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Picture Chicago: This week’s 17 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

GardaWorld, the controversial contractor picked by the city to build Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “winterized base camps,” begins pitching the first of its tents at the Brighton Park construction site at 3710 S. California Ave., Wednesday, Nov. 29. (Brian Ernst/Sun-Times)
Asylum seekers receive winter wear after getting off a bus at 800 S. Des Plaines St., Friday, Nov. 24. Staff from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications met them and they were provided with blankets and jackets. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)
Santa Clause waves to passengers on the 35th-Bronzeville-IIT station right before the CTA holiday trains takes off, Friday, Nov. 24. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)
People watch their dogs as snow falls and blankets the ground at Holstein Park in Bucktown, Sunday, Nov. 26. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)
Mayor Brandon Johnson, Executive Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside (center, in red), Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) and supporters participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the American Blues Theater on the Northwest Side, Tuesday, Nov. 28. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)
Shoppers walk as protesters march during a Black Friday protest on Magnificent Mile where hundreds called for divestment from major companies that support Israel and an end to the killing of Palestinians, Friday, Nov. 24. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)
Protesters scream at Starbucks customers during a Black Friday protest on Magnificent Mile where hundreds called for divestment from major companies that support Israel and an end to the killing of Palestinians, Friday, Nov. 24. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)
Chicago Police Officer Ravyn Morgan hugs her 6-year-old daughter Ryver after receiving the Carter H. Harrison Medal, the city’s top award for police department bravery, during a ceremony at City Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 29. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)
Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks about the collaboration between the city of Chicago and the church leaders during a presser announcing the mobilization of churches and church leaders to house migrants, on Tuesday, Nov. 28. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)
Eduardo Troconis meets his aunt Lenny Troconis, who came from Indiana to meet her nephew, as he got off a bus at 800 S. Des Plaines St., Friday, Nov. 24. Staff from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications met asylum seekers, who were getting off the bus, and they were provided with blankets and jackets. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)
GardaWorld, the controversial contractor picked by the city to build Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “winterized base camps,” begins pitching the first of its tents at the Brighton Park construction site at 3710 S. California Ave., Wednesday, Nov. 29. (Brian Ernst/Sun-Times)
(From left)Johan Delgado, Michel Sandoval, Wilmer Morales, Ruth Lamour, and Andres Uzcategu all hang out at Ruth Lamour’s home in Austin, on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Ruth Lamour will be hosting a Thanksgiving dinner with her family and migrants from Venezuela that she has been hosting at her home as they find jobs and a place to rent. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)
Bernie Smith, a long-time tenant of Northwest Chicago landlord Gary Carlson, recounts his horror stories living in an apartment managed by Carlson with his mother, during a “peoples hearing” for Carlson, organized by the Fair Tenants Union in the basement of Christ Lutheran Church in Albany Park, Monday, Nov. 27. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)
Clayton Harris III, a former prosecutor and political aide, files nominating petitions with the Cook County Clerk’s office to run for Cook County State’s Attorney in the March 19 primary election, Monday, Nov. 27. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)
Ellie Cotey, costume manager at the Joffrey Ballet, works on a costume for The Nutcracker at the Joffrey Ballet in the Loop, Wednesday, Nov. 15. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery (left) and composer Shawn Okpebholo are photographed at the CSO, Tuesday, Nov. 21. The CSO will host the “Montgomery and the Blacknificent 7” program which features works by a dynamic collective of Black composers, the Blacknificent 7. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)
Vicki Pleasant, mother of Alteriq Pleasant who died in Cook County Jail in 2022, covers her mouth as she sobs while talking about her son during a vigil for 16 people who have died this year while in custody at the jail, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)
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