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June 2024 cover of The Sun. Ella has eye black on both cheeks and a glove on her left hand as she tosses a softball up with her right. She is a pitcher and outfielder for the Firecrackers and is still in uniform after a game in La Verne, California.

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March 2024 cover of The Sun. Overlapping reflections of a woman lying in bed on her side asleep under the covers.

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February 2024 cover of The Sun. A woman, with a double-bun hairstyle, walks on Michigan Avenue in Chicago on a winter morning listening to music through earbuds whose white cord disappears into her jacket pockets along with her hands.

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January 2024 cover of The Sun. A coyote stands in the woods under bare-branched trees in Medford, Oregon, offering a perfect side view on a foggy day.

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December 2023 cover of The Sun. The top floor of the Comcast Building in New York City in March 2019. The image depicts a restaurant shaped by successive frames and reflections.

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November 2023 cover of The Sun. A photo of artist, musician, carpenter, and mystic Doug Lipper taken while documenting his bond with a wild raven he raised. Sporting a cowboy hat and chunky necklace, Lipper has a plume of smoke coming from his mouth.

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October 2023 cover of The Sun. A young woman dressed as La Catrina at a Día de los Muertos celebration. The top of her head is covered with large flowers and her face is covered in heavy white makeup and embellished with clear crystals.

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September 2023 cover of The Sun. Thom Goertel took this month’s cover photo, of Teresa Cruz Morales, near Cuernavaca, Mexico, in early 2020. Teresa smiles and laughs while sitting on a concrete stairway.

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August 2023 cover of The Sun. Steven Miller took the photo on this month’s cover in 2021 as his friend Ruben floated in Lake Washington. The top half of the photo is sky and the bottom half is an underwater view of a man floating on his back.

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July 2023 cover of The Sun. Nicole at her eighteenth birthday party. She stands looking into the camera wearing a crown and a sash that reads “Birthday Queen.” She is wearing a crop top and wraparound skirt, with a cascade of money pinned to her top.

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