Customers react to the first day of legal marijuana in Missouri on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Good Day Farm in the Central West End neighborhood in St. Louis.

Kd Kelly organized the first Midwest Merfolk River Takeover, a camping and float trip where mermaids swam down the Black River on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Lesterville, Mo.

A two-headed, six-year-old western rat snake named Tiger-Lily is on display at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center in Kirkwood. Naturalist Andy Kingensmith explains the extra care she receives, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

Stephanie Big Eagle speaks on her traditional tattoo style.

Kenon Walker first became the Peabody Duckmaster when the pandemic began.

Michele Wise Wright speaks on her work. She was nominated in 2022 as one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year.