This week’s top photo comes from Assistant Photo Editor Pat Nabong. Follow her on Instagram.
What makes this photo great?
It’s a tender moment that shows the camaraderie between kids, who were figuratively and literally lifting each other up, during the event.
How did you get this photo?
Children of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated parents were welcomed by volunteers from Prison Fellowship Angel Tree sports camp, running around the court at the Hope Student Athletics Center in Garfield Park.
I spotted Jovia Miller, who had a wide grin on her face while playing with a basketball. I took a few photos and kept an eye on her, which is what I usually do when I see someone with a lot of energy. Often, expressive people at an event move on to do something even more interesting.
She moved to a group of football players and one of them, Joshua Larsen, lifted her up so she could dunk the ball. I took the photo, struck by the moment of connection between her and Larsen.
Technical details:
Equipment: Sony A7IV
Focal length: 33mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/400
ISO: 5000
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Ravyn Lenae (right) greets student Lavontae Alexander at The Chicago High School for the Arts at 2714 W. Augusta Blvd. in Humboldt Park, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Ravyn Lenae visited her alma mater as she prepared to make her debut at Lollapalooza.
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Ravyn Lenae surprises a student at The Chicago High School for the Arts at 2714 W. Augusta Blvd. in Humboldt Park, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Ravyn Lenae visited her alma mater as she prepared to make her debut at Lollapalooza.
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Barry Can’t Swim performs at the T-Mobile stage on the first day of Lollapalooza on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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Fans cheer for The Symposium on the first day of Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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Sierra Ferrell performs on the first day of Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
Jaime Mann (left) and Ashley Ramfos dance to Sierra Ferrell’s set on the first day of Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
Julia Steiner of Ratboys performs on the first day of Lollapalooza at Grant Park, Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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More than 300 construction workers build the new Ryan Field at Northwestern University in Evanston, Monday, July 28, 2025. The new stadium is set to open in 2026.
Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush hugs Fredrika Newton, a former member of the Black Panther Party and widow of its co-founder Huey Newton, during an event at 2350 W. Madison St. on the Near West Side to reveal the first of 12 plaques in Chicago to landmark historic sites of the Black Panther Party, Saturday, July 26, 2025. The site is the former headquarters of the Illinois Black Panther Party, but is now a Walgreens.
A judge dons a cowrie shell collar at the National Bar Association Convention centennial at 151 E. Wacker Dr. in the Loop, Monday, July 28, 2025. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a similar judicial collar as a nod to her Black heritage when she attended the 2025 Presidential Inauguration.
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The Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court speaks during a fireside chat at the National Bar Association Convention centennial at 151 E. Wacker Dr. in the Loop, Monday, July 28, 2025. She discussed her recently published memoir, “Lovely One.”
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Sabrina Harris speaks about Ryan Harris before releasing balloons for Ryan Harris at the Harris (Ryan) Memorial Park in Englewood, Monday, July 28, 2025. Ryan Harris was an 11-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood in July 1998.
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Brooks Merrill holds flowers before placing them on the ground near the statue of Hall of Famer, Philadelphia Phillies Manager and Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who passed away on Monday night, outside Wrigley Field, Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Owner Tearched Scott sits at his desk at the House of Music record shop on the Far South Side on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
