Our contemporary photographs are real stock photographs used to illustrate editorial themes. The subjects were not interviewed for the accompanying explainers; their appearance does not imply political affiliation or endorsement.

The following photographs are used under the Pexels License:

• Front page — Any Lane / Pexels
• Population explainer — Monstera Production / Pexels
• Archives explainer — Yan Krukau / Pexels
• Business mentorship — RDNE Stock project / Pexels
• Welcome editorial — Ron Lach / Pexels
• Community service — Julia M Cameron / Pexels
• Family memories — cottonbro studio / Pexels
• Freedom editorial — Edmond Dantès / Pexels
• Culture — Pexels photo 8044098 / Pexels
• Black business — RDNE Stock project / Pexels
• Education — Marta Wave / Pexels

Historical photograph

“Six generations” — R. W. Harrison, circa 1893; Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-104928. This nineteenth-century photograph is in the U.S. public domain by age.

Editors must add accurate captions and credits for future photographs and confirm that the newspaper has publication rights.