The Week in Pictures photo gallery
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Maanami Phillips of Afro Funk Wear, Chicago, dresses a mannequin during a Black History Month celebration at Fox Valley Mall on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 in Aurora.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Cristobal Cavazos leads protestors in chants against President Trump’s mass deportation plan Monday morning along Route 59 in West Chicago.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Protestors made their way to the West Chicago city hall Monday morning as they protested against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Left, Jaclyn Plock of Lake Barrington with Kansas City Chiefs Team Captain Poppy, while playing football on Feb. 8, 2025 at Hill ’N Dale Farm in Barrington Hills.
Karie Angell Luc/for the Daily Herald
Emergency lights reflect off water sprayed by firefighters on the scene of an apartment fire on Nichols Rd., just south of Lake Cook Rd. in Long Grove on Tuesday night, Feb. 4, 2025.
John Starks
Investigators are on the scene at 2300 block of West Nichols Road Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 in unincorporated Cook County. Six families are displaced after a large fire broke out Tuesday at an apartment building near Arlington Heights.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Linda Maranda is chief executive officer of Mutual Ground, an Aurora organization that supports individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual violence, and substance use through education, awareness, and life changing services.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Junior Lain Offord holds a sign during a walkout by Conant High School students to protest ICE enforcement against the Hispanic immigrant community on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 in Hoffman Estates.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Longtime Glen Ellyn resident and former Glenbard East staff member Xris Rahn worked to establish a new nook of mental health, stress-relief and relaxation activities called Stef’s Corner, named in the memory of her daughter Stef Rahn, who died by suicide.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Hersey High School English teacher Jim Miks is also a girls varsity track coach. He works with the team in the school’s Arlington Heights fieldhouse.
John Starks
Alanna Law, of East Dundee hugs Dahlia, who she adopted from Anderson Humane in South Elgin. The shelter was awarded $25,000 after being selected as a Petco Love Stories winner based on Law’s submission of what Dahlia has meant to her battle with an anxiety disorder.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Cars leave trails in fresh parking lot snow in Lake Zurich on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.
Foot prints and dolly tracks tell a tale of working in the snow on a folded loading platform on a truck in Palatine on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A discounted one and a half ounce pour of Double Eagle Very Rare will still set you back $240 at Niche in Geneva during their Buffalo Trace food pairing dinner.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Senior Kadynn Pommells, center, and her Orange Krush teammates rehearse Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at Hoffman Estates High School.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The Orange Krush majorette team rehearsal Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at Hoffman Estates High School. The group was formed three years ago and performs at school functions including football and basketball games.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Scott Beltran, owner of Daddio's Diner in Batavia plates a steaming hot omelet for a customer Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 in Batavia. The price of eggs has skyrocketed, affecting businesses.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Scott Beltran, owner of Daddio's Diner in Batavia holds two plates of eggs ready to go out to diners Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Mayor Richard C. Irvin pauses as he places a flower during a ceremony Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 in Aurora to mark the sixth anniversary of the mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Company. The lives of Russell Beyer, Vicente Juarez, Clayton Parks, Josh Pinkard, and Trevor Wehner were honored during the wreath-laying ceremony.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Edison Alldred, 7, of Pendleton, Ind. pushes his racer toward the starting area during the Greater Chicago Soapbox Derby at the DuPage County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 in Wheaton.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Chase Scott, 10, of Fountain, Col., stays low as he races during the Greater Chicago Soapbox Derby at the DuPage County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 in Wheaton.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Eileen McCarthy plays with Avery in one of the newly renovated cat rooms during a reopening ceremony at the Heartland Animal Shelter in Wheeling on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. The shelter was closed for months after a water main break flooded the facility and forced the relocation of more than a hundred cats and dogs during the renovations.
Ryan Rayburn / for the Daily Herald
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