Photo Gallery: October Favorite News Photos

Kinley Belland, 8, of Williamsburg plays with friends and family while waiting for the start of the NewBo Halloween Parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Cancer survivors pose for a photo before the Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. More than 14 thousand runners and walkers participated in this year's race raise money for the Especially For You fund, which provides free mammograms, breast-care and gynecological services to area people in need. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Sen. Kamala Harris laughs at a joke as she enters the house during a women's tea with Sen. Harris at the home of Betsy Kutter in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Harris has maintained throughout her campaign that all issues are women's issues. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Members of Benton Community High School marching band wait to perform during the Iowa High School Music Association Marching Band Festival at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (David Harmantas/Freelance)

Paramedic Matt Brooke drives to a call reporting a man having difficulty breathing while his partner, Zack Berger, puts on gloves and prepares to work in Iowa City on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

This was a pretty quick moment to capture as Lance showed me around his property. I had just enough time to dial in some negative exposure compensation since the camera's meter would likely be fooled by the large percentage of darkness in the scene and over expose the frame. I normally shoot in aperture priority, where I set the lens opening and the camera sets the shutter speed depending on the ISO sensitivity and amount of ambient light. I find that I can concentrate on making good pictures instead of worrying about continually adjusting my exposure as the light keeps changing. I've been doing this job long enough that I know the situations where the camera is going to be fooled. Lance Lillibridge walks out of a grain bin storing corn from the last harvest at his farm in rural Vinton, Iowa on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Lillibridge uses the wet and rainy conditions to do maintenance on his equipment as well as working to empty the last 60,000 bushels of corn from the bin. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Deanna McLaud of Cedar Rapids stands on the back porch of her house boat while talking about the issues that face her and her Ellis Harbor neighbors in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. McLaud grew up spending time around Ellis Harbor as a child when her family owned a home on the river and has been an owner, herself, since 1991. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

This girl had little fear of this insect. She kept coming back to handle the cockroach. I love seeing that. It breaks the stereotype of girls not liking or being afraid of bugs. Liana, go become an entomologist or some other scientist. Three-year-old Liana Klima of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, corrals a Madagascar hissing cockroach after being given it by volunteer Jenny Corbett (right) during the eighth annual Wickiup Fall Fest at Wickiup Hill Learning Center, 10260 Morris Hills Rd., in Toddville, Iowa, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Members of the Linn-Marr High School marching band march onto the field during the Iowa High School Music Association Marching Band Festival at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (David Harmantas/Freelance)

Just a nice moment showing the love dogs have for their humans. Josh Fettkether of Iowa City, Iowa, gets some dog kisses from of his his and his wife's Chihuahuas- Bindi during the Second Annual Wag-O-Ween fundraiser for Last Hope Animal Rescue at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City, Iowa, on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Attendees could take part in a costume contest, pumpkin decorating, balloon animals, bounce house, and meet adoptable cats and dogs. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

This is another 'beyond the velvet ropes' photo. I'm fortunate to see and learn about things few people get to experience firsthand and share them with readers, The 1882 Clinton H. Meneely Bell Company of Troy, NY, in the bell tower of King Chapel will ring again soon after re-installation of the restored clock movement and faces at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The 1882 Seth Thomas Model 17 clock was being re-installed after being restored Chuck Roeser of Essence of Time Tower and Street Clock Restoration of Lockport, New York. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Barry Grove introduces one of his two key characters, Jonas Parker Jr., during a presentation on life in colonial America at Shellsburg Elementary School in Shellsburg on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Sen. Kamala Harris talks with area education and childcare leaders during a Caucus For Kids campaign event at the Cedar Rapids Education Association in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Caucus for Kids is a project of the Children's Policy Coalition, which has invited presidential candidates to answer questions about education, childcare, and family and economic issues affecting children. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Iowa Sen. Dan Zumbach leads a prayer as Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Joni Ernst clasp hands during a fundraiser hosted by the Iowa GOP at the Hughes Family Barn in southwest Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Sen. Bernie Sanders greets people after his speech during a campaign rally on the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a Democratic presidential hopeful, speaks during her Solon Coffee and Toffee House Party on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Beto O'Rourke speaks during a campaign stop on the Orange Carpet at Thomas Commons on the Cornell College campus in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. O'Rourke will continue his swing through Iowa with stops in Iowa City and Des Moines this week. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a Culture War event at the University of Iowa memorial union in Iowa City on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A crowd fills the intersection of Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue while waiting to rally with Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg rallies in downtown Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The student-led movement has resulted in the Iowa City school board and the City of Iowa City each passing a climate resolution. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

ZiZi Maybanks, 9, waits for the arrival of Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg to rally with local activists in downtown Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The student-led movement has resulted in the Iowa City school board and the City of Iowa City each passing a climate resolution. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

I noticed the long shadows being cast as people walked to their next session during the Iowa Ideas Conference. I had some other frames with more people and their shadows. I like the simplicity of the single figure and shadow being framed between the panes of glass. State Sen. Joe Bolkcom casts a shadow on the floor as he walks to his HC, Vaping & Marijuana session in the Policy track during the Iowa Ideas Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cedar Rapids Convention Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

I was glad to see and hear someone who could actually play the guitar when I visited the exhibit. University of Iowa international student Shushe Zou plays a Breedlove Pursuit Dreadnaught Acoustic/electric guitar during a tour of the Medieval to Metal: The Art & Evolution of the GUITAR exhibit at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, 1400 Inspiration Place SW, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Officer Shannon Sampson pulls a dummy below a bar as Occupational therapist Justin Kaspryk looks on during an occupational therapy appointment at St. Luke's Therapy Plus in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Sampson was diagnosed earlier this year with a benign tumor near her spine, and has undergone surgery. Occupational therapy is addressing some of the physical demands of her job, such as the ability to restrain a suspect or to pull an adult, both of which require balance while close to the ground. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Beth Bender pulls a new cover onto a loveseat being reupholstered for the Coralville Public Library in the shop shared by Regeneration Factory and Bender's Good Bones Upholstery in Iowa City on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Bender's parents own Kalona Upholstery, and mother Jody Bender (foreground) occasionally helps out at Good Bones. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Iowa wrestler Gavin Teasdale, a redshirt freshman wrestling at 133, climbs into the cattle enclosure wearing a mask during Iowa Wrestling media day at Kroul Farms in Mount Vernon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Karen Theriault packs Chieftain apples after they are cleaned at Buffalo Ridge Orchard in Central City on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. The orchard has over fifty varieties of apples, which are sold at area markets and served at local colleges and businesses. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

I didn't see any of the expressions of the women running from the chainsaw-wielding figure. It was just too dark. I had to resort to using a flash in the darkness to record the moment. I tried to focus on the spot where the actor would emerge from the woods and trip the shutter once I heard the screams. I taped an empty pill bottle I had in my car to knock down the power of the flash. Haunted Trail walkers make a run for it after a chainsaw-wielding actor emerges from the brush during the fifth annual Haunted Trails at the Sugar Bottom Recreational Day Use Area in North Liberty, Iowa, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The scary event, a collaboration with the Army Corps of Engineers, is a fundraiser for the Friends of Coralville Lake. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

A slice of Americana. This was for a story about Tipton applying for a grant to rebuild Cedar St. through the downtown of the city. The compression caused by the use of a long telephoto lens helped me connect the southern boundary of town with the downtown district. Traffic moves along Highway 38 or known locally as Cedar St. in Tipton, Iowa, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. The City of Tipton filed an application for a federal BUILD grant. The money from the grant would fund the city's share of a joint city-Iowa Department of Transportation project, estimated to cost $7,418,650, to reconstruct Highway 38 through the city. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Fall colors are seen on a leaf during an ecospirituality tour at the Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center in Hiawatha on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. This marks my first Iowa Photo feature since joining the Gazette visuals staff on Sept. 18. There has been much to be excited about during my transition to the paper, but one thing that stood out to me was our access to a macro lens. I've always wanted to play with one but somehow have never found the opportunity. So, I decided I'd carry our Canon 100mm f/2.8 lens around for a few days and see what I could come up with. Macro work certainly poses challenges I didn't expect, but I learned a bit and I thought these few photos were a fun start. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Holding ponds belonging to the city of Cedar Rapids are seen near Cedar Lake and the Cedar River during a tour of ITC's high-voltage power lines in the Cedar Rapids area on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. The company inspectss its electric transmission lines twice per year, looking for downed trees and damaged infrastructure to be repaired. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Susan Salterberg of Iowa City looks down from the top of of the Celebration Barn in Solon to celebrate the winners of the 2019 Hagie Heritage Award on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Pat and Enid Cancilla of Iowa City won the award from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation for their decades-long efforts at restoring prairie and woodland on their property and for their conservation efforts in Johnson County. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Although I took this photo in September, it was published as an Iowa Photo feature in early October. I'm attracted to photographing shadows cast on the ground or floor like a moth is drawn to a flame. I liked the combination of the angular shapes of the foam squares and the asphalt mixed with the organic shapes of the people. I also like the regressive difference in heights of the shadows. The splashes of color from the mats and the photograph also add to the scene. Students walk along a path with their eyes closed as they are guided by classmates to various German cities during a gam at a stop by the Wanderbus at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. The traveling exhibit, sponsored by the Goethe-Institut and the German Foreign Ministry, features cultural exhibits focusing on German-American Friendship. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)