Journal photos of the week: April 10-17

20240417-news-thomson-3 — The new chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court David Thomson gets a hug from former Chief Justice Shannon Bacon during a swearing in ceremony at the New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday.

20240413-news-greatape-3 — Visitors watch as Samantha and her baby Mashika, two of the gorillas in the Great Ape exhibit at the ABQ BioPark Zoo, have lunch at the park, Saturday.

20240417-news-crime-6 — Taos Mayor Pascual Maestas, left, talks with Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Wednesday before the start of a town hall on crime at the African American Performing Arts Center at the state fairgrounds.

20240412-news-oil-1 — Plaintiffs Daniel Tso, left, and Mario Atencio, along with dozens of Native American and environmental activists, sit in a courtroom in 1st Judicial District Court in Santa Fe during an April 2024 motion hearing in a case about oil and natural gas drilling in New Mexico. The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit, though a top attorney for the plaintiffs vowed to appeal the ruling.

20240416-news-mora-3 — From left, Joshua Sloan, associate professor of forestry at New Mexico Highlands University; Matt Hurteau, biology professor at the University of New Mexico; and Owen Burney, director of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, discuss reforestation efforts recently at the center.

20240410-news-youthdetention-10 — The food serving area of the kitchen at the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention and Youth Services Center, in Albuquerque, Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

Samia Assed, a Palestinian American and Democratic Party activist, speaks during a rally Tuesday at Tiguex Park for the newly formed Vote Uncommitted New Mexico campaign.

Brothers Jason and Anthony Radler on Saturday work on building a fish statue for the upcoming Earth Day Festival NM.

A Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputy was at the sceneafter officials say a Metropolitan Detention Center officer and the inmate they were taking to the facility were injured in a crash on an Interstate 40 south frontage road near Shelly Road on Wednesday.

Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina prepares to speak to news reporters at the site of an officer-involved shooting at the Walmart near Wyoming and Menaul NE on Thursday.

Members of the UNM football team meet with Malik Jimenez-Gutierrez, 14, after Thursday’s practice. Jimenez-Gutierrez was honored as one of the team’s Thursday’s Heroes in light of the medical issues he’s faced.

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Published April 19, 2024 - 12:16 p.m. Modified May 26, 2025 - 2:00 a.m.

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