These are the 40 best photos from May chosen by our photographers

A jacaranda tree blooms outside the Ovitt Family Community Library in Ontario Saturday afternoon, May 16, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

A protest supporter stands out of the roof of his vehicle as he encourages other protesters at the corner of Day Creek and Foothill Blvd. in Rancho Cucamonga Saturday, May 30, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed this week while in police custody in Minneapolis. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

A protester yells at California Highway Patrol officers as they block the path of hundreds of protesters attempting to enter the 15 freeway in Rancho Cucamonga Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

A vehicle does a burnout past hundreds of protesters gathered at the corner of Day Creek and Foothill Blvd in Rancho Cucamonga Friday, May 29, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Protesters jump on the front of an Omnibus at the corner of Day Creek and Foothill Blvd. in Rancho Cucamonga Friday, May 29, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

A lone protester kneels as he approaches San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies on Foothill Blvd. in Rancho Cucamonga Friday, May 29, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Rancho Cucamonga High School graduating senior Sarah Luna, wearing a mask and gloves, poses for a quick picture after receiving her diploma during the school’s drive-thru commencement exercises Wednesday, May 6, 2020, on the school’s campus. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Former California Institution for Women (CIW) inmate Michelle Garcia hangs out the window of a vehicle as she protests and shouts at a passing motorist as she takes part in the “Car Caravan Protest” outside the California Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino Saturday afternoon, May 23, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

The United States Air Force Thunderbirds soar over downtown Riverside Friday afternoon, May 15, 2020, as seen from Abernathy Park. The Thunderbirds flyover served as a salute to California’s frontline COVID-19 responders. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Bride Erica Householder has the train of her wedding dress picked up by Dawn Trent as she walks out into the street to meet guests after she married Nicholas Householder outside of Householder’s parents Menifee home Sunday afternoon, May 10, 2020. The couple had planned to marry at a Fallbrook golf course, but could not because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

United States Air Force Thunderbirds air demonstration squadron performs a flyover to salute California frontline Covid-19 responders and essential workers in Riverside on Friday, May 15, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Winemaker Joseph Wiens examines a glass of 2019 Carbonic Grenache in the Otra Cosa Wine space being built at Wiens Brewing in Temecula on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

The P-40 Warhawks are part of the Memorial Day: Operation Social Strong flyover by Commemorative Air Force Inland Empire Wing Operations over the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside on Monday, May 25, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Pablo Hernandez of San Jacinto stands with more than 125 people with flags and signs rallying outside the San Bernardino County Justice Center in efforts to reopen businesses during COVID-19 in San Bernardino on Friday, May 1, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Artist Pam Emerson cleans up after putting a little LOVE in her work and wall art on the side of the family business, Emerson Fine Jewelry, as part of the renovation of the business in Redlands on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Two young Reopen America protesters sit outside the Riverside County supervisors meeting in Riverside on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Volunteer Jerry Hoover of Hemet got out of the house after being locked up for two months due to Covid-19, to put a fresh coat of teak oil on a 1890-1900 era spring delivery wagon he and Devon Riley refurbished over the last year at Riley’s at Los Rios Rancho in Oak Glen on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A 452nd Air Mobility Wing KC-135 Stratotanker flies over Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center honoring local healthcare workers and first responders on the front lines against Covid-19 in Moreno Valley on Thursday, May 14, 2020. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Kim Eaton shows a picture of her mother with one of her favorite homemade citrus margaritas in Riverside on Thursday, May 21, 2020. Patricia Eaton, 83, died on May 6, in a Riverside hospital following a battle with COVID-19. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Scott Harrison, crew member of the D-Day Doll, closes the hanger doors to the Commemorative Air Force Inland Empire Wing in Riverside on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, after cleaning the WWII troop transport which will be used for flight training at Edwards Air Force Base over the next two weeks. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Stooert Flores of San Dimas reacts after he balances rocks at Brackett Field Airport in La Verne on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. “It’s an ahhh feeling,” the rock artist says when gravity kicks in and the rock balances. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Cheri Thomas, social services, left, and Marylyn Schmacher, director of nursing, attend an In-N-Out cookout appreciation lunch at Citrus Nursing Center in Fontana on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Linda Towler of Corona, seemingly oblivious to the threat of a leaping dog, reads “The Power of Others” while her cocker spaniel runs at Corona Large Dog Park on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Lubna Dadabhoy produces a high-quality Ramadan Craft Channel on YouTube using an iPhone from her Chino home on Thursday, May 21, 2020. It is geared towards Muslim families. She shows how to make an Eid Balloon Column. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A protester tries to interact with Rancho Cucamonga law enforcement in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Rancho Cucamonga police form a line as protesters walk towards them during a rally observing the death of George Floyd in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Protesters walk towards Rancho Cucamonga with arms up during a protest for the death of George Floyd held in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A strawberry-masked Gaspar Torres is covered in Silly String during a duo birthday bash for him and his 5-year-old granddaughter at his TorresVille Farm in Chino on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Long Beach residents Jacquelyn Brown-Holmes, left, thanks the Lord for her daughter Latosha Brown’s recovery from COVID-19 after Brown’s discharge from Riverside University Medical Center in Moreno Valley on Tuesday evening May 5, 2020. Brown tested positive has been in hospital since late March. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Caleb Bacon, 7, of Oceanside, makes a splash on the slide at Launch Pointe Recreation Destination and RV Park’s splash pad in Lake Elsinore on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Buddhist monk The Venerable Quangtri Thich wears a protective face mask at Phat Tue Temple in Riverside on Friday, May 1, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The temple is making 600 face shields a day and have been donating them to local healthcare workers. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Tanya Acosta, of Highland, waves the American flag outside the Riverside County Administration building in Riverside on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A fallen Jacaranda flower sits amid the raindrops on the back window of a parked car near John Galvin Park in Ontario on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Daisy Cruz, 16, left, shares an umbrella under the rain with Noah Fernandez, 17, as they walk near blooming Jacaranda trees at John Galvin Park in Ontario on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy Briana Serrato opens her mouth as a health worker administers a mouth swab test during a drive-thru test for coronavirus at the Diamond baseball stadium in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, May 21, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A couple share a kiss while surrounded by Cholla cactus at Joshua Tree National Park on Monday, May 25, 2020. The park reopened this week after closing for two months amid the coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A climber leaps across boulders at Joshua Tree National Park on Monday, May 25, 2020. The park reopened this week after closing for two months amid the coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Demonstrators kneel in front of a police line as they attempt to march to the Pomona Police station during a protest of the death of a black man, George Floyd, in Pomona on Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A demonstrator holds a sign as he marches along Rio Rancho Rd. overpass and the 71 Freeway during a protest of the death of a black man, George Floyd, in Pomona on Saturday night, May 30, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Demonstrators lie down with hands behind their backs during a protest for the death of George Floyd in front of San Bernardino Justice Center in Downtown San Bernardino on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)