all in a days work...

Friends and family stand outside the Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene after the funeral held for Ephraim Gerald Brown, who was yet another recent victim of gun violence in the city.





Liya takes part in the Caribana parade this afternoon down Lakeshore, Saturday August 4.





Ariel Baker-Gibbs reads in her living room spending the last month at home before heading off to Yale. Ariel could have attended a specialty school for the hearing impaired, but instead has chosen to attend school with a sign language interpreter, as many are choosing to do.







Sayf Mostafia, 10, wears his Iraq jersey today and carries the Iraq flag in anticipation for tomorrow's game against Saudi Arabia. Sayf plans to get up for 6 am to watch the game.





The Ex uses a significant amount of energy, a lot of which comes from operating and illuminating rides and stalls.





Tonight marks the 6th final day of the Zoroastrian new year, ending in celebrations after 5 full days of prayer. The evening begins with Jashan, a prayer from the Avesta, the holy book of Zoroastrian, around a sandlewood fire, representative of God.





Starting mid-September, community centers across the city will be closed on Mondays as part of budget cuts. Yanwai Wong-Johnson, left and Tenzin Kelsang are among some of the families that will be affected by the closure as regular attendees of the Parkdale Community Center.