David Barak

ZUMA Press — A 747 cargo aircraft, converted to operate as an aerial firefighting tanker, drops a load of fire retardant over a section of the Valley Fire in eastern San Diego County. The retardant is dyed red so firefighters and spotter aircraft can determine which areas have had the retardant applied.

ZUMA Press — Motorists drive east on California Highway 8, leaving behind a sunset reddened by smoke from the Valley Fire in eastern San Diego County.

ZUMA Press — An Orange County Fire Authority helicopter flies past a sunset reddened by smoke from the Valley Fire in eastern San Diego County.

ZUMA Press — Black Lives Matter protesters in La Mesa, California.

ZUMA Press — A Black Lives Matter protester in San Diego, California, fist-bumps a passing motorist in a show of support for the movement.

ZUMA Press — A woman raises a fist in solidarity during a Black Lives Matter protest in La Mesa, California.

ZUMA Press — A Black Lives Matter protester in La Mesa, California, carries a shield as protection against attacks by counter-protesters and police crowd control activities.

ZUMA Press — A man argues with a Christian street preacher that began preaching Sunday near the destruction caused by a night of looting and arson in La Mesa, California. The unrest followed a peaceful protest earlier that day that was sparked by the arrest of a black man in the city that some say was an example of the use of excessive force.

ZUMA Press — Border Patrol agents, monitoring the far western end of the border between the United States and Mexico, clear worshipers from a "no man's land" on the US side. The zone is formed by a primary wall on the border itself and a secondary wall a few dozen yards to the north. On most Sundays pastors on both sides of the wall conduct a half-hour bi-national church service in Spanish and English. Access to the zone between the walls on the US side is only granted to 10 people at a time for four hours each Saturday and Sunday.

ZUMA Press — A member of USNS Mercy's medical crew moves boxes of human blood products during the on-load of medical supplies and personnel. Mercy, one of the Navy's two hospital ships, was deployed from its homeport of San Diego to the Port of Los Angeles to provide overflow medical care with the goal of freeing up traditional hospital space for COVID-19 patients.

ZUMA Press — Protesters at an "Open California Now" protest held at the San Diego County administration building. The event was organized in response to the shutting down of much of California's businesses and public spaces in an effort to control the spread of novel coronavirus.

ZUMA Press — Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont addresses the crowd of supporters gathered at a rally held at San Ysidro High School in San Diego, California on December 20, 2019.

ZUMA Press — Presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren talks with a supporter just before having their photo taken together at a campaign rally in San Diego, California.

ZUMA Press — A staff member's meal sits next to campaign literature at a San Diego, California rally for presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren.