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APRIL 17: Housekeeper Tonia Harvey cleans a bed in Roseland Community Hospital's intensive care unit after a COVID-19 patient passed away.
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APRIL 17: Housekeeper Tonia Harvey cleans a bed in Roseland Community Hospital’s intensive care unit after a COVID-19 patient passed away.

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APRIL: Scherina Seaton, from left, an ICU nurse at Loretto Hospital; Carol Bailey, a respiratory therapist at OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center; and Adam Gomez, emergency department technician at Loretto Hospital, are all front-line workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
APRIL: Scherina Seaton, from left, an ICU nurse at Loretto Hospital; Carol Bailey, a respiratory therapist at OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center; and Adam Gomez, emergency department technician at Loretto Hospital, are all front-line workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
APRIL 14: Fatima Lopez of Platinum Sanitation sprays an ammonium chloride disinfectant on heavily touched surfaces and floors while sanitizing Super Fresh Market in Waukegan. Platinum Events, a Northbrook-based events company, has pivoted to Platinum Sanitation during the coronavirus pandemic.
APRIL 14: Fatima Lopez of Platinum Sanitation sprays an ammonium chloride disinfectant on heavily touched surfaces and floors while sanitizing Super Fresh Market in Waukegan. Platinum Events, a Northbrook-based events company, has pivoted to Platinum Sanitation during the coronavirus pandemic.
APRIL 23: Mayor Lori Lightfoot wears a Chicago flag-themed mask as she prepares to speak about the coronavirus economic recovery plan at the Historic Water Tower.
APRIL 23: Mayor Lori Lightfoot wears a Chicago flag-themed mask as she prepares to speak about the coronavirus economic recovery plan at the Historic Water Tower.
JUNE 15: Visitors relax within social distancing circles that were drawn on a lawn area as Millennium Park reopened after COVID-19 pandemic closures.
JUNE 15: Visitors relax within social distancing circles that were drawn on a lawn area as Millennium Park reopened after COVID-19 pandemic closures.
MARCH 17: Beth Bond, left, juggles working from home while entertaining her daughter Mady, as her husband, Lee Madsen, feeds their infant daughter James at their River North apartment during the coronavirus pandemic.
MARCH 17: Beth Bond, left, juggles working from home while entertaining her daughter Mady, as her husband, Lee Madsen, feeds their infant daughter James at their River North apartment during the coronavirus pandemic.
MAY 15: Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Bobzin takes personal information from a client at the Illinois National Guard's drive-thru testing facility at the state emissions testing site in Markham.
MAY 15: Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Bobzin takes personal information from a client at the Illinois National Guard’s drive-thru testing facility at the state emissions testing site in Markham.
NOV. 6: Registered nurse Guadalupe Duran administers a free COVID-19 test to a man at a drive-thru and walk-in COVID-19 testing site in a parking lot at 6705 S. Wentworth Ave.
NOV. 6: Registered nurse Guadalupe Duran administers a free COVID-19 test to a man at a drive-thru and walk-in COVID-19 testing site in a parking lot at 6705 S. Wentworth Ave.
APRIL 22: Bruce Linderman wears a bandanna over his face while checking order tickets and talking to a customer over the phone at BWB Rocks restaurant in Highland Park.
APRIL 22: Bruce Linderman wears a bandanna over his face while checking order tickets and talking to a customer over the phone at BWB Rocks restaurant in Highland Park.
MAY 8: With disco lights aglow, this Round Lake Beach family, including Kayla Jimenez, from left, Hugo Jimenez, Gio Jimenez, Scarlett Serna and Vanessa Gutierrez, watch a movie at the McHenry Outdoor Theater. Drive-in owner Scott Dehn estimates 350 cars came on opening night.
MAY 8: With disco lights aglow, this Round Lake Beach family, including Kayla Jimenez, from left, Hugo Jimenez, Gio Jimenez, Scarlett Serna and Vanessa Gutierrez, watch a movie at the McHenry Outdoor Theater. Drive-in owner Scott Dehn estimates 350 cars came on opening night.
