A group holds a balloon sign urging people to vote during the women's march at Mike Rylko Community Park Saturday October 17, 2020 in Buffalo Grove.
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Residents voted, fished, protested and bought marijuana legally in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for October 17-23, 2020.
Abu fled his West African home under threats of death and flew to South America before hiking through jungles and riding in buses to reach America, where he sought asylum and has been living in the Viator House of Hospitality, run by a Catholic Priest in the suburbs.
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A leaf stuck to a fishing line seems to float in the fall sky at Weister Creek near Westby, Wisconsin.
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Recreational marijuana sales began with the opening of a new Zen Leaf dispensary Tuesday October 20, 2020 in Aurora.
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Nicole Nordman, of Grayslake, left, and Morgan Peterson of Bloomington, listen to the speakers during the women's march at Mike Rylko Community Park Saturday October 17, 2020 in Buffalo Grove.
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Voters wait in a socially-distanced line for early voting at the Kane County Clerk's office in Geneva Friday.
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Barb Carlson, of Arlington Heights waits to vote Monday at the Arlington Heights village hall. Carlson wished she had done the mail-in ballot option as she wasn't expecting long early voting lines.
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Black Lives Matter march through downtown Thursday October 22, 2020 in Waukegan to protest the officer-involved shooting that killed Marcellis Stinnette, 19, and wounded a Black woman in her 20s from Waukegan.
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The Bensenville Fire Protection District station on York Road needs a new roof and will get it if a referendum is approved by voters in November.
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Anthony, a bar patron at the Filling Station in St. Charles, jokes that he's taking "his last shot" Tuesday before restrictions are imposed on indoor bars and restaurants that begin Friday.
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Residents wait Monday morning at the Glenview village hall to participate in early voting.
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The District 128 school board in an emergency meeting Tuesday decided to delay the opening of a hybrid in-school model for Libertyville and Vernon Hills highs schools for two weeks following the warning Tuesday by the Lake County Health Department. On Wednesday, a pop-up COVID-19 testing site was set up in Libertyville High School's east parking lot.
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Stompin' Grounds Cafe in downtown Lake Zurich offers all kinds of goodies that are good for you. Here owner Laura Cison prepares to pour a coffee drink.
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Rayon Edwards, of Waukegan speaks to the crowd during a Black Lives Matter march Thursday October 22, 2020 in Waukegan to protest the officer-involved shooting that killed Marcellis Stinnette, 19, and wounded a Black woman in her 20s from Waukegan.
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Sherrellis Sheria Stinnette, grandmother of Marcellis Stinnette, 19, speaks to the media during a Black Lives Matter march Thursday October 22, 2020 in Waukegan to protest the officer-involved shooting that killed Marcellis Stinnette, 19, and wounded a Black woman in her 20s from Waukegan.
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The atrium at Co-Optim in Elk Grove Village at 141 Northwest Point Blvd.
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MC Ben Olson and SBA President Lisa Gilbert are live on video at the Schaumburg Business Association Toast of Schaumburg awards banquet Friday evening at Wintrust Field baseball stadium in Schaumburg. Because of the COVID-19 conditions, the event was split into several different locations that were connected via videoconference as well as Zoom.
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Robert Swiderski of Carol Stream gets ready to his eighth marathon in a row Friday morning at the Jewel-Osco in Bartlett. Swiderski is running 10 marathons in 10 days in support of the charitable organization The Basket Brigade of Suburban Chicago and its effort to provide Thanksgiving meals for 2,020 families in need this year.
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