The Your Shot community photographers span all skill levels from all corners of the planet, and my team and I have the immense pleasure of seeing what they see every day. I love when photographs beg me to take a second look and dig deeper into the visual narrative.

This week started with news of smoke coming from Notre Dame de Paris. The next thing I knew, I was sitting in horror watching the footage of Notre Dame billowing with red-hot flames and smoke filling the Parisian skyline. I’ve always been a history and art nerd and my heart hurt for Paris, as it would for any community that lost an integral part of their home.

Within a day,