On the scene

IN NEW ORLEANS (above, I. to r.), New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, U.S. Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), the Rev. Jesse Jackson, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), the Rev. Al Sharpton and National Urban League president Marc Morial form the front line of a march to secure the voting rights of evacuees displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

IN EVANSTON, ILL., Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis, at a "Welcome Home, Shani" celebration, is joined by (I. to r.) Alderman Steven J. Bernstein; Shani's mother, Cherie Davis; Evanston Mayor Lorraine H. Morton; and Sanders (Sam) Hicks, Davis' first ice skating coach at the Robert Crown Community Center.

IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (above), President Bush meets in the Oval Office with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, who thanked the president and the American people for helping her country to transition from war to peace.

IN LOS ANGELES (right), members of Destiny's Child (I. to r.)--Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams--participate in ceremonies that honored them with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Also in L. A. (below), Arthur Winston, with the Los Angeles Laker Girls, celebrates his 100th birthday and his retirement from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where he worked for 72 years.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT, a variety of elegant, floor-length gowns are worn by celebrities who turned some heads when they walked the red carpet. They include (clockwise from left) Vivica A. Fox, Yolanda Adams, Tracee Ellis Ross, Elise Neal and Dawnn Lewis.

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