Images: The Week in Pictures
Alex MacAlpine, of Elgin, listens to headphones and swings at Lords Park in Elgin on Thursday while watching the buffalo at the adjoining Farm Zoo in the park. MacAlpine, a student at Elgin Community College, says he likes to come to the park when he needs to think and clear his mind.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
13-year-old Sam Svoboda, of Antioch, checks her makeup with her cell phone during a zombie makeup program at Lake Villa District Library Monday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Miss Illinois 2014 Marisa Buchheit takes a group selfie with students at Prospect High School on October 21 in Mount Prospect. Buchheit was at the school speaking to driving class students about distracted driving.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Dylan Kahngs sings with the XAZZ band performs before the start of the Early Vote Rally at the Sullivan Community Center in Vernon Hills Wednesday. Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the rally in support of local Democrats.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Vice President Joe Biden takes a selfie with people after speaking at the Early Vote Rally Wednesday in support of local Democrats at the Sullivan Community Center in Vernon Hills.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Anxious for the costume parade to start, Norah Graddon, 2, of Geneva, who is dressed as a duck, peeks out the decorated doors of the meeting room where people were gathering. More than 75, preschoolers, siblings and parents participated in a costume parade that weaved through the Geneva Public Library Wednesday and ended in the meeting room. There were princesses, firefighters, ghouls, and super heroes at the first annual costume parade.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Zombie Max O'Dette, of Bartlett, scares runners along the trail of the Zombie Survival Run in O'Brien Woods in Bartlett.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Richard Craig, 74, wears his traditional Halloween costume Sunday as he walks around the East Dundee Fall Harvest at the Depot Museum downtown. He came with his wife from their home in Carpentersville.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Vernon Hills Superintendent of Parks Mike Moorman holds a sign as crews set up for the arrival of Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, at the Sullivan Center in Vernon Hills Tuesday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Ashlyn Simon, 4, of Batavia, disguised as Cleopatra, gets the giggles when costume contestants are asked to twirl around as a group to show off their costumes during the judging at the annual BatFest in Batavia Saturday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
My first sighting of Halloween decorations was on August 27 in St. Charles. I was pretty excited about it because Halloween is one of favorite holidays. Not for haunted houses (not a fan of those) but for the creativity and humor people show in their costumes. This guy was peeking out an upstairs window of a storefront during the golden hour before sunset. The bricks glowed the perfect orange and the blue sky reflected in the window just really set off the whole image, along with the naturally added spider webs in the corner. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edtion of the Daily Herald.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Island Lake police officers Gilbert Hueramo, left, and Victoria Gwizdak, work in a squad car. The officers saved the lives of two wounded McHenry County Sheriff's deputies last week in Holiday Hills but say they were just doing their jobs and don't feel like heroes.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Sangita Patel, of Hanover Park, prays to Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the first meal of the year during the Diwali or Festival of Lights at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Curator Philip Mohr puts some finishing touches on his sugar skull at the Des Plaines History Center.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Quin O'Brian, with 4 Sale Realty, wears a Captain America Minion costume and mock battles Brent Christophersen, 7, both of Grayslake, while O'Brian gives out candy as trick-or-treaters got a head start on filling their candy bags at businesses along Center Street on Saturday in downtown Grayslake.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
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