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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at The American Federation of Teachers National Convention Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Houston. Harris is visiting Houston as she charges on with her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden announced he won't seek reelection.

The crowd welcomes Vice President Kamala Harris as she takes the stage at The American Federation of Teachers National Convention Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Houston. Harris is visiting Houston as she charges on with her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden announced he won't seek reelection.

The Austin skyline is enveloped in a haze caused by Saharan dust at sunrise Wednesday July 31, 2024. The dust is carried by winds across the Atlantic from the Sahara Desert. The unhealthy air quality may affect those with allergies, respiratory complications, and asthma.

Bird watcher David Cook points his camera skyward to photograph purple martins, a species of swallow, swirling in the hundreds of thousands over Round Rock, July 19, 2024. The purple martins regularly roost in a cluster of trees at the La Frontera shopping center, returning year after year to gather before their migration to Brazil. After eating insects all day, the birds swirl in acrobatic patterns, getting lower and lower as the sun sets before coming to roost, thousands crowded together in a few trees. Purple Martin roosts typically begin in June and go through late August or early September. The Travis Audubon hosts Purple Martin Parties to gather and observe the phenomenon on Friday and Saturday evenings for the next two weekends.

Attendees watch fireworks above the skyline during the Austin Symphony Orchestra July 4th Concert and Fireworks at Vic Mathias Shores, July 4, 2024. The show celebrated its 47th year.

President Joe Biden gives an address at the LBJ Presidential Library to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act Monday, July 29, 2024, in Austin.

Ambassador Andrew Young, a Black activist who led campaigns that pushed for the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, introduces President Joe Biden during his address at the LBJ Presidential Library commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act Monday, July 29, 2024, in Austin.

Travis Audubon volunteers Gail Behringer, left, and Kat Ross watch thousands of purple martins leave their roosting site at La Frontera shopping center in Round Rock as the sun rises, July 24, 2024. Audubon volunteers go out each morning of the roost to search for injured or dead birds to collect, record and tag. Specimens in good condition are frozen and given to Texas A&M Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections for study.

Austin-Travis County EMS Community Health Captain Amber Price embraces a previous patient while visiting an encampment near Ben White Boulevard and Riverside Drive in Austin July 11, 2024. In her role as Community Health Captain, Price focuses on building relationships with Austin's unhoused community to connect them with resources that keep them from needing emergency medical intervention, saving them from a hospital visit and helping to conserve EMS resources.

Travis Audubon volunteers Gail Behringer examines a dead juvenile purple martin found underneath the roosting site, July 24, 2024. Juvenile birds are less experienced flyers, often colliding with buildings, becoming disoriented from street or window light. Only one in four purple martins make it to adulthood.

Young The Giant performs as they open for Cage The Elephant at The Moody Center Thursday, July 11, 2024.

A streetlight illuminates the iridescent wing feathers of a purple martin as it looks for a place to land for its nightly roost, July 20, 2024. Every summer, thousands of the birds gather in Round Rock before embarking on their migration to South America.

Austin-Travis County EMS Commander Tim Fuentes drives to a priority one respiratory call during his shift, July 11, 2024 in Southeast Austin. Commanders are deployed to high priority cases to supervise and assist.

Willow Avalon performs as she opens for Cage The Elephant at The Moody Center Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Ferick Ingram, a supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris, and the crowd welcome Harris as she takes the stage at The American Federation of Teachers National Convention Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Houston. Harris is visiting Houston as she charges on with her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe Biden announced he won't seek reelection.

A purple martin lands on a tree branch to roost as others continue to swirl, looking for an open spot in the trees, as the sun goes down at La Frontera shopping center in Round Rock. Hundreds of thousands of birds roost together in a few specific trees in the shopping center, a known and frequented roosting site for the birds before their migration to South America.

Lesly David relaxes in the water at Barton Creek Wednesday, July 10, 2024. David, who works for a mechanic shop down the street, said he goes to the creek almost every day after work to destress before going home to his family.

Purple martins land in a tree to roost at La Frontera in Round Rock, July 20, 2024. The females are gray underneath with darker feathers on top while the male birds are a dark purple-blue, although it can take three years for male birds to gain their full plumage.

Gracie, left, and Danielle Cordaway cheer with Nina, second from right, and Brynn Olson while 2024 Annual Sertoma Independence Day Parade goes by, down Mays Street in Round Rock, Texas, July 4, 2024.

Viridiana Gallegos reads to Freedom School students during a read-in at the Texas State Capitol, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The read-in, organized by Children's Defense Fund was staged in protest of increased restrictions on books in school libraries.

On Thursday, July 11, 2024, Esther Oviedo picked up diapers and other necessities for her family from the UT School of Nursing's Social Resource Center in Del Valle. The UT School of Nursing distributed diapers on Thursday, July 11, 2024 to connect families with a wide range of services.

On Thursday, July 11, 2024, Ronika Allen picked up diapers and other necessities from the UT School of Nursing's Social Resource Center in Del Valle. The UT School of Nursing distributed diapers on Thursday, July 11, 2024 to connect families with a wide range of services.

Christopher Reza, father to bus crash survivor Mauro Reza Flores, 5, pulls back Mauro's hair to reveal his scar from the crash as Jessica Flores, his mother, holds him while at the family's home in Buda Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Michelle Hutson-Crawford, director of K-12 education at United Way for Greater Austin, takes a photo with Malakai, left, Wolfgang and Story Mathisen after a ceremony declaring July 13 Greater Austin Reads Together Day at the Austin Central Library, July 13, 2024. United Way convened the Greater Austin Reading Coalition, dedicated to ensuring Austin's children are reading at or above grade level by fourth grade. "While the work has not been easy... it's been extremely rewarding," said Hutson-Crawford.

A member of the Stony Point Cedar Ridge Navy ROTC carries the American flag in the 2024 Annual Sertoma Independence Day Parade in Round Rock, Texas, July 4, 2024.

Audrey Bartmess, left, holds Zelle R. while she pets a baby dinosaur at Jurassic Quest, July 5, 2024 at the Palmer Events Center in Austin. The dinosaur experience features hands-on dinosaur activities, life size models, a fossil museum and other dinosaur fun and will be in Austin through July 7.

A kitten scratches at a yoga mat during cat yoga at the Austin Humane Society Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Children did yoga with adoptable kittens through the humane heroes summer kids series program, which runs through June and July.

A baby opossum is seen in an incubator at Austin Wildlife Rescue's rehabilitation center in Elgin, Texas Thursday, July 18, 2024. The center normally tends to 9 thousand animals in July and August each year, but are expecting 9,500 this year due to taking in extra animals from rescue centers impacted by Hurricane Beryl.

Clark Hitchins, 4, rides an animatronic triceratops at Jurassic Quest, July 5, 2024 at the Palmer Events Center in Austin. The dinosaur experience features hands-on dinosaur activities, life size models, a fossil museum and other dinosaur fun and will be in Austin through July 7.

Cattle egrets are seen at Austin Wildlife Rescue's rehabilitation center in Elgin, Texas Thursday, July 18, 2024. The center has taken in birds from Houston rescue centers in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.

Glen Garner, who is homeless, looks to the sky after trying to cool off with water in the 99-degree heat in Edward Rendon Sr. Park at Festival Beach on Monday July 1, 2024. “It’s tough,” he said of trying to survive the extreme heat.

A cyclists rides along ‘Chris Riley Bend' on the Shoal Creek Trail between Fifth and West Streets Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

John Hartman sits with his son JD at Marbridge, a community for adults with cognitive differences or brain injuries on Monday, July 10, 2024. JD sustained a brain injury and was found unconscious in their backyard pool in 2008.

On Monday, July 10, 2024, John Hartman assists his son JD on their way to a siting area at The Ranch at Marbridge. A brain injury was sustained by JD after he was found unconscious in a pool in water he was able to stand in.

Chief of the Milwaukee Police and finalist candidate for Chief of Police position in Austin, Jeffrey Norman, answers questions from host Judy Maggio during a Q&A session and meet-and-greet put on by the City of Austin at the Palmer Events Center, July 23, 2024 to facilitate community engagement in the selection process of Austin's next police chief.

Runners participating in a Raw Dawg Run Club morning run cross the Montopolis pedestrian bridge on Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Austin.

Glen Garner, who is homeless, tries to cool off in the 99-degree heat in Edward Rendon Sr. Park at Festival Beach on Monday July 1, 2024. “It’s tough,” he said of trying to survive the extreme heat.

Tati Cruz, 4, wears a princess dress as she participates in cat yoga at the Austin Humane Society Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Children did yoga with adoptable kittens through the humane heroes summer kids series program, which runs through June and July.

Chris Riley, former Austin City Council member, right, talks to George Adams, left, while watching a game of giant chess at Wooldridge Square on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Austin. Riley launched the weekly giant chess matches in the late 1990s to encourage more people to enjoy a downtown park that often sat empty.

Chris Riley, former Austin City Council member, attends a get together for a game of giant chess at Wooldridge Square on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Austin. Riley launched the weekly giant chess matches in the late 1990s to encourage more people to enjoy a downtown park that often sat empty.

Sasha Rose, lead organizer of Austin Mutual Aid, makes a sign at a news conference about homeless camping bans at City Hall on Tuesday July 2, 2024.

Nyeka Arnold, of the Healing Project/ Black Mamas Village, raises a fist at an Austin Mutual Aid news conference about homeless camping bans at City Hall on Tuesday July 2, 2024.

Kelvin Banks Jr, a Texas Longhorns tackle, takes photos and video of trays of food at LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue on Friday, July 19, 2024 in Austin.

Cage The Elephant performs at The Moody Center Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Lenna Nasr from the Palestine Youth Movement speaks at a pro-Palestine protest at the Texas Capitol on Monday, July 15, 2024. About 100 demonstrators gathered to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to call for an end to United States aid to Israel.

Cage The Elephant performs at The Moody Center Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Protesters gather for a pro-Palestine protest at the Texas Capitol on Monday, July 15, 2024. About 100 demonstrators gathered to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to call for an end to United States aid to Israel.

People watch President Joe Biden arrive at the LBJ Presidential Library Monday July 29, 2024.

Ira Ali prepares for a pro-Palestine caravan at Eastwoods Neighborhood Park near the LBJ Presidential Library where President Joe Biden was speaking Monday July 29, 2024.

Mounted patrol officers guard the perimeter outside the LBJ Presidential Library Monday July 29, 2024, before President Joe Biden spoke at an event there.