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The Daily Standard has published our selection of 'World Pictures' for almost ten years. It started as a result of seeing so many pictures on the Associated Press wire service that illustrate breaking news, current events, natural wonders, foreign cultures and the human condition. But most of these images could never have fit in our print edition. As of a week ago, The Daily Standard switched to a tier of service from the AP more appropriate for a newspaper of our size. Unfortunately this tier does not have carte blanche access to AP pictures, and we will be retiring our 'World Pictures' feature. Thank you for learning about our world with us through 'World Picts'.
--Jason Snyder,
Webmaster, The Daily Standard
Friday, September 1st, 2023
Appliances and belongings lie displaced in the kitchen of Herman Neely, a retired corrections officer known by the nickname "Pork Chop," after storm surge from Hurricane Idalia shifted Neely's home from its blocks and punched holes through the inside walls, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, one day after the storm's passage. Neely, 78, said he initially decided to ride out the storm in his house, but when water reached his truck bumper around first light, he drove out of town, picking his way through flooding and past floating debris. Now, he says, the three bedroom home built for his parents and their eight children in 1962, will have to be demolished and he'll only be able to afford to live in a camper on the property, due to rules requiring new homes to be built on stilts. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)