Picture Chicago: 21 photos from this week in news

Rob Zombie performs on day three of Riot Fest in Douglass Park, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Fans react as Fallout Boy performs on the Metro Stage on day one of the Riot Fest at Douglass Park, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Guitarist Eric Melvin performs with NOFX on day two of Riot Fest in Douglass Park, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

Guitarist Gary Holt performs with Slayer while it rains on day three of Riot Fest in Douglass Park, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Public Enemy performs on the Radical Stage on day one of Riot Fest at Douglass Park, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.

Grodius Maximus of Gwar poses for a portrait in the press lounge on day three of Riot Fest in Douglass Park, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

A fan crowd surfs as Gwar performs on day three of Riot Fest in Douglass Park, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

The Marley Brothers perform on the Rise Stage on day one of the Riot Fest at Douglass Park, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Fans react as Fall Out Boy performs on the Metro Stage on day one of Riot Fest at Douglass Park, Friday, September 20, 2024.

Kenneth Polin, the first cousin of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, wears an Israeli military dog tag with the number 352 taped over it, signifying the amount of days the hostages have been held in Gaza, while attending a memorial for Hersh at Skokie Valley Synagogue, Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. Goldberg-Polin was a 23-year-old Israeli-American who was recently murdered while in captivity in Gaza.

Fans cheer inside Guaranteed Rate Field while watching the White Sox play against the Los Angeles Angels, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

People assembled despite the heavy rain for the “Stop the Haitian Hate” rally at Federal Plaza on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. | Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times

Lettuce transplants grow in Gotham Greens’ greenhouse at 10636 S. Woodlawn Ave. in Pullman on the Far South Side, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

Jordan Merrick, a teen specialist at Union League Boys & Girls Clubs’ Barreto Club, paints over graffiti during Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s annual Community Impact Day at Union League Boys & Girls Clubs’ Barreto Club in Humboldt Park, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Performers with the Center of Peruvian arts dance onstage on North Kedzie Boulevard near Logan Square Park in Logan Square during World Dumpling Festival, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

Eliza Brodbelt, left, and Mary Ann Sallee, sisters of Margaret Miller Johnson, stand together during a press conference ahead of a community memorial at Lake Street Church, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 in Evanston.

Chicago Public School CEO Pedro Martinez sits in during a monthly Board of Education meeting at Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024.

From left, Terrance Jones local artist and administrative assistant with the pulmonology team at Northwestern Medicine, Dr. Catherine Myers, lung transplant pulmonologist at Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute, Mandy Wilk, lung transplant patient and Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and director of Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute stand together for a photo next to a piece of art made by Jones and gifted to Wilk after a press conference at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Larry Hoover Jr. listens to comments by his fathers attorney after a hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in the Loop, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover appeared virtually in a Chicago court, the 73-year-old hopes a new judge will undo the life sentence handed to him in 1998. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Winndye Jenkins-Hoover listens to comments from her husbands attorneys after a hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in the Loop, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover appeared virtually in a Chicago court, the 73-year-old hopes a new judge will undo the life sentence handed to him in 1998.|Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times