SEPT. 8: Javier Lopez, a Chicago Public Schools student at Skinner North Classical Elementary School, raises his hand to answer a question on the first day of remote learning at his Chicago home.
SEPT. 8: Javier Lopez, a Chicago Public Schools student at Skinner North Classical Elementary School, raises his hand to answer a question on the first day of remote learning at his Chicago home.
SEPT. 2: Ian Van Cleaf, assistant principal at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Academy, takes the temperature of a student arriving on the first day of school in the Lakeview neighborhood.
SEPT. 2: Ian Van Cleaf, assistant principal at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Academy, takes the temperature of a student arriving on the first day of school in the Lakeview neighborhood.
APRIL 15: Roseland Community Hospital intensive care unit nurse Subu Kirugulige finishes tending to a COVID-19 patient. On that afternoon, nine of the ICU's 10 beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients, with eight on ventilators.
APRIL 15: Roseland Community Hospital intensive care unit nurse Subu Kirugulige finishes tending to a COVID-19 patient. On that afternoon, nine of the ICU’s 10 beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients, with eight on ventilators.
APRIL 29: Maurice Gordon receives a mask as Leo High School faculty and staff members distribute meals and 1,000 masks to families and the elderly in Chicago.
APRIL 29: Maurice Gordon receives a mask as Leo High School faculty and staff members distribute meals and 1,000 masks to families and the elderly in Chicago.
APRIL 22: Chandra Matteson, a nurse practitioner with the Night Ministry, pauses for a break as she delivers sandwiches and checks temperatures on CTA Blue Line trains. Social service agencies reported an uptick in the number of homeless people sheltering on CTA trains during the pandemic.
APRIL 22: Chandra Matteson, a nurse practitioner with the Night Ministry, pauses for a break as she delivers sandwiches and checks temperatures on CTA Blue Line trains. Social service agencies reported an uptick in the number of homeless people sheltering on CTA trains during the pandemic.
APRIL 11: Deacons at Pilgrim Baptist Church of South Chicago distribute sealed communion kits to parishioners during an Easter service held outside in a parking lot due to the coronavirus pandemic.
APRIL 11: Deacons at Pilgrim Baptist Church of South Chicago distribute sealed communion kits to parishioners during an Easter service held outside in a parking lot due to the coronavirus pandemic.
APRIL 12: Inmates inside Cook County Jail post messages in a window and signal to protesters outside during the coronavirus pandemic.
APRIL 12: Inmates inside Cook County Jail post messages in a window and signal to protesters outside during the coronavirus pandemic.
MAY 20: Inmate Laron Warren stands inside the COVID-19 quarantine tier in the Cook County Jail.
MAY 20: Inmate Laron Warren stands inside the COVID-19 quarantine tier in the Cook County Jail.
MAY 6: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School senior Thania Martinez, left, and school counselor Karen Laureano share an air hug after Laureano surprised Martinez by delivering her class ring.
MAY 6: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School senior Thania Martinez, left, and school counselor Karen Laureano share an air hug after Laureano surprised Martinez by delivering her class ring.
OCT. 22: Kindergartner Ethan Gates practices his letters while participating in his class remotely from the kitchen of his Chicago home. Ethan's mom, Sameka Gates, works from home as a teacher while also helping her kids with their remote schooling.
OCT. 22: Kindergartner Ethan Gates practices his letters while participating in his class remotely from the kitchen of his Chicago home. Ethan’s mom, Sameka Gates, works from home as a teacher while also helping her kids with their remote schooling.
JULY 31: People have lunch at Chicago flag-themed picnic tables spaced apart in an open lot in Chicago's Near East Side neighborhood.
JULY 31: People have lunch at Chicago flag-themed picnic tables spaced apart in an open lot in Chicago’s Near East Side neighborhood.
APRIL 17: Housekeeper Tonia Harvey cleans a bed in Roseland Community Hospital's intensive care unit after a COVID-19 patient passed away.
