SPREADING THE WORD
Words can unite us in reverence, in joy or in sorrow. Worshipers--including Jovani Banuelos, center--listen to a eulogy to Mother Teresa at a Los Angeles memorial Mass. Scrabble aficionados face off at a tournament in Pasadena. And 4-year-old Melissa Cortez helps relatives hand out fliers in a search for her father’s killers.
ROOM WITH A VIEW
The view beyond the window is an ethereal one for Tricia Ramos as she rides in the Goodyear Blimp. Stalled Metro Rail passengers have a grittier one as they peer out at the car that collided with their train in downtown Los Angeles.
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