The plume of a fire from a Chicago pallet yard can be seen from the western suburbs, Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
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Children cool down by playing in Crown Fountain in the Loop, Monday, June 17, 2024.
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People ride the swing carousel at Navy Pier as temperatures in Chicago reached the 90s two days in a row, Monday, June 17, 2024.
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The Rev. Donald McFadden, a former pastor of St. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church, waves to the crowd during the 10th annual Chicago Juneteenth Parade, along West Madison Street in East Garfield Park, Saturday, June 15, 2024.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson walks with a neighborhood tour of North Lawndale — aiming to show a different side of the neighborhood — conducted by My Block My Hood My City on Juneteenth, Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
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Sisters Leah and Makenna Williams jump into Lake Michigan near North Avenue Beach, Sunday, June 16, 2024. Temperatures in the Chicago area were hovering around 90 degrees.
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Northbrook police Officer Angelo Wells touches the rear of a vehicle — leaving his fingerprints as evidence, if necessary — during a traffic stop in the northern suburb, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Wells was shot in the leg while responding to a domestic disturbance Aug. 5, 2020 in the 1300 block of South Lawndale while working in District 10 for the Chicago Police Department. The gunshot broke his femur. He recovered, and rejoined law enforcement, but in the Northbrook Police Department.
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Northbrook police Officer Angelo Wells gives a driver a warning after stopping a vehicle with one headlight in the northern suburb, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Wells was shot in the leg while responding to a domestic disturbance Aug. 5, 2020 in the 1300 block of South Lawndale while working in District 10 for the Chicago Police Department. The gunshot broke his femur. He recovered, and rejoined law enforcement, but in the Northbrook Police Department.
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Chicago Sun-Times reporter Stefano Esposito (right) dances during a Bhangra class at Taste of Chicago Rogers Park at Touhy Park, Saturday, June 15, 2024. The class, taught by Gopi Engineer, artistic director of Meher Dance Company, is part of Chicago SummerDance, a series of free dance classes that will take place across the city.
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Ald. David Moore (17th) sets up his sleeping bag inside a tent he’ll be sleeping in, in an empty lot that Moore say’s is used by local drug dealers, in the 1200 block of West 73rd Place in the Englewood neighborhood, Friday, June 14, 2024.
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Tina Rubio, second from left, stands with her family members after receiving one of their two new air conditioning units in Humboldt Park on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Restaurant owner Robert Magiet delivered free AC units to residents in Logan Square, Humboldt Park and other areas Tuesday and Wednesday as Chicago hit four days in a row with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees.
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A car with a broken window and a bullet hole is taped off as Chicago police investigate after a 7-year-old boy was shot to death outside the gates of the apartment complex in the 2300 block of West Jackson Boulevard on the Near West Side, Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
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Mourners gather for a balloon release and vigil for 7-year-old Jai’Mani Amir Rivera on West Jackson Boulevard near South Western Avenue, about 24 hours after the boy was shot to death on the sidewalk outside a nearby apartment complex on the Near West Side, Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
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Athena Paulette Gaines, 19, performs during the Prom King, Prom Queen, Prom Queer contest at the Queer Prom at the National Museum of Mexican American Art in Pilsen on the South Side, Saturday, June 15, 2024.
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A selective demolition of a former Sears building takes place during a groundbreaking ceremony at the former Sears campus at 5500 Trillium Blvd. in Hoffman Estates, Ill., Thursday, June 13, 2024. Buildings within the Sears campus will be redeveloped into Compass Datacenters’ first data center in Illinois.
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Karen Slack, the newest artist-in-residence at Lyric Opera of Chicago outside of the opera house, Monday, June 17, 2024.
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Chief Keef brings his daughter on stage while performing at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash music festival at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Sunday, June 16, 2024.
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Ken Carson performs at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash music festival at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Sunday, June 16, 2024.
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