PHOTOS: The Week in Pictures photo gallery
Tiffany Erikson, of South Elgin sips her cocktail while getting a tattoo from Gloria Torres at Martini Room in Elgin Monday night.
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Linda Wilkinson-Gates, of Palatine waves her flags during the No Kings rally Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at Recreation Park in Arlington Heights.
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David Carvelli, of Sugar Grove holds a sign in protest of his perception of the poor quality of the latest Fantastic Four movie during Wizard World Comic Con Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont on Thursday.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Tomee Phetsisouk hugs his daughters Taya and Teagan as they see their new home in Naperville for the first time Wednesday. The family received the mortgage-free from nonprofit organizations Building Homes for Heroes and PulteGroup's Built to Honor program. Phetsisouk was a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who did two tours of duty in Iraq and was injured when his vehicle was struck by an IED, resulting in severe head trauma, back and neck injuries and shrapnel wounds throughout his body.
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Children play a wand challenge at the “Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience” media event in Ingleside on Thurday, Oct. 2, 2025.
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Maria Frangos talks with customers at the Liberty restaurant which is celebrating its 50th year in business Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 in Libertyville.
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Andy Yarc harvests soybeans in one of his fields near North Chicago on Thurday, Oct. 2, 2025.
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George, 2, a male Newfoundland breed pup from Lombard, is among walkers at the Great Prairie Trail CROP Hunger Walk in Lombard on Oct. 5, 2025.
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Save-A-Pet staff member Greyson Salvadore, left, and volunteer Arleen Matsushige spend some time with Juniper, a 4-year-old Rotweiller, at the nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter in Grayslake on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
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Postman Dan Larsen of Bartlett holds Frannie the Chihuahua on the fourth anniversary of their nearly daily meetings on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025 in Hoffman Estates. The celebration included a donation of over $20,000 to the Almost Home pet rescue.
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Lisa Laskey of Hoffman Estates gets ready for the fourth anniversary of the nearly daily meetings of her dog Frannie the Chihuahua with Postman Dan Larsen of Bartlett on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. The celebration included a donation of over $20,000 to the Almost Home pet rescue.
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Frannie, left, and Gracie are in their suite that was converted from the front hall closet of their Hoffman Estates home.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
About 30 people got inked at Martini Room in Elgin Monday during a flash tattoo event.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
The Copart auto auction storage yard on Bluff City Blvd. in Elgin is one of 270 storage yards operated by Copart around the world. Copart has more than 175,000 vehicles in their online auction every day, according to their website. This huge storage yard sits between a natural fen and Bartlett Park District’s Villa Olivia golf and ski venue. All the cars have been involved in wrecks and drag marks show where vehicles have been sold and taken away.
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A huge brick compass is being installed in the intersection of Main St. and Old Rand Rd. in downtown Lake Zurich as part of an ongoing streetscape improvement project on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.
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Brother Chimp Brewing founder Stephen Newman said the opportunity to open a taproom in St. Charles was too good to pass up.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Daniel Zhuravnskiy, 12, of Arlington Heights dressed as a chicken, carries his dog Daisy, who is dressed as a pig during the Canine Costume Contest and Doggy Egg Hunt Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at the Dan Schimmel Pavilion in Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove.
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Players line up shoulder to shoulder to play tables at the Pinball Expo at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com