Images: Daily Herald photographers show you the best in The Week in Pictures
Posted6/17/2018 9:00 PM

Bill Jaber, of Burr Ridge raises his hands in prayer on the football field at Hinsdale South High School in Darien as suburban Muslims join Millions around the world marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a period of dawn-to-dusk fasting which concluded Friday with the celebration known as Eid al-Fitr.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer


Three-year-old Zoey Spohn, of Libertyville tries to throw a ring onto a bottle as her sisters, Macie, 1, left, and Ava, 3, watch during the first day of Libertyville Days on Thursday. The festival featured musical acts, food tents, carnival rides and the Miss Libertyville Pageants.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer





U.S. Marine veteran Rick Gill, of Bull Valley makes wooden flags and uses some of the money to fund "Operation Wild Horse" which adopts American Mustangs, some to use in one of the only mounted color guard units in the country. He stands in a Bull Valley pasture with several of those mustangs.
John Starks | Staff Photographer





I enjoy shooting aerial photograph because they often give a surreal view of everyday things that a ground level photograph just can't do. The giant trucks moving their load around and the earth moves slinging dirt look like toys from 350 feet in the air. I made this photo when I was getting images to illustrate at story about Cary village officials who revealed plans for the restoration of the Meyer-Lafarge gravel pit to residents. The 102-acre site northeast of Route 31 and Klasen Road will include paths, park areas, 60-space parking lot, a 2.5-mile trail circling a 77-acre lake, and fishing areas, which will be opened to the public later this year. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer


Kurt Hettiger, an aquarist at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, talks with Nicole Hentges, right, a sophomore at Fremd High School in Palatine, and Susan Lenz, of the Barrington Area Conservation Trust, as they walk upstream to collect different species to monitor the health of the creek on the Sanfilippo property in Barrington on Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff Photographer


Owner Ed LeJeune talks to customer Cindy Poland at the Libertyville True Value on Tuesday. The hardware store is closing after 50 years in business in the town.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer



While covering flash flooding during an evening rush hour in Schaumburg recently, I encountered this group of shivering young skunks that had been flooded from their home. After the sun came out, the family was on the move, searching for new accommodations in the shadows. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer

Nothing says high school graduation like a banana on your mortarboard. This graduate from the Bartlett High School was one of many students who decorated their mortarboard for the big day, at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Saturday, May 26, 2018, but was the only one to use piece of fruit. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer

The crowd cheers as Ann Lord, left, introduces conductor Ron Keller, right, who directs the first concert of the summer titled Another Opening, Another Show. "This is my 53rd year waving a stick at you," Keller said to the Naperville Municipal Band before their show opened up.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer


Special Olympian Vinny Roberts, 17, from Vernon Hills takes the torch from Mundelein Police Sgt. Brian Kisselburg as police officers along with Special Olympians participate in the torch run along Milwaukee Avenue through Vernon Hills during the Special Olympics Illinois on Sunday. The torch, called the Flame of Hope, was carried 36 miles from Gurnee to Lincolnwood.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer



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