Top photos from around LI from July 2021
Newsday photographers capture images telling the stories of the people and places of Long Island. Here are some of the most compelling photos.
Owner of Chupacabra Tattoo Inc., Andy Rodriguez working at his Tattoo parlor in Central Islip Saturday July 17, 2021
Owner of Chupacabra Tattoo Inc., Andy Rodriguez working at his Tattoo parlor in Central Islip Saturday July 17, 2021
Owner of Chupacabra Tattoo Inc., Andy Rodriguez working at his Tattoo parlor in Central Islip Saturday July 17, 2021
Cory Good, tattoo artist and owner of High Roller Tattoo, left, consults with customer Cynthia Larice, right, about how she would like the design of her new tattoo to look at the High Roller Tattoo parlor on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Hicksville, N.Y.
Cory Good, tattoo artist and owner of High Roller Tattoo, right, consults with customer Cynthia Larice, left, about how she would like the design of her new tattoo to look at the High Roller Tattoo parlor on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Hicksville, N.Y.
Cory Good, tattoo artist and owner of High Roller Tattoo, right, draws out a design on customer, Joy Zavaro's arm, left, during a consultation about how she would like the design of her new tattoo to look at the High Roller Tattoo parlor on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Hicksville, N.Y.
Portrait of Cory Good, tattoo artist and owner of the High Roller Tattoo parlor on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Hicksville, N.Y.
Bruce Kaplan owner of Lark Tattoo in Westbury tattooing customer Paul Pandolfi, Wednesday July 21, 2021.
Bruce Kaplan owner of Lark Tattoo in Westbury tattooing customer Paul Pandolfi, Wednesday July 21, 2021.
Owner of Chupacabra Tattoo Inc., Andy Rodriguez working at his Tattoo parlor in Central Islip Saturday July 17, 2021
Alisa White thanks Dr. Demetrios Tzimas, one of two doctors credited with saved the life of the 61 year-old grandmother, Monday July 13, 2021 at Huntington Hospital. Ms. White survived both Covid-19 and pancreatitis and is considered to be a walking miracle.
Protest against mandatory Covid shots at Stony Brook University. Stony Brook, NY Monday July 19, 2021
Steven Chen, of Holbrook, Master beekeeper tends to the honeybee colonies at Garden of Eve Farm in Riverhead on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. He looks at a frame to make sure everything is doing well before harvesting honey in the following weeks.
Protest against mandatory Covid shots at Stony Brook University. Stony Brook, NY Monday July 19, 2021
Trish Ohlmann of Manhasset, center, works out in the shade in a small group training class at Christopher Morley Park, run by personal trainer Andrew Haskell of Massapequa, Wednesday July 14, 2021.
Attorney Margaret Giugliano worked for TWA with a friend Marguerite Giuliano both of Garden City, points to the name of an 11 year old boy who was on his way home to France as an exchange student during Memorial for the 25th anniversary of TWA 800 in Mastic Beach Saturday July 17, 2021
Carol Riggs, becomes emotional she holds a cellphone with her husband Richard A. Riggs picture on it in her Holbrook home in Holbrook on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Richard was killed after being struck by a driver operating a stolen vehicle on the Southern State Parkway yesterday.
George Cancio, 4, of Hewlett, center, plays in the sprinklers with Angelique Garcia, 3, and her brother Jeremiah Garcia, 4, of Far Rockaway, at Grant Park on a hot summer day, July 18, 2021 in Hewlett, N.Y. Weather is humid... the clouds are predicted to gradually give way to sunshine and a high in the mid-80s..
Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation hold their flag atop Sugar Loaf Hill in celebration of the closing on the Sugar Loaf property purchased by the Peconic Land Trust for the Shinnecock tribe, with funding also from Southampton town.
Hifsa Ahmad, 26, becomes emotional in her home in Bay Shore on Monday, july 26, 2021, as she talks about the loss of her husband Farhan Aahid, 32, who was killed along with three other people in a deadly crash in Quogue on Saturday night.
Ranger Eric Power holds one of the quails before they are released at North Hempstead Beach Trail Park to help control the tick population, Sunday, July 18, 2021
Hifsa Ahmad, 26, shows a picture of her husband Farhan Aahid, 32, in their Bay Shore on Monday, july 26, 2021. Their three children pictured from left are: their daughter Mishal, 3; son Ahaan; and Ayan, 6.
Flowers and an American flag scene at the deadly crash on Montauk Highway, just west of Quogue Street in Quogue on Monday, July 26, 2021.
Beach goers at Nickerson Beach, Friday July 23, 2021. Following two days of shark sightings off the coast of Nassau County, County Executive Laura Curran and police officials announced enhanced helicopter and marine patrols along the shoreline to help alert beachgoers and swimmers to the presence of sharks
Adilene hands her mother Yazmin Ramos of Queens a shell she found at Sunken Meadow State Park on July 25, 2021.
Joe Caruso of Massapequa brings his dogs Turbo and Simba to enjoy the new dog run at Belmont Lake State Park in North Babylon on July 21, 2021.
Quail are released at North Hempstead Beach Trail Park to help control the tick population, Sunday, July 18, 2021
Riders race during an LI Mini Bike Madness event in the parking lot at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Sunday, July 25, 2021.
