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Enigma, a traveling entertainer from Denver, is tattooed from head to toe, including on the whites of his eyes. He's one of the main attractions at this weekend's Minneapolis Tattoo Arts Convention.

Apple Valley's Mark Hall celebrates after pinning Evan Ronsen, of St. Michael-Albertville, in the Class 3A 170 lb. championship match on Saturday.

Essie Faria, 80, of Miami, Fl., picked up the paddle to play table tennis when she was young but eventually stopped playing. She took up the game again 8 years ago to play competitively. She won the gold medal in the 75-79 age group in 2011 at the National Senior Games in Houston. Faria also competed in the pickle ball competition.

Bourbon County, ridden by Dean Bulter, won the 10,000 Lakes Stakes on Friday night at Canterbury Park.

Fursuiters played frisbee during the MN Furs annual spring picnic in mid-May.

Fireworks capped off a night of festivities at Summer Fete at Normandale Lake Park on Friday, July 3, 2015 in Bloomington.

Pulitzer Prize winning composer Kevin Puts is pictured in the prop room next to the Minnesota Opera Rehearsal Space.

Betrayal, also called "Tray" by his owner, Linda Mae Baker, is a black, pure-bred Persian male cat.

Tino, a papillon from St. Paul, is one of the smaller competing breeds at this weekend's dog show. His owners say he is joyful and playful.

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett (21) defends against Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat (4) in the first half.

Rosemount defensive back John Birkholz (20) nearly intercepts a pass intended for Wayzata wide receiver Ryan Keup (14) ] during the second quarter of Friday night's game.

Racers with Prestige Worldwide prepare to go down the last drop of the cathedral bridge obstacle during a qualifying race on Friday night in St. Paul.

Lightning illuminates the sky over downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

Pierre Collins, left, stands by his wife, Yamah Collins, as she is overcome with grief during a gathering marking day 10 of the disappearance of 10-year-old Barway Collins on Saturday afternoon, March 28, 2015 in Crystal, Minn.

The casket carrying 10-year-old Barway Collins is brought into the sanctuary of Shiloh Temple before the start of his funeral on Saturday.

A woman and several children leave a rental property on 5th Avenue South that is considered problematic by the city. The city recently published a list of its most problematic rental properties. Minneapolis officials are taking a new, data-oriented approach to solving the city's problems with certain apartment buildings, including the one pictured.

Demonstrators and first responders tend to the injuries of a woman who was hit by a car which plowed through protestors in the intersection of East Lake Street and Minnehaha.

Karen Isaacson, of Fridley, walked past a colorful mural outside of City Center on her way home from working at Marshalls on Thursday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis.

Liz, an inmate at Estrella Jail in Phoenix, dances during a "Journey Home" artistic rehabilitation session on March 13, 2013.

Young Choi, an assistant handler and groomer from Seattle, looks up at "Paris," a standard poodle, after the non-sporting group competition at the Olympia Dog Fanciers Association Dog Show on Saturday, May 5, 2014 in Elma, Wash. .

From left, Hoquiam Sophomores Camerin Arndt and Robin Rains wait for the start of the Procession of the Shorebirds Parade to start on Sunday, April 27, 2014 in Hoquiam, Washington. The two volunteered to dress up as shorebirds for the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival, with Rains dressed as a dunlin and Arndt as a black belly plover.

The sun sets through the fog off Damon Point on December 28, 2013 in Ocean Shores, Wash.

Hoquiam junior cheerleader Aaryonna Burris shivers on the sideline of a Montesano- Hoquiam Football game after a torrential downpour on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 at Olympic Stadium.

Bill Gates, of North Dakota, is surrounded by an entourage of spring break partiers as he makes his way down the channel on Saturday afternoon. "They were having fun," said Gates. "I might as well have fun too."

Al Mekosky, of Aberdeen, carries his cat "Sweety" from his rowboat after finishing fishing for trout on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Lake Aberdeen. "It wouldn't be no fun out there without her" Mekosky said of Sweety, his cat of four years.

Josh Leslie, dressed as a standard edison electrical socket, leans against a wall at Elma Middle School during the Halloween Harvest Fair on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Leslie, an employee with th Grays Harbor P.U.D., spent time handing out candy and taking photos with trick-or-treaters at the fair.

Eighth grader Karli Heikkila laughs while controlling Educational Service District 113's robot during a portrait on Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014 at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen, Wash.

Sylvia Carty, of Grays Harbor, is pictured in a portrait at Sons of Norway Hall in Aberdeen in the November of 2013.

Darrell Massey hugs his wife Deborah in the yard outside their "extended family visit" housing unit at Stafford Creek Corrections Facility. Darrell is serving a 41 year sentence in prison for first-degree murder.

Ryan James climbs the "Orifice Politics" route on Mt. Lemmon in the Summer of 2010.