A tree branch through the ceiling as Ester Johnson-El, 62, inspects the wreckage of her bedroom where she rode out the storm with her nephew, grandson, and her grandson’s mother, in the aftermath of a tornado, in Wynne, Arkansas. Photo by Cheney Orr

Shirley Stamps, 58, (left) sits on her bed as her granddaughter Jakhia, 16, (right) sorts through belongings in the wreckage of Shirley's home after a tornado, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. More photos of the week: reut.rs/3TZ4Vlk 📷 Cheney Orr

An aerial view of a home without a roof in the aftermath of a tornado, after a monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday in Little Rock, Arkansas. Photo by Cheney Orr

Rep. Justin Pearson gestures while entering the statehouse, as Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives prepare to vote on whether to expel 3 Democratic members for their role in a gun control demonstratio last week, in Nashville. Photo by Cheney Orr

Community members form a prayer circle around the Shipley family, who lost 5 family members in a predawn tornado Wednesday in Glen Allen, Missouri. reut.rs/3MnhghF 📷 Cheney Orr

Rep. Justin Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones raise their fists as a video of last week's gun control demonstration at the statehouse is screened. Photo by Cheney Orr

Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones, and Rep. Gloria Johnson leave the Tennessee State Capitol after a vote at the Tennessee House of Representatives to expel two of them for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse in Nashville. Photo by Cheney Orr

Representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones raise their fists as a video of last week's gun control protest is screened and Republicans controlling the Tennessee House of Representatives prepare to vote to expel them for their role in it reut.rs/3Ujgmoc 📷 Cheney Orr

Two Shipley family girls, who lost 5 family members in a tornado, embrace in Glenallen, Missouri 📷 Cheney Orr More of our top photos of the week: reut.rs/40LJvuC

Justin Pearson gestures after a vote for his reinstatement by the Shelby County Commission, days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration. Photo by Cheney Orr

Democratic Tennessee state Representative Justin Pearson raises his fist alongside Representative Justin Jones, as he returns to the state legislature after being reinstated in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Cheney Orr

A man speaks on the phone while standing at the edge of the crime scene a day after a shooting at a teenager's birthday party in a dance studio, in Dadeville, Alabama. Photo by Cheney Orr

Congratulations to Reuters Joshua Schneyer, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke for being named a 2023 The Pulitzer Prizes finalist. Read “Undocumented and Underage” here: reuters.com/investigates/s…

This astounding body of work from Mica Rosenberg Kristina Cooke Joshua Schneyer with photos from Cheney Orr is now a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting. Huge congratulations

Military movement. AFP News Agency’s Cheney Orr photographs the ceremony renaming Fort Benning as Fort Moore in Columbus, Georgia. Calls to rename US military bases that had commemorated the Confederacy gained momentum during nationwide protests against racism and police brutality that

A view of the Fulton County Jail where former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies are required to surrender and be booked after a grand jury brought back indictments against them in Atlanta. Photo by Cheney Orr

We are claiming Our flag and blazing a trail toward justice in the People’s House! Thank you Cheney Orr for capturing this moment in the Movement.

Eight years ago most Republicans in Hancock County rejected Trump. Now he has a dominant hold on that and other rural places across the country. A must-read from John McCormick on how the GOP got here, with beautiful pics from Cheney Orr. wsj.com/politics/elect…

A man attempts to resuscitate a man from Mexico who is unconscious and lays on the shore of the Rio Grande River in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. Photo by Cheney Orr