Images: Light up your day with The Week in Pictures
Rebecca Beavers and daughter Emily, 2, of Vernon Hills check out the lights on the Christmas decorations at the Vernon Hills Holiday Tree & Menorah Lighting at the Vernon Hills Golf Course on Saturday.
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Kristen Lawson, of the Roselle Library Youth Services Department dances with youngsters in celebration of the Holiday Season at the Roselle Public Library.
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Robin Wilson as Batgirl, of Hoffman Estates and James Eichelberger as Batman of Romeoville, entertain the kids at the Des Plaines annual tree lighting ceremony in Metropolitan Square.
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Sammie Hursey, 6, of Roselle visits with Santa Claus at the Roselle Public Library.
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Girls of the Dillon Gavin Irish Dance Group of Des Plaines show the judges their dance routine as part of the Mid-America Oireachtas, Irish Dance Competition at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center on Saturday.
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Nathan Van Gelderen, left, and Isabelle Markworth lead the John Hersey High School Charles Dickens Carolers as they performed at the Prospect Heights Library on Sunday. The annual musical event featured 20 performers singing songs such as "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World."
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Nancy Witwicki, of Lake Villa looks at holiday ornaments from Willert's Wood Farm in Ivanhoe, Minn. during the Step by Step Holiday Arts & Crafts Show on Sunday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The holiday event featured over 300 crafters featuring clothes, gifts, floral items, fine art and more.
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Batavia High School's Michael Niemiec carries the 2017 Class 7A championship football trophy to the stage during Batavia's Celebration of Lights along the Batavia Riverwalk.
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Boys state soccer in Hoffman Estates between Libertyville and Naperville North turned into a fog bowl with Naperville claiming the title. Photographers like myself have to shoot in all types of weather and fog can make focusing a little tricky. The last time I shot a fog bowl was the Chicago Bears against the Philadelphia Eagles 1988 Division Playoff game. The first half was clear and sunny but by the second half the fog rolled in and I could not see anything on the football field. Truly amazing! This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
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The Lake Park High School Jazz/Chamber Choir perform during the Bloomingdale Public Library Holiday Open.
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Cook County Forest Preserve worker John Yapelli, crew chief, keeps a watch on the controlled fire burn in the Cook County Forest Preserve along Arlington Heights Road in Elk Grove Village.
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Broadway and TV actor Eric Petersen and Glenbard North graduate speaks to students at his alma mater in Carol Stream.
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Nate Hartley, of the Carpentersville Police department works with Lisa Dawn Curran, an instructor Thursday during Crisis Intervention Training for Kane County officers at the Burlington Public Safety facility where actors portrayed people with mental illnesses and the police must de-escalate the situation.
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People watch the fireworks show during the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Kracklauer Park.
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People enjoy a fireworks show during the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at Kracklauer Park.
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Round Lake Middle School sixth grade student Nicholas Perkins assembles a rocket during STEM Day at College of Lake County in Grayslake. More than 300 students attended the annual event Friday.
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Michael Bowling of Cary lifts his daughter Lily, 8, of Des Plaines up to decorate the top of the Christmas tree at the Des Plaines annual tree lighting ceremony in Metropolitan Square.
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