Picture Chicago: 14 must-see photos from the week in news

Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday calls on a student during a conversation with the Rev. Alvin Love in front of Obama Foundation scholars who are about to graduate from the University of Chicago and Columbia University at Lilydale First Baptist Church in Roseland. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

A group of people comfort a woman Thursday outside the scene where five people were shot, two fatally, in the 6100 block of South Union Avenue in Englewood. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A Chicago police officer helps a distraught woman move children’s scooters from the scene Thursday where five people were shot in the 6100 block of South Union Avenue in Englewood. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Rohini Bapu (left) and Lillian Wilkins, on their lunch break Thursday, look at flowers on the first day of the Daley Plaza City Market in the Loop. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Chicago Sky forward Anneli Maley poses for a portrait Wednesday, media day at the Sachs Recreation Center in Deerfield. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Chicago Sky guard Angel Baker takes a portrait during media day Wednesday at the Sachs Recreation Center in Deerfield. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Chicago Sky guards Ruthy Hebard and Dana Evans take a picture during media day Wednesday at the Sachs Recreation Center in Deerfield. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Two young immigrants from Venezuela, ages 11 (from left) and 8, eat food donated to them May 5 while sitting on the floor of the Chicago Lawn District police station. The two boys and their family had been staying at the station for six days while awaiting shelter. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Yara Beltran, 3, smiles Tuesday while watching members of Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy’s Aztec Dance program perform during a celebration of Mexico Week at Daley Plaza in the Loop. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Two Chicago police officers embrace Tuesday during a vigil for Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston at the Calumet District Police station. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot declares a state of emergency at a City Hall news conference Tuesday as immigrants arrive in Chicago with no space to properly house them. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot embraces longtime friend Sharon Grant Monday after Lightfoot’s farewell address at BUILD in West Garfield Park. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A group of women walk along the Lakefront Trail Sunday near East Chicago Avenue in the Gold Coast neighborhood. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Anna Matthews hugs her mother Bernadette Tuesday as they celebrate Anna’s victory in the 100m race at the 2023 Spring Special Olympics Games at Dunbar Park on the South Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)