Photos of the week: Aug. 13-20

People experiencing homelessness and volunteers with the Unconditional Love Foundation clean up an area on Vermont SE. In exchange for helping clean up, the group provides showers, food and haircuts.

20250813-news-espanola-1 — Española’s Industrial Park Road is shown Wednesday. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham this week issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in Española and surrounding areas due to rising crime rates and drug overdoses. The order came in response to requests for assistance from local leaders.

20250813-news-pena-1 — House Speaker Javier Martínez, D-Albuquerque, hugs Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, with his mother-in-law Margaret Montoya, left, outside the Pete V Domenici United States Courthouse, in Albuquerque, after a sentencing hearing for Solomon Peña on Wednesday.

Club member John D. talks about the condition of the parking lot at Desert Club of Albuquerque’s parking lot on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

20250814-news-bicycles-1 — Van Eldredge and his grandson Anthony Eldredge, 5, ride their bikes along the Paseo Del Nordeste Trail in the Hodgin Neighborhood to a news conference about bicycle and pedestrian traffic on Thursday.

Sheliky Sanchez, 18, waits for his detention hearing in 2nd Judicial District Court last month for the Aug. 7 shooting death of an Uber driver.

Staff members of the Albuquerque Isotopes set up a display prior to a press conference at Isotopes Stadium in Albuquerque on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

20250815-news-hse-2 — Richard Lewis talks with reporters at a Los Lunas prison on Friday after earning his high school diploma from the New Mexico Corrections Department education program.

Roses and Steel owner Rebecca Gauna, left, performs with her handmade bubble wand while Jesse James, 5, right, watches at the Rail Yards Market on Sunday.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez talks with Barelas Coffee House customers Nigel Secatero, left, Inez Apachito, right, and Cash Harvey of Alamo Navajo Chapter, during a visit to the restaurant in Albuquerque on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.

From left, Albuquerque Police Department Interim Deputy Chief of Police George Vega, Deputy Chief of Police Cecily Barker, