in Brooklyn.
Members of the Group Act-Up burn a bible outside New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest church policy towards AIDS.
An unidentified priest reacts to topless women protesting a proposed law to make abortion illegal in Midtown Manhattan.
Members of the Hungry Marching Band perform during Bastille Day on East 60th Street in Manhattan. Bastille Day is New York largest public celebration of France’s Independence Day (July 14, 1789) and its historic friendship with the United States.
A firefighter works on a house fire in Astoria, Queens.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during the Global Compact Summit in New York.
Brazilians celebrate Brazil Day on Sixth Ave in New York.
Unidentified workers stand near an unfinished overpass that collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte leaving at least one person dead and casting a shadow over a tournament that has suffered repeated construction accidents and delays. The bridge, located about two miles from the Mineirao Stadium where World Cup games are being played, collapsed as vehicles were passing on a busy road underneath.
U.S. Marine pallbearers carry the flag drapped casket with U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Patrick Lam body during a burial ceremony in Queens, New York.
Firefighters work on an apartment fire in Edgewater, NJ.
Workers remove the remains of a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airplane that caught fire while departing for San Francisco and aborted the takeoff shortly after liftoff. There were no fatalities among the 280 passengers, although the aircraft was destroyed.
NYPD Officers and Crime Scene Unit Technician work on the scene of a shootout as the body of a victim lies covered in the street after five heavily armed men tried to rob a Queens social club.
Smokes billows at the World Trade Center site after the building collapsed during terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001.
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism complying with a rigid ethical framework which demands that the work be both honest and impartial whilst telling the story in images in strictly journalistic terms.
