Bridget Phipps, 47, comforts her son Laventia "Last One" Phipps,11, during the candlelight vigil for her other son Laventez. Friends and family came together on March 10 to celebrate the life of Laventez Phipps,21, who was shot to death the previous Saturday afternoon outside his home on Nasser Street in Mt. Morris Township, Mich.

Carlos Jimenez, left, and Mike Dardenelle, right, of the San Fernando Valley kiss during a gathering on San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, celebrating the Supreme Court decision made Wednesday, June 26, 2013, affirming a lower court's ruling that declared Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, unconstitutional. Jimenez and Dardenelle, who met online, have been dating for 15 years and plan to get married as soon as possible.

Opposition members of the Kiev city council try to get inside the building while police doesn't let them in, Kiev, August 18, 2013. The head of the Kiev city council hasn't been re-elected for more then 5 years and opposition members demand re-elections while established council wants to continue working.

On Christmas Eve the national guard light candles on graves in honor of the victims of the oppression during World War II, a tradition going back more than firty years.

People greet Pope Francis as he travels through a road tunnel in his popemobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Saturday, July 27, 2013. Pope Francis on Saturday challenged bishops from around the world to get out of their churches and preach, and to have the courage to go to the farthest margins of society to find the faithful.

Finley Reed holds the helmet of her father Captain Cyrus Reed, one of the 12 fallen first responders in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion.

Dallas Wiens, right, and Jamie Nash have their first dance at their wedding reception at the Flying Saucer in Fort Worth, Texas on March 19, 2013. Wiens, who accidentally touched a high-voltage wire in 2008, was the first American to receive a full face transplant. He met Nash at a burn-victim support group.