Photo Gallery 
Here's a sampling of recent photos taken by Advertiser photographers. Click the image for a full view.
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Rand Oshiro and his Waimalu Elementary School classmates, recite The Pledge of Allegiance in front of the US Air Force Color Guard. Students, teachers, and parents visited the Hickam Air Force Base to sing patriotic songs as a way to say thank you to their military partners.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Laura Kodama of Kane'ohe, right, was among the volunteers from Castle & Cooke Homes and State Farm Insurance who lent a hand planting grass and ti at Waipahu Intermediate School. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Decy Belmonte of 'Aiea walks beneath an inflatable dinosaur at the annual Unity House Labor Day family picnic for union members and their families held at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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An Tuan La, 17, lifted 14-year-old Kevin Ching off his feet during a lion dance demonstration at Kahala Mall. Both are Chinese Physical Culture Association members. See story.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Katrina Johnson of Halau Hula O Na Wahine presents a lei to captain Gai Vassallo, commanding officer of the Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci, at a welcoming ceremony at Aloha Tower's Pier 9. The three-masted sailing ship, built in 1930-31, is a training vessel for the Italian naval academy.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Body boarders search for the perfect wave — or in the case of the spear fisherman, the perfect fish — off Sans Souci beach in Waikiki.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