APRIL 17: Housekeeper Tonia Harvey cleans a bed in Roseland Community Hospital’s intensive care unit after a COVID-19 patient passed away.
MARCH 17: Residential towers are seen in River North at the start of the pandemic as people started spending more time at home.
MARCH 17: Residential towers are seen in River North at the start of the pandemic as people started spending more time at home.
APRIL 24: Linda Veasley-Payne says a final goodbye at the funeral service for her mother, Johnnie D. Veasley, 76. The double funeral also included Veasley-Payne's grandmother Lela Reed, 95 (not pictured). Both died of COVID-19.
APRIL 24: Linda Veasley-Payne says a final goodbye at the funeral service for her mother, Johnnie D. Veasley, 76. The double funeral also included Veasley-Payne’s grandmother Lela Reed, 95 (not pictured). Both died of COVID-19.
MARCH 25: Armando Matos power washes the sidewalk in front of the Chicago Theatre in the Loop. After the power wash, a disinfectant is applied to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
MARCH 25: Armando Matos power washes the sidewalk in front of the Chicago Theatre in the Loop. After the power wash, a disinfectant is applied to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
MARCH 17: A desk chair sits abandoned at Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street during the evening commute in Chicago's Loop.
MARCH 17: A desk chair sits abandoned at Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street during the evening commute in Chicago’s Loop.
JUNE 19: Carolyn Oliver carries her son Roman Oliver piggyback as they attend a peace rally and march in celebration of Juneteenth at Park 540 in the 2400 block of South Dearborn Street.
JUNE 19: Carolyn Oliver carries her son Roman Oliver piggyback as they attend a peace rally and march in celebration of Juneteenth at Park 540 in the 2400 block of South Dearborn Street.
JUNE 1: Protesters climb the Irving Park Road ramp to Lake Shore Drive during a rally following the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
JUNE 1: Protesters climb the Irving Park Road ramp to Lake Shore Drive during a rally following the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
JUNE 19: Participants gather at the One Million Man March at Daley Plaza, one of the Chicago events memorializing Juneenth, the day in 1865 when Union soldiers told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War was over and they were free.
JUNE 19: Participants gather at the One Million Man March at Daley Plaza, one of the Chicago events memorializing Juneenth, the day in 1865 when Union soldiers told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War was over and they were free.
AUG. 15: Chicago police use pepper spray on protesters at the corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets in downtown Chicago. The protesters were calling for defunding the Chicago Police Department and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
AUG. 15: Chicago police use pepper spray on protesters at the corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets in downtown Chicago. The protesters were calling for defunding the Chicago Police Department and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
MAY 30: People loot a convenience store at the corner of Lake and Dearborn streets in the Loop following an earlier protest over the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
MAY 30: People loot a convenience store at the corner of Lake and Dearborn streets in the Loop following an earlier protest over the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
MAY 30: A car burns on North State Street in the Loop after protests over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
MAY 30: A car burns on North State Street in the Loop after protests over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
MAY 30: Protesters stand on the Wabash Avenue Bridge as bridges to the west are lifted to prevent movement of people during a protest over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
MAY 30: Protesters stand on the Wabash Avenue Bridge as bridges to the west are lifted to prevent movement of people during a protest over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
JULY 24: Yves Mathieu East dances as activists march through the North Lawndale neighborhood during a rally calling for the defunding of police.
JULY 24: Yves Mathieu East dances as activists march through the North Lawndale neighborhood during a rally calling for the defunding of police.
AUG. 5: Megan Belcher, the youngest sister of Jacob Blake, speaks in Civic Center Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where her family and its attorneys addressed the public following the police shooting of Blake.
AUG. 5: Megan Belcher, the youngest sister of Jacob Blake, speaks in Civic Center Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where her family and its attorneys addressed the public following the police shooting of Blake.
MAY 30: Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower hold back protesters during a rally and march to protest the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
MAY 30: Police officers guarding the Trump International Hotel & Tower hold back protesters during a rally and march to protest the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
JUNE 23: Adam Hollingsworth, known as the Dreadhead Cowboy, stands on his horse Prince in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago. Hollingsworth has attended various Black Lives Matter protests on horseback and brings his horses into Chicago neighborhoods so kids can take a ride and share his love of animals.
JUNE 23: Adam Hollingsworth, known as the Dreadhead Cowboy, stands on his horse Prince in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago. Hollingsworth has attended various Black Lives Matter protests on horseback and brings his horses into Chicago neighborhoods so kids can take a ride and share his love of animals.
SEPT. 1: A Black Lives Matter supporter and a Trump supporter scuffle in Civic Center Park in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin, after a visit by President Donald Trump, which came nine days after the police shooting of Jacob Blake sparked unrest in the city.
SEPT. 1: A Black Lives Matter supporter and a Trump supporter scuffle in Civic Center Park in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin, after a visit by President Donald Trump, which came nine days after the police shooting of Jacob Blake sparked unrest in the city.
MARCH 16: Joel Medina cleans voter booths at an early voting site in the Loop amid coronavirus concerns.
MARCH 16: Joel Medina cleans voter booths at an early voting site in the Loop amid coronavirus concerns.
FEB. 18: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at Denver International Airport in Colorado after being released from prison earlier in the evening. “I can’t wait to get home,” Blagojevich said at the airport after President Donald Trump commuted the ex-Illinois governor’s 14-year sentence.
NOV. 7: Supporters celebrate in the street near Trump International Hotel & Tower after Democrat Joe Biden was found to have gained enough electoral votes to secure victory in the 2020 presidential election.
NOV. 7: Supporters celebrate in the street near Trump International Hotel & Tower after Democrat Joe Biden was found to have gained enough electoral votes to secure victory in the 2020 presidential election.
OCT. 27: “It’s important to vote in every election, so of course I wasn’t going to miss this opportunity. But the reason why I am voting early is honestly because I’m going to be out of town and I did not want to have a mail-in ballot,” said Kaneez El after voting at Dunne Elementary School in the Roseland neighborhood.
JAN. 14: Supporters cheer for President Donald Trump during a rally at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
JAN. 14: Supporters cheer for President Donald Trump during a rally at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
FEB. 19: House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks with House Majority Leader Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, before the start of the budget address by Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
FEB. 19: House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks with House Majority Leader Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, before the start of the budget address by Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
NOV. 7: A woman dressed as the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leans out of a window while celebrating on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago after the announcement that Joe Biden had secured enough electoral votes to become the 46th president of the United States.
NOV. 7: A woman dressed as the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leans out of a window while celebrating on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago after the announcement that Joe Biden had secured enough electoral votes to become the 46th president of the United States.
JUNE 23: Demonstrators gather near Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home to protest the Chicago Police Department's presence in Chicago Public Schools.
JUNE 23: Demonstrators gather near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home to protest the Chicago Police Department’s presence in Chicago Public Schools.
FEB. 7: Chicago Police secure a crime scene on East 71st Street between Michigan Avenue and Wabash Avenue after a store clerk was shot in an attempted armed robbery.
FEB. 7: Chicago Police secure a crime scene on East 71st Street between Michigan Avenue and Wabash Avenue after a store clerk was shot in an attempted armed robbery.
JUNE 29: Johana Stead hugs her niece Mya DeJesus during a vigil for her classmate, 10-year-old Lena Nunez, who was killed June 27 by a stray bullet in her home in Logan Square.
JUNE 29: Johana Stead hugs her niece Mya DeJesus during a vigil for her classmate, 10-year-old Lena Nunez, who was killed June 27 by a stray bullet in her home in Logan Square.
JUNE 26: Melissa McClure hugs her son Matthew as they attend an outdoor prayer service near their home in the South Chicago neighborhood. Two of Matthew's friends, 16-year-old Charles Riley and 17-year-old Jasean Francis, were both fatally shot outside McClure's home on June 20.
JUNE 26: Melissa McClure hugs her son Matthew as they attend an outdoor prayer service near their home in the South Chicago neighborhood. Two of Matthew’s friends, 16-year-old Charles Riley and 17-year-old Jasean Francis, were both fatally shot outside McClure’s home on June 20.
