Life's Cycle - Sisters, Catie, 13, Martha, 9, and Grace Fagan, 11, watch their mother Linda clean intestines while their father Ken and brothers Travis and Tim shave the fur off of a pig behind them on their farm in southeast Ohio. The family butchered three pigs in the late fall which, along with other meats and their fall harvest, would provide for the family throughout the winter months.

“Lemonade,� yells Ryan Trainer as he, cousin Amanda Donoghy, and sister Karina Trainer sell lemonade at their stand in Bristol Borough, Pa. The young entrepreneurs sold lemonade at 25 cents a small cup or 75 cents for a larger one. By the end of the afternoon they made 35 dollars.

Striptease Karaoke - Contestants go all out for Striptease Karaoke at the High Five Bar and Grill in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, May 1, 2006.

“I never wanted to have kids. I can’t imagine not having them now though. I first got pregnant when I was 17 ... I’ve been pregnant basically every year since then,� says Brie, age 23, as she watches three of her four kids play and enjoy pudding with a knife outside of their trailer home in Ohio.

Hercules lunges at and bites William Sellers, 5, as he and his brother, Jesse Jr., 7, race around a car wash while being supervised by Scott Smathers, 18, in Chauncey, OH.

Eric Goldthwaite of Salisbury (left), holds his girlfriend Nandia Manakos of Concord, as they take a picture of the fireworks at Memorial Field. “It was our first Fourth of July together so I wanted it to be really cool,� Goldthwaite said.

Cecil Shell helps his nephew Dusty Shell remove the cigarette butts taped on the end of each cock’s spur. They put the butts on the birds so that when they train them to fight, the birds won’t kill each other.

When you drive down the street in Somerset, Ky., one house sticks out more than any other. It's unlike the other houses with gardens and trimmed grass. This house's paint is old, the yard is in disrepair and there are two La-Z-Boy chairs resting on the porch. After Michael Boyton, 6, threw his small black and white dog into a muddy pool of water, his twin sister Mekala arrived with a blanket to cover the puppy. She kissed him on the head as she dried him off. 'It will be all right, Itty Bitty, you won't be cold in a few minutes,' she said. 'I can sit on you to warm you up.' Summer Crow lives next door to the Boytons. She doesn't have any children herself, but watches over the six children that live in the duplex. 'Don't sit on that dog,' Crow yelled, as she petted her dog and smoked a cigarette. Michael ran around barefoot, dodging the broken plastic eggs left over from Easter. He was looking for more dogs to bathe. 'Puppies!' he screamed.

With a decorative Star of David weaved into her hair, a young Ethiopian, on her way to Israel, looks out the window of the airplane on July 5, 2006, as Rabbi David Hazdan of Johannesburg says his early morning prayers.