As dusk falls over Mount Olive on Wednesday, the streetlights come on, casting a warm glow over Main Street in the Wayne County town, where a growing Haitian population supports a specialty supermarket and Caribbean restaurant.

N.C. State University students Forrest Raynor, left, and Guillaume Deschamps cruise over the hills on Reedy Creek Road in Raleigh last week.

Middle Creek High School senior cheerleader Shelby Caulk secures the back of a large banner as a strong northwestern wind fills the paper like a sail. Caulk and fellow cheerleaders were awaiting the arrival of the football team in Mustang Stadium for their playoff game against Panther Creek in Apex.

Caught in a reflection, a pedestrian walks down an alley off Franklin Street and past the former University Chrysler building in Chapel Hill, where police had arrested seven demonstrators the day before and charged them with breaking and entering for occupying the vacant car dealership. The building has since been condemned as unfit for habitation.

Pastor Dave Smith sings a spiritual song as he plays and preaches to passers-by Wednesday at Main and Mangum streets in Durham.

A pair of wild turkeys wander through a yard in northern Durham County recently.

Charlie Horne, 2, of Chapel Hill plays catch with his father, Chris Horne, at Hank Anderson Community Park in Carrboro. The two were engaged in their own game while older brother Knox Horne practiced with his team, the Bats, on a perfect fall afternoon.

People old and young dance to the mountain music sounds of Miss Ellie and the South Fork Ramblers as they play Oct. 16 at Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in southern Virginia. The mill was built by E.B. Mabry after the turn of the 20th century and served as a sawmill and grist mill. It has been restored and is a popular stop on the Blue Ridge Parkway for people to get a look at the way life used to be.

The windows on the upper floors of the Wells Fargo Building on Hargett Street distort the reflection of the BB&T building a few blocks south on Fayetteville Street as dusk falls over downtown Raleigh.

Jeff Nowiski calls clients from his cubicle at the software design and services company Farragut in Durham. Nowiski moved into this new office space a few months ago.

The View: At Shaw University’s football practice:  Before heading to his own Pop Warner football practice, Elijah Penny, 12, studies how the Shaw University football team runs its drills at Chavis Park in Raleigh. Elijah has been playing for the past six years. He watches the Bears practice as often as possible, which helps him improve his game as running back and cornerback. "I never see them give up. They're always running," he said.