September 2024 in photos: Paste BN's most memorable pictures of the year
September is the time of year when students of all ages begin their return to school to continue with their educations. September 2024 brought the continuance of one of the nation’s biggest problems, school shootings. On September 4, Two students and two teachers were killed, and nine people were injured in a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. That same day, students, faculty, and the Winder community held a vigil for the lives lost and those injured in the shooting. Photographer Joshua Jones for the Athens Banner-Herald recalls capturing the aftermath with the community of Winder, “The Apalachee school shooting was the first in Georgia. It’s something you hope will never happen in your community, but the tragedy did happen. This photo is students coming together with their community to grieve on the afternoon of the shooting. Try to make some sense of how and why this happened and how it keeps on happening again and again. “