People enjoy the waters of Stony Brook harbor on a humid and hazy day, Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
Members of the congregation move the body from the mosque during the funeral of Uber driver Farhan Zahid held at Masjid Darul Quran, in Bay Shore, Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
Hifsa Ahmad, in blue, wife of Farhan Zahid, mourns during the funeral of her husband, Uber driver Farhan Zahid held at Masjid Darul Quran, in Bay Shore, Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
SCPA Chief Roy Gross, with a Missing Bull flyer which he was posting along Barnes Road in Manorville on Thursday, July 29, 2021, along the area where the Bull has been on the lam now for 9 days.
Zahid Iqubal Qureshi, of Pakistan, father of Farhan Zahid, mourns during the funeral of Uber driver Farhan Zahid held at Masjid Darul Quran, in Bay Shore, Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
Giovanni Marinos, 13 of Oyster Bay learns how to handle a line on a sailboat as Oakcliff Sailing Center hosts sailing lessons fo students of Oyster Bay Schools on Tuesday July 27, 2021.
A person crosses Great Neck Road in Copiague, as rain falls across Long Island, Thursday, July 29, 2021.
Bright Water resident Casey Opatovski, 13, getting a modern mullet cut by barber Casey Keller at Noble Savage Barber Shop in Bay Shore Saturday July 10, 2021. Modern mullet a variation on that 70's men's do.
Asst. instructor Albert Attale , top, drills with thirteen year old Judo student Liam Larkin, (bottom) at the Long Island Bujutsu Academy in Bay Shore on the evening of July 7, 2021.
A man fishes the harbor in Northport on July 12, 2021.
Ameilia and Clara Hoffman of Northport play on a tire swing in Northport on July 12, 2021.
Cathy Horvath releases a bald eagle at Sagamore Hill on Monday, July 12, 2021 in Oyster Bay.
Cathy Horvath releases a bald eagle at Sagamore Hill on Monday, July 12, 2021 in Oyster Bay.
Santiago Villatoro, 8, from Ronkonkoma kicks a soccer ball at Harborfront Park in Port Jefferson on Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Rachel Epstein, 89, of Roslyn, Holocaust survivor whose parents were murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp, tells her story of survival at the 10th Annual Anne Frank Memorial Ceremony, July 11, 2021, at Arboretum Park in Huntington.
A boogie boarder enjoys the challenges of the remnant of Tropical Storm Elsa at Lido Beach in in Lido Beach Friday July 9, 2021.
A surfer abandon surf board when the going got tough while enjoys the challenges of the remnant of Tropical Storm Elsa at Lido Beach in in Lido Beach Friday July 9, 2021.
U.S. Army veteran Ed Dionian waves outside his house in Plainview on Sunday, July 11, 2021, where neighbors, police and fellow veterans came out to celebrate his 100th birthday.
Crowds of people che healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers who are honored for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic during the "Hometown Heroes" Ticker Tape Parade on July 7, 2021, in New York.
Storm clouds seen from Wellwood docks in Lindenhurst, Thursday, July 8, 2021.
Rachel Epstein, 89, of Roslyn, Holocaust survivor whose parents were murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp, tells her story of survival at the 10th Annual Anne Frank Memorial Ceremony, July 11, 2021, at Arboretum Park in Huntington.
Camper Luca plays on the water slide at the YMCA in Huntington on July 8, 2021.
Crowds gather at Jones Beach on Monday July 5, 2021 in Wantagh.
Jeremy Barrera, 3 of Hicksville, tries to keep cool as he runs through the spray park at Eisenhower Park on Tuesday June 29, 2021 in East Meadow.
Denzel Washington, left, of Brentwood spars with Kevin Geick, right, of Mastic Beach in the foreground at the Long Island Bujutsu Academy in Bay Shore on the evening of July 7, 2021.
Stefan They, 7, cools off at Geiger park in Wyandanch, Tuesday July 6, 2021.
Friends Ashanti Ferguson and her son Jaxon, 1, left, and Aaliyah Taylor and her son Raiden, 1, cool off at Geiger Park in Wyandanch, Tuesday July 6, 2021.
Jacob Gaertner, 11, cools off at Geiger Park in Wyandanch, Tuesday July 6, 2021.
Crowds of people cheer healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers who are honored for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic during today's "Hometown Heroes" Ticker Tape Parade on July 7, 202,1 in New York.
Nurse at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, Sandra Lindsay attends the "Hometown Heroes" Ticker Tape Parade on July 7, 2021, in New York.
Ashley Orellana and her sister Ariana in the sand at Jones Beach on Monday July 5, 2021 in Wantagh.
Larry Zimmer of Glen Cove finds a quiet spot to read Colonel Sun, a James Bond continuation novel, for a second time, at Morgan Memorial Park in Glen Cove before the afternoon rain, Thursday, July 1, 2021.
Mateo Higgens, 16 months, of Glen Cove, burns off some energy before the afternoon rain, while running around Morgan Memorial Park in Glen Cove with grandma Carmen Molina of Glen Cove, Thursday, July 1, 2021.
A cyclist rides on a shaded path along the shore of McDonald Pond in Hempstead Lake State Park, Monday, July 5, 2021.
Amanda Cheung, left, and Colette Vaughan, of Franklin Square, kayak with their dachshund, "Macchiato," at Hempstead Lake State Park, in West Hempstead, July 5, 2021
Jaxson Kinder and his grandfather Bob Delfino of Huntington look across the harbor and through the park in Northport on July 12, 2021.
Sarah Bartig and her daughter Savannah of Greenville, N.C., play in a park in Northport on July 12, 2021.
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