Moral Monday Week 9

Former NC Commissioner of Labor Harry Payne, holding an unemployment sign, stood with the 6-foot-tall cardboard sign displaying the number 170,000 during Monday’s ninth week of protests at the state legislature building.

Drums in the Sun

Christopher Grubbs, 18, practices drums as the sun sets over Fred Fletcher Park in Raleigh. Grubbs said he can not practice in his apartment and the acoustics are better in the open area of the park.

Wedding Pose

A bride and groom pose Saturday for their photographer outside the new addition of the NC Museum of Art on Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh.