Students lay out across the University of Texas at Arlington University Center mall during the One Night Without a Home event Nov. 1-2, 2016. Once a year students voluntarily sleep outside on cardboard boxes, loose clothing or the bare ground to raise awareness for the homeless population in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

After relocating a second time, the students huddled together near the center of the pavement and finished out the night.

From left, Mapu Pham, computer science engineering freshman, lays her head on linguistics freshman Reneé Griffin's shoulder. Griffin had spent a portion of her teenage years homeless.

The Texas Star, the State Fair of Texas ferris wheel, comes into view from the windows on a bus carrying about 40 international students from the University of Texas at Arlington Oct. 15, 2016.

The sun sets over the State Fair of Texas Oct. 15, 2016.

The group of international students pause for a quick selfie shortly after walking into The State Fair of Texas Oct. 15, 2016 in Dallas. It was the first time the students had come to the fair since moving to Texas.