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A LOOK BACK AT APRIL: A demonstrator attends a rally at the Texas Capitol showing support for the transgender community on Trans Day of Visibility on April 2.
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Wildflowers and bluebonnets bloom off of Manor Road.
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Brianna Caleri, a freelance writer and photographer, at her home in Austin on April 5. Caleri is featured on the "Return of SXSW" episode of KUT/X's "Pause/Play" podcast.
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Students play outside during lunch at Highland Elementary School. In April, Austin ISD schools began following a state mandate to allow for more physical activity during students' daily schedules.
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Dirty Martin's owner Mark Nemir poses for a portrait at his restaurant on Guadalupe Street. The burger joint is one of several businesses that could be shut down or forced to move because of Project Connect, a transit plan that would have a light-rail system going through the land the businesses sit on.
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An instructional dummy used in medical education is set up at the newly renovated ACC Highland campus. The campus was previously the site of Highland Mall.
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Crowds at the Austin Animal Center watch a performance called "Dances for Dogs and People Who Walk Them." The group dance was choreographed by Forklift Danceworks and featured Austin Animal Center workers, local dog lovers and their dogs on April 23.
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Crowds walk beneath neon jellyfish hanging from trees at Ion Art's Surreal Garden installation at Zilker Botanical Garden on April 28.
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Audience members dance as Conjunto Los Pinkys performs during the first day of the Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival on April 29 at Central Machine Works brewery in East Austin.
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Starbucks employee Amanda Garcia protests with coworkers and supporters outside a Starbucks in West Campus on April 30. Employees at the coffeeshop are seeking to form a union.
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