Christopher Dunn embraces his mother Martha Dunn after being released from prison outside the Mel Carnahan Courthouse in downtown St. Louis on July 30, 2024. A judge ruled Dunn was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 34 years in relation to a murder he did not commit. For St. Louis Public Radio

After viewing a live screening of Game Four of the NBA Finals, people dance in Copley Square on June 10, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts.

The severed frog legs, cut off by Scott Boyd, educator with the Missouri Department of Conservation, lie on his truck in the BK Leach Conservation Area in Foley, MO on July 10, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio

Linda Ragsdale listens to U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, at Frankie Martin's Garden in Cottleville, MO on Oct. 9, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio

Nancy Lambert, 67 (left), and her husband Mark, 68 (right), walk up as queen and king to get “beheaded” during the Soulard Bastille Day Celebration Parade on Saturday, July 20, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio

Brody Baxter screams through the net during his 2nd birthday in Liverpool, NY on August 15, 2021.

Carrie Breivogel, 44, (middle) and Katie Frodigh (right) share a laugh as Rick O’Shaunessy (left) strikes a pose at White Crest Beach in Wellfleet, MA on August, 7, 2022. For Cape Cod Times
Artists create murals on the Mississippi River floodwall on Friday in downtown St. Louis. on August 30, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio
Zack Mikko looks down on his phone as hot air balloons follow close behind in Fenton, MO on September 19, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio

Kerri Helme, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, outlines a tattoo on the arm of her husband, Tatanka Gibson, a member of the Haliwa-saponi and Nansemond Tribe, on August 6, 2022, in New Bedford. Helme is reviving the art of tribal tattooing; an ancient practice that goes back thousands of years. For Cape Cod Times
David Clohessy tears up as he answers the media questions outside the Cathedral Basilica in the Central West End in St. Louis on July 25, 2024.. He was discussing a new lawsuit filed this week alleging sexual abuse against the Archdiocese of St. Louis. For St. Louis Public Radio

DJ Sherrill, 11, sets white roses down at a Sonya Massey poster on Monday before a candlelight vigil at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis on July 29, 2024. For. St. Louis Public Radio
Okunsola Amadou, right, the founder Jamaa Birth Village, gently presses on 29-year-old Valerie Logan's stomach to feel the fetus in Overland, MO on September 6, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, right, pats Cori Bush on the shoulder after her speech at St. Ferdinand Park during the Birthday Weekend Canvass Kickoff in St. Louis, Mo., on July 20, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio

Lucas Kunce, left, and Sen. Josh Hawley, right, meet for a testy exchange at the Governor’s Ham Breakfast in Sedalia on August 15, 2024. For. St. Louis Public Radio

Conner Kerrigan, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones’ spokesperson, address the media after a police press conference about crime at the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Downtown West on June 3, 2024. For St. Louis Public Radio