Lauren Pack, 10, on left, concentrates as she helps her friend Sophia Stout, 9, achieve “happy hair” after completing the Heart of Missouri Girls on the Run 5k Race Saturday, Nov. 3 at Cosmo-Bethel Park. This is the second GOTR 5k race the girls have been able to run together and cross the finish line together. “This year was colder and faster,” Sophia said.

Girls on the Run volunteer Danielle Bauer draped multiple medals on her arm in preparation for the 67 girls who crossed the finish line after participating in the Heart of Missouri Girls on the Run 5k Race Saturday, November 3 at Cosmo-Bethel Park. The program focuses on character-building and providing pre-adolescent girls with the tools necessary to face challenges head-on.

Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) president Kat Rowlands breaks open a donkey-shaped piñata at the 2012 JAWS Conference held at the Tamaya Resort in Albuquerque, NM Sunday, Oct. 28.

Brian Graybill, center, and David Haasis, left, lead the congregation in songs at Christian Fellowship Church, Sunday, Nov. 4, in Columbia, Mo.

The Budweiser Clyesdales prepare to take a turn around the fairgrounds at the Missouri State Fair Friday, Aug. 17 in Sedalia.

KANSAS CITY – Security guard Christian Saphire waits for her shift to end Wednesday evening, Nov. 21, at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. A mixed media on aluminum piece titled "The Prophet" by New York artist Frank Stella reflects itself in the backgroun.