SEPT. 5: Police officers walk between two homes at the scene where a 4-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman were shot in the 8600 block of South Honore Street during the Labor Day weekend in Chicago.
SEPT. 5: Police officers walk between two homes at the scene where a 4-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman were shot in the 8600 block of South Honore Street during the Labor Day weekend in Chicago.
JUNE 22: A police officer escorts a distraught woman to a police vehicle at the scene where three women were shot, two fatally, in the 8600 block of South Wood Street in the Gresham neighborhood of Chicago.
JUNE 22: A police officer escorts a distraught woman to a police vehicle at the scene where three women were shot, two fatally, in the 8600 block of South Wood Street in the Gresham neighborhood of Chicago.
SEPT. 6: An evidence marker sits next to a hat at the scene where a man was fatally shot during the Labor Day weekend in Chicago.
SEPT. 6: An evidence marker sits next to a hat at the scene where a man was fatally shot during the Labor Day weekend in Chicago.
FEB. 11: Evelyn Cisneros, left, sits next to her mother, Marilu, at Evelyn's grandparents' home in Chicago. Evelyn was wounded by gunfire in a shooting that killed her father, Fermin Cisneros, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
FEB. 11: Evelyn Cisneros, left, sits next to her mother, Marilu, at Evelyn’s grandparents’ home in Chicago. Evelyn was wounded by gunfire in a shooting that killed her father, Fermin Cisneros, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
SEPT. 20: Melanie Radillo and other family members of 26-year-old Ernie Perez, who was shot and killed Sept. 14, gather in Ronan Park for a peace march in response to recent gun violence in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago.
SEPT. 20: Melanie Radillo and other family members of 26-year-old Ernie Perez, who was shot and killed Sept. 14, gather in Ronan Park for a peace march in response to recent gun violence in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago.
JULY 17: A protester and Chicago police clash after protesters tried to topple the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park.
JULY 17: A protester and Chicago police clash after protesters tried to topple the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park.
SEPT. 25: People gather to release balloons on what would have been the 23rd birthday of Laquan McDonald at 71st Street and Chappel Avenue in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. McDonald was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in 2014.
SEPT. 25: People gather to release balloons on what would have been the 23rd birthday of Laquan McDonald at 71st Street and Chappel Avenue in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. McDonald was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer in 2014.
NOV. 22: Sherman Morisette is greeted by his niece Aneesah Richardson upon his release from Stateville Correctional Center after being granted parole. Morisette was sentenced in 1984 to life in prison without the possibility of parole under a three-strikes law for his third armed robbery conviction.
NOV. 22: Sherman Morisette is greeted by his niece Aneesah Richardson upon his release from Stateville Correctional Center after being granted parole. Morisette was sentenced in 1984 to life in prison without the possibility of parole under a three-strikes law for his third armed robbery conviction.
MAY 22: The Falk family, left, and the Mendiola family visit memorials for their loved ones at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. The coronavirus forced the cancellation of many public Memorial Day ceremonies.
MAY 22: The Falk family, left, and the Mendiola family visit memorials for their loved ones at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. The coronavirus forced the cancellation of many public Memorial Day ceremonies.
SEPT. 21: The sun sets over East Madison Street before the fall equinox in Chicago.
SEPT. 21: The sun sets over East Madison Street before the fall equinox in Chicago.
OCT. 10: Alex Alfaro and Michele Budd talk while lounging under a canopy of changing leaves at Humboldt Park.
OCT. 10: Alex Alfaro and Michele Budd talk while lounging under a canopy of changing leaves at Humboldt Park.
JAN. 23: Capt. Shannon Mager steers a ferry from Madeline Island to Bayfield, Wisconsin, through a part of Lake Superior that cars normally can drive on that time of year. Research suggests Lake Superior is among the fastest warming lakes on the planet.
JAN. 23: Capt. Shannon Mager steers a ferry from Madeline Island to Bayfield, Wisconsin, through a part of Lake Superior that cars normally can drive on that time of year. Research suggests Lake Superior is among the fastest warming lakes on the planet.
MAY 4: Raccoons frolic at the Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Lincoln Park.
MAY 4: Raccoons frolic at the Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Lincoln Park.
MAY 18: A coyote pauses near the Lawrence Avenue soccer fields in Chicago.
MAY 18: A coyote pauses near the Lawrence Avenue soccer fields in Chicago.
JUNE 16: High water levels in Lake Michigan flood the lakefront trail south of Chess Pavilion at North Avenue Beach.
JUNE 16: High water levels in Lake Michigan flood the lakefront trail south of Chess Pavilion at North Avenue Beach.
MAY 15: A Caspian tern looks back after missing its target while fishing near Montrose Beach.
MAY 15: A Caspian tern looks back after missing its target while fishing near Montrose Beach.
AUG. 8: Grounds crew workers dust off spiderwebs from seats before a game between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians at Guaranteed Rate Field. The “FANtastic Faces” promotion using cardboard cutouts raised more than $55,000 for White Sox Charities.
FEB. 15: Orlando Magic player Aaron Gordon grabs the ball from Chance the Rapper before slamming it in during the Slam Dunk Contest at the NBA All-Star Weekend at the United Center.
FEB. 15: Orlando Magic player Aaron Gordon grabs the ball from Chance the Rapper before slamming it in during the Slam Dunk Contest at the NBA All-Star Weekend at the United Center.
NOV. 16: Chicago Bears returner Cordarrelle Patterson, right, returns a kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown, as Eddie Jackson runs alongside him to open the third quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field.
NOV. 16: Chicago Bears returner Cordarrelle Patterson, right, returns a kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown, as Eddie Jackson runs alongside him to open the third quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field.
JULY 22: Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester pitches during the fifth inning of an exhibition game between the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins at Wrigley Field.
JULY 22: Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester pitches during the fifth inning of an exhibition game between the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins at Wrigley Field.
SEPT. 13: Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson, center, is unable to catch the football as the Detroit Lions react to a near interception in the second quarter at Ford Field in Detroit.
SEPT. 13: Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson, center, is unable to catch the football as the Detroit Lions react to a near interception in the second quarter at Ford Field in Detroit.
JAN. 27: Zak Malik writes a memorial message in chalk outside the United Center after basketball star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California.
JAN. 27: Zak Malik writes a memorial message in chalk outside the United Center after basketball star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California.
AUG. 25: Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito celebrates his no-hitter, 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.
AUG. 25: Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito celebrates his no-hitter, 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.
JULY 8: Chicago police Cmdr. Gil Calderon gets instructions from Derek Brown, center right, on “boxing out negativity” while sparring with Brown’s son, Derek Brown Jr., during a peace gathering in North Lawndale.
AUG. 2: Pedestrians walk over a puddle after rain fell along North Michigan Avenue.
AUG. 2: Pedestrians walk over a puddle after rain fell along North Michigan Avenue.
JAN. 6: A pedestrian passes a hat display while walking outside the Optimo store at Dearborn Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago.
JAN. 6: A pedestrian passes a hat display while walking outside the Optimo store at Dearborn Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago.
MAY 19: Chicago musician Nika Nemirovsky poses for a portrait outside her home in Chicago. Performing under the name Niika, Nemirovsky released a new record, “Close But Not Too Close.”
JULY 4: Brothers Kobe-Michael Johnson, right, and Baby Johnson try to catch their father, Dontana Johnson, as the family from North Lawndale has a race on the Pritzker Pavilion lawn at Millennium Park.
JULY 4: Brothers Kobe-Michael Johnson, right, and Baby Johnson try to catch their father, Dontana Johnson, as the family from North Lawndale has a race on the Pritzker Pavilion lawn at Millennium Park.
JUNE 9: Alexis, left, holds hands with Nine while waiting for a train at the CTA subway station at State and Jackson in the Loop.
