Life on a busy sidewalk in the Casco Viejo area of Panama City, Panama. Spectators gather to watch a soccer match while a child gets a beverage from a street vendor. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
Panama Canal Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales (left), Board Chairman Jose Ramón Icaza Clément and Board Member Dora María Perez Balladares Boyd answer questions during a press conference in Panama City, Panama. The Panama Canal Authority is the independent agency which owns and operates the Panama Canal. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
Tourists take photos of the cargo chip Morning Christina as it passes through the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal near Panama City, Panama. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
American fast food brands, including Domino’s and McDonald’s, are featured among local shops on Avenida Central España in Old City of Panama City, Panama. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison operates the Port of Balboa near Panama City, Panama. The operations lease, along with the lease for the port at the other end of the Panama Canal, has been sold to U.S.-based Black Rock. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
Cranes and shipping containers at the Port of Balboa can be seen above the trees in Panama City, Panama. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
A student leaves the campus of the University of Panama in Panama City, Panama, where a banner proclaims the canal is under Panamanian control. The banner is in response to Pres. Trump’s claims of China running the canal. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
A monument near the Bridge of the Americas near Panama City, Panama, celebrates 150 years of Chinese presence in Panama. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project) 
A cargo ship makes it way through the Port of Balboa near Panama City, Panama. The port is one of two ports run by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchins, which recently sold its lease to U.S.-based Black Rock. (Eddie McCoven/Cronkite Borderlands Project)
Philip Mazzio of Phoenix performs during the Arizona Blues Showdown at The Rhythm Room on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The winner of the competition will represent Arizona at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn., in Jan. 2025. (Eddie McCoven/ASU) 
From left, Issac Ford of Mesa and Philip Mazzio of Phoenix perform for the Arizona Blues Showdown at The Rhythm Room on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The winner of the competition will represent Arizona at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn., in Jan. 2025. (Eddie McCoven/ASU) 
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Owen Alfonso looks at the sunrise over Phoenix from South Mountain on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Alfonso is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys early morning hikes. (Eddie McCoven/ASU) 
Sunset over the Clairemont neighborhood in San Diego, Calif. 
Sunset over Mission Bay in San Diego, Calif. 
Sunset over Mission Bay in San Diego, Calif.
Cows press against the fence at a farm near Calipatria, Calif. 
Sheep graze in a field just outside of Imperial, Calif. 
A seagull is perched on the pier in Seal Beach, Calif. 
A feral cat rests on a sidewalk in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego, Calif. 
Ducks gather on the shore of Lake Murray in San Diego, Calif.
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