Protesters hold hands to form a chain in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine outside the Historic Water Tower at 806 Michigan Ave. in Gold Coast, Sunday, Aug. 7.

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Picture Chicago: Must-see images from the last week in news

Chicagoans show support for Ukraine, students get fresh haircuts for the first day of school and police welcome new graduates and honor Ella French in our best unseen pics of the week.

By Sun-Times staff

New Chicago Police Officer Jeremiah Davis, who received awards for firearms proficiency and physical training, kisses his daughter Ava while they take family photos after the Chicago Police Department’s graduation and promotion ceremony outside the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier, Tuesday, Aug. 9.

The cast of “The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical” comes on stage for curtain call during the musical’s opening night at the James M. Nederlander Theatre, Sunday, Aug. 7.

Former Assistant Principal and now Principal Rickey Harris, right, hugs retiring Principal Dr. Joyce Kenner during a vote confirming Harris as the new principal of Whitney Young Magnet High School at 211 S. Laflin St on the Near West Side, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. — Former Assistant Principal and now Principal Rickey Harris, right, hugs retiring Principal Dr. Joyce Kenner during a vote confirming Harris as the new principal of Whitney Young Magnet High School at 211 S. Laflin St. on the Near West Side, Wednesday, Aug. 10.

Marc Shiffman, father of 16-year-old Ryder Shiffman, who was one of the students who spearheaded a project to create a Ukrainian flag out of cereal boxes, adjusts the boxes at Wintrust’s Grand Banking Hall in the Loop, Thursday, Aug. 11. The mosaic, which 25 Chicago students created out of nearly 5,000 Kellogg’s cereal boxes, is being considered for the Guinness World Record for Largest Packaged Food Mosaic and Largest Cardboard Box Mosaic. — Marc Shiffman, father of 16-year-old Ryder Shiffman, who was one of the students who spearheaded a project to create a Ukrainian flag out of cereal boxes, adjusts the boxes at Wintrust’s Grand Banking Hall in the Loop, Thursday, Aug. 11. The mosaic, which 25 Chicago students created out of nearly 5,000 Kellogg’s cereal boxes, is being considered for the Guinness World Record for Largest Packaged Food Mosaic and Largest Cardboard Box Mosaic. The cereal boxes will be donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository and proceeds from a related funding project will be donated to Razom, a relief fund for Ukraine, according to Lara Shiffman, mother of one of the students who spearheaded the project.

Mattie Baylis, 93, gets a checkup in her West Garfield Park home from her house-call nurse practitioner April J. Odom, Friday, July 29.

Elizabeth French, mother of fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French, is saluted by police officers during a star enshrinement ceremony at the Chicago Police Department headquarters in Bronzeville, Sunday, Aug. 7. One year after Officer French was gunned down during a traffic stop in Englewood, her star number #15013 was enshrined in Superintendent’s Honored Star Case.

Organist Derek Nickels plays “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” by J.S. Bach during a memorial Mass for Robert Heinzen at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Wilmette, Monday, August 1. — Organist Derek Nickels plays “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” by J.S. Bach during a memorial Mass for World War II veteran Robert Heinzen at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Wilmette, Monday, August 1.

Gabriellah Abdallah holds a cross during a news conference at Daley Plaza in the Loop, where families of Chicago murder victims expressed their frustrations over the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office for unsolved investigations, Friday, Aug. 5. Gabriellah Abdallah’s uncle, 24-year-old Jacob Abdallah, was shot in Little Village on Nov. 10, 2019, and died less than a week later. — Gabriellah Abdallah holds a cross during a news conference at Daley Plaza in the Loop, where families of Chicago murder victims expressed their frustrations with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office for unsolved investigations, Friday, Aug. 5. Gabriellah Abdallah’s uncle, 24-year-old Jacob Abdallah, was shot in Little Village on Nov. 10, 2019, and died less than a week later.

Mecca Highsmith, 25, gives a haircut to 16-year-old Emry Thomas at the offices of I Am a Gentleman, Inc. at 540 W 35th St in Bridgeport, Monday, Aug. 8. I Am A Gentleman, Inc. held a back to school event by providing free haircuts to students.

Chicago Police Cmdr. Elizabeth Collazo addresses protesters occupying a vacant Chicago Housing Authority-owned house at 1629 N. Washtenaw on the West Side, Friday, August 5.

Waves crash onto the Lakefront Trail at Fullerton Avenue on the North Side as clouds hang over the Chicago area, Monday, Aug. 8.

Marilyn Mulero, who served 28 years for a 1992 arrest, including five years on death row, cries as lawyers from the Exoneration Project speak during a news conference at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse about the dropping of eight cases connected to disgraced former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara, Tuesday, August 9.

Chicago police investigate in the 100 block of West 79th Street near the 79th Street Red Line station, after a 17-year-old boy was wounded in a shootout with another person near the CTA Red Line stop, Monday, Aug. 8.

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