JUNE 9: Alexis, left, holds hands with Nine while waiting for a train at the CTA subway station at State and Jackson in the Loop.
NOV. 13: Teen Azalee Irving takes care of her nephew, Ja’King Jones, at home in Chicago. Irving made a three-minute film titled “Little Hands, Big Help,” about taking care of her nephew. It was part of the Black Harvest Film Festival featuring films made by participants in the DePaul/CHA Documentary Filmmaking Program for Girls.
AUG. 5: Simone Davis reclines on her bed to take off her skates at her Bronzeville home. Parents are finding creative ways to keep kids entertained at home during the pandemic and relaxing rules about things such as skating in the house.
AUG. 5: Simone Davis reclines on her bed to take off her skates at her Bronzeville home. Parents are finding creative ways to keep kids entertained at home during the pandemic and relaxing rules about things such as skating in the house.
JAN. 1: Jackie Ryan, right, receives her order from Brea Mooney to become the first customer at the Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary in Lakeview on the first day of recreational marijuana sales.
JAN. 1: Jackie Ryan, right, receives her order from Brea Mooney to become the first customer at the Sunnyside Cannabis Dispensary in Lakeview on the first day of recreational marijuana sales.
MARCH 24: An aerial view shows an empty Crown Fountain at Millennium Park and Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago during the stay-at-home order issued by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
MARCH 24: An aerial view shows an empty Crown Fountain at Millennium Park and Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago during the stay-at-home order issued by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
JULY 17: Shining Light Baby co-founder Vicky Li holds 2-month-old Zane at her home in North Aurora. Zane and another infant named Ryder, Chinese children born to surrogates in the U.S., were stranded in the U.S. due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Li and her husband, Jerry Wu, were caring for the infants until their parents from China could arrive in the U.S. to take them home.
JULY 17: Shining Light Baby co-founder Vicky Li holds 2-month-old Zane at her home in North Aurora. Zane and another infant named Ryder, Chinese children born to surrogates in the U.S., were stranded in the U.S. due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Li and her husband, Jerry Wu, were caring for the infants until their parents from China could arrive in the U.S. to take them home.
JUNE 24: Protesters dance and play music outside Chicago Board of Education President Miguel del Valle's home as a virtual school board meeting takes place.
JUNE 24: Protesters dance and play music outside Chicago Board of Education President Miguel del Valle’s home as a virtual school board meeting takes place.
NOV. 7: Benjamin Schaffer-Dowling, left, and his aunt Ayalmesh Stonys throw fallen leaves in the air in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood shortly after former Vice President Joe Biden was announced as the winner in the presidential election. “It’s beautiful weather and the election results came through, so we decided to celebrate and have some fun,” said Jessica Schaffer, Benjamin’s mother. “We’re thrilled to be in this community where everyone is honking their horns and cheering and excited about the chance that’s coming to Washington and the country.”
APRIL 2: To find some safe space away from others during the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Ferbrache and his children take advantage of an empty parking lot off Milwaukee Avenue to get some exercise. The mural in the background depicts an image of the late actor Robin Williams.
APRIL 2: To find some safe space away from others during the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Ferbrache and his children take advantage of an empty parking lot off Milwaukee Avenue to get some exercise. The mural in the background depicts an image of the late actor Robin Williams.
SEPT. 21: Actor Sheldon Brown is photographed at his Chicago home. Brown’s first film, “Cicada,” debuted at Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival in September.
JAN. 23: Arya throws snowballs at her older brother Dylan in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago.
JAN. 23: Arya throws snowballs at her older brother Dylan in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago.
MAY 17: A woman who was rescued by boat from Chicago's Lower Wacker Drive after it was flooded by the Chicago River, hugs her cat Napoleon while siting with a few belongings she was able to bring with her to Upper Wacker Drive.
MAY 17: A woman who was rescued by boat from Chicago’s Lower Wacker Drive after it was flooded by the Chicago River, hugs her cat Napoleon while siting with a few belongings she was able to bring with her to Upper Wacker Drive.
