LOOK: The Week in Pictures photo gallery for November 21-27, 2022.
Posted11/28/2022 2:00 PM
The holidays can bring out the best in people and it's reflected in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for November 21-27, 2022.

Finished turkey breasts wait to come out of the oven at College of DuPage Monday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer


George White IV, of Country Bumpkin walks through the Christmas tree's Tuesday, November 22, 2022 in Mundelein. The holidays are just around the corner, and for those who celebrate Christmas, it's almost time to pick up an evergreen tree -- but will it be real or fake? While debates between the two are often about cost, convenience and tradition, environmental groups are encouraging people to also consider which is best for the planet.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer


Michael Smith and daughter Elizabeth, 2, check out the lights up close after Batavia's holiday tree lighting Sunday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer



College of DuPage culinary student Kevin Carberry, of Geneva puts turkeys in the oven at the school Monday. First-year students are cooking Thanksgiving food that will be served to cadets from the Great Lakes Naval Station.
Rick West | Staff Photographer




U.S. Army veteran Ramona Pozek, of Chicago holds her painting entitled Burnt Petals at the at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods near Riverwoods. Her art piece is one of 65 in the At Ease: Healing in Nature is an exhibition created by more than 20 active duty service members, veterans and their family members at on display at the center through December 21. Since 2015, At Ease has been an innovative approach to empower Military Veterans' well-being through a series of nature-based art and photography workshops in collaboration with the James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center. Vets discover a new side of themselves and the natural world through the creative arts.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer

Caterer Quenby Schuyler is donating more than 100 meals to be served in the recovery pod at the Kane County jail Thursday for Thanksgiving. Schuyler and many of her volunteers are also in recovery.
Rick West | Staff Photographer






Ed Berthold, of Fox River Grove turned 103 years old recently and still bowls in a weekly league at Bowlero on Rand Rd. in Deer Park. On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, the Palatine American Legion Post 690 Color Guard delivered a hat and shirt to thank him for his service in the Army Air Corp during World War II and to wish him a happy birthday. He carries an average of more than 115.
John Starks | Staff Photographer




Volunteer Tina Farbelow carries a bag of coats to distribute to the residents of Hesed House at their Comprehensive Resource Center in Aurora.
Rick West | Staff Photographer






Senior Hailey Livesay performs with the John Hersey High School Charles Dickens Carolers Sunday at the Prospect Heights Public Library.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
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