Dethroned
The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade hangs his head in solitude as the team's season come to abrupt end. The Bulls won the series 4-0.
Photo by Hector Gabino / El Nuevo herald staff
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April 2007
April 30, 2007
Draft Happy
Standout University of Miami tight end Greg Olsen, center, celebrates with his youngest brother, Kevin Olsen, 12, third from right, his mother, Susan Olsen, second from right, his father, Chris Olsen, right, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, front, Robert Bailey, fourth from left, family friend, and John Dooley, second from left, after hearing his name called on television during the first round of the National Football League Draft in Miami Beach, Florida, Saturday, April 28, 2007. Olsen was selected in the first round by the Chicago Bears.
Photo by Jerome T. Nakagawa/Miami Herald Staff
Best Buddies
Louis Aguirre (right) rides an indoors bike for 3 hours to help raise funds for Best Buddies Team Miami that provides support and services for people with intellectual disabilities on Saturday afternoon at Olympia Gym located on 20335 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura.
Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.
Photo by Alexia Fodere / for The Miami Herald.
President Bush
Miami Dade College's Student Goverment Association's president Christopher M. Miles, points his family out to US President George W. Bush, after introducing Mr Bush, who gave the commencement address, during the Miami Dade College 2007 Commencement ceremony celebrated at the Kendall Campus on Saturday, April 28, 2007.
Photo by Pedro Portal / El Nuevo Herald staff
Estefans are Fans
Basketball fan and singer Gloria Estefan and husband Emilio Estefan pose with their daughter Emily Marie before the start of game three in the Miami Heat vs. Chicago Bulls NBA playoffs Friday, April 27, 2007 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
Photo by Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
April 27, 2007
Video: Squatters Removed
The homeless squatters who built Umoja Village, a collection of wood and cardboard shacks on NW 62nd Street in Liberty City, are without shelter after the encampment burned to the ground when a candle set a hut on fire. City of Miami police arrested a dozen people who refused to leave the property Thursday.
Video by Chuck Fadely and Candace Barbot / Miami Herald Staff
April 25, 2007
High and Dry
Capt. Justin, an abandoned salvage boat, sits partially on the shore of Lake Okeechobee's Rim Canal in Clewiston due to low water level conditions on the lake. The boat was being towed two years ago, just before Hurricane Wilma when it was abandoned and ended up in the Rim Canal.
Photo by John Van Beekum / Miami Herald Staff
Dress Up
Small Town: Naranja. At Gloria Bridal shop, Gloria Philipson, right, fits Jvenica Gutierrez, 14, for her Quinceañera party with the help of her mother, Rosalinda Gutierrez, left.
Photo by John VanBeekum / Miami Herald Staff
A Hit
Pedro Cruz, 10, of Davie, plays softball for the very first time with help from his mother Anna Cruz at Miracle Field in Pembroke Pines, a new custom built facility for children with disabilities. Pedro is among the first members of the newly established Miracle League operated by the West Pines Optimist youth sports club with help from Pembroke Pines special population division.
Photo by Eileen Soler / for The Miami Herald
April 24, 2007
Video | Creciendo en Gracia
José Luis De Jesús Miranda -- who teaches that sin and the devil don't exist -- has emerged as an exalted yet divisive figure.
Produced by Battle Vaughan / The Miami Herald Staff
Video | Piano Prodigy
Ethan Bortnick is a 6-year-old music prodigy. He can play over 200 songs from memory, and has already composed several pieces.
Produced by Ricardo Lopez / The Miami Herald Staff
April 23, 2007
Hiding Out
An American Alligator rests in murky waters beneath a shroud of lily pads along the Shark Valley Tram Road at Everglades National Park in Florida, Friday, April 20, 2007.
Jerome T. Nakagawa / Miami Herald Staff
Tall Ship
Sailors stand on the yardarms of the Mexican Navy's tall ship Cuauhtemoc, in the turning basin for the Port of Miami as it arrives in Miami for a week-long visit. The ship will travel around the world training the crew.
Photo by CHARLES TRAINOR JR/HERALD STAFF
Bird Feast
Because of the South Florida drought there is a feast for birds in Conservation area 2 next to Markham park. Here a woodstork flies above the feast. Thousands of native birds feast on dying fish in the low water of the conservation area. The eastern part is the lowest part so whats left of the water is where the fish are. Egrets, herons, woodstorks, vultures, moorehens, roseate spoonbills, ibis', white pelicans and other wading birds have easy pickings during this drought.
Photo by Joe Rimkus Jr./ Miami Herald Staff
Funeral
Ronnie Holmes died from multiple gunshot wounds on April 10. He was one of Umoja's Village's first residents. Here, Ronnie's sister, Nicole Holmes-Labroche is comforted by Patricia Hodge and Ronnie's niece, Kharisma Labroche. at left is his nephew Pierre Labroche Jr. at interment services at Dade Memorial Park North.
Photo by Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
Dolphins Tryouts
Dancers compete to become future Dolphins cheerleaders, during the finals auditions celebrated at the Aventura Mall in Aventura, Saturday afternoon.
Pedro Portal/ El Nuevo Herald
April 19, 2007
Tango
Salsa Mia instructor Luis Vivas, left, and Gabriela Schaffer demonstrate a tango as the Momentum Dance Company hosted a Salsa dance party Wednesday at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden's Banyan Room and Terrace as part of the Miami Beach Dance Festival.
Photo by John Van Beekum / Miami Herald Staff
Alley Fires
Smoke from the sawgrass fires rises after sunset along Alligator Alley.
Photo by Joe Rimkus, Jr., Miami Herald Staff.
Shadow Dancer
Choreographer Giovanni Luquini rehearses for his upcoming performance of "Idalina," which will be at the Carnival Center.
Photo by Ronna Gradus / Miami Herald staff
Feeding
Breakfast. This morning I saw two baby Starlings in the nest as they were being fed.
Photo by Suzy Mast / Miami Herald staff
April 18, 2007
Hungry Baby
Breakfast time. This baby Starling was being fed by its parents this morning.
Photo by Suzy Mast / Miami Herald staff
Up, Up, and Away
Sam Nettles of Deerfield Beach, pilots "Drift 'n Dream" low over a field of ripe tomatoes being harvested near Krome Avenue and SW 104th street during the 24th Annual Sunrise Community Hot Air Balloon Race at Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport Saturday morning, April 14th. (Photo taken from Mark Fritze's "2nd Wind" balloon from Tallahassee.)
Photo by John Van Beekum, Miami Herald Staff
Pulled to safety
Miami Herald staff photographer Candace West shot this really nice news photo of Deputy Gina Bascone dragging a victim of a tractor trailor crash on I-95 Thursday, April 12, 2007.
April 14, 2007
Video: The Girl with The Apple
Herman Rosenblat survived the Holocaust thanks in part to a young girl who tossed him apples and bread from outside the concentration camp. Twelve years later, destiny would bring them together again.
Produced by Ricardo Lopez and C.W. Griffin
April 12, 2007
Flor Blanca
My white Geiger finally flowered!. I never thought it would survive, let alone flower!
Photo by: Jose Iglesias, Miami Herald Staff
Another dog walk
Another day in paradise. I shot this Blue Land Crab hiding under a neighbor's bushes this morning on my daily dog walk, before the rain storms came.
Photo by Suzy Mast / Miami Herald photo editor
April 11, 2007
Video: Bird's Eye View
James Good, a Miami engineer, photographs downtown Miami from his remote-controlled airplane.
Produced by Ricardo Lopez / The Miami Herald Staff
Tears for Family
Tears roll down the cheeks of Marie Thelusma as she talks about her son and husband in Miami. Thelusma was deported from the United States and now lives in a friends home in La Plaine, Port au Prince, Haiti. She rarely leaves the house fearing the crime and kidnapping that has engulfed the city. With little resources to deal with her situation she feels hopeless without family.
Photo by Charles Trainor, Jr. / Miami Herald Staff