JUNE 16: Havilland Williams waits in her cotillion dress at home in Chicago. Havilland was not able to attend an April cotillion because of the coronavirus pandemic.
JUNE 16: Havilland Williams waits in her cotillion dress at home in Chicago. Havilland was not able to attend an April cotillion because of the coronavirus pandemic.
OCT. 12: Students who participate in the BandWith band program play during a performance in Chicago.
OCT. 12: Students who participate in the BandWith band program play during a performance in Chicago.
JAN. 31: A young child moves through an LED-lit ice slide at Ice Castles at the Geneva National Resort & Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
JAN. 31: A young child moves through an LED-lit ice slide at Ice Castles at the Geneva National Resort & Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
MAY 1: Greg Zanis with his wife, Susan, is visited by well-wishers as he battled cancer at his home in Aurora. Zanis had made crosses for homicide and shooting victims, both locally and around the country, for years.
MAY 1: Greg Zanis with his wife, Susan, is visited by well-wishers as he battled cancer at his home in Aurora. Zanis had made crosses for homicide and shooting victims, both locally and around the country, for years.
MARCH 29: Karen Bump walks her labradoodle, Gracie, on Michigan Avenue in the South Loop neighborhood as gusts of wind as strong as 45 to 50 mph pass through the area.
MARCH 29: Karen Bump walks her labradoodle, Gracie, on Michigan Avenue in the South Loop neighborhood as gusts of wind as strong as 45 to 50 mph pass through the area.
MAY 13: A man wearing a mask crosses North LaSalle Street at West Washington Street in Chicago's Loop.
MAY 13: A man wearing a mask crosses North LaSalle Street at West Washington Street in Chicago’s Loop.
JUNE 24: Rosario Del Real, a paletero at Las 3 Abejas ice cream shop, gets emotional after meeting with Michael Angelo Mosqueda and his girlfriend, Karen Gonzalez, whose family had helped him by buying out his stock on Father's Day, allowing him to go home. A TikTok video of that incident went viral, and a subsequent GoFundMe helped Del Real retire.
JUNE 24: Rosario Del Real, a paletero at Las 3 Abejas ice cream shop, gets emotional after meeting with Michael Angelo Mosqueda and his girlfriend, Karen Gonzalez, whose family had helped him by buying out his stock on Father’s Day, allowing him to go home. A TikTok video of that incident went viral, and a subsequent GoFundMe helped Del Real retire.
JAN. 2: Friends of the Children mentor Keenan Palmer talks to Willie, right, on the playground after school in Douglass Park.
JAN. 2: Friends of the Children mentor Keenan Palmer talks to Willie, right, on the playground after school in Douglass Park.
JULY 8: Emmeline Poduska practices her back handsprings during the reopening of Phil’s Beach in Wauconda. The beach reopened after a $3-million-dollar renovation. Its iconic J-slide was featured in the 1981 film “The Blues Brothers.”
OCT. 11: Sloane Griffin, left, and her brother Sean Griffin cheer for Rev. Michael Bradley as he prepares to run the virtual Chicago Marathon around the Edgewater neighborhood. The run marked Bradley's 49th marathon in 25 years.
OCT. 11: Sloane Griffin, left, and her brother Sean Griffin cheer for Rev. Michael Bradley as he prepares to run the virtual Chicago Marathon around the Edgewater neighborhood. The run marked Bradley’s 49th marathon in 25 years.
JULY 3: Fireworks explode over SeatGeek Stadium during the Bridgeview Park District's Drive-up Fireworks event.
JULY 3: Fireworks explode over SeatGeek Stadium during the Bridgeview Park District’s Drive-up Fireworks event.
JULY 4: Hector Jonathan Martinez, of Melrose Park, rides a Divvy bicycle through the high water along Monroe Harbor in downtown Chicago while celebrating Independence Day.
JULY 4: Hector Jonathan Martinez, of Melrose Park, rides a Divvy bicycle through the high water along Monroe Harbor in downtown Chicago while celebrating Independence Day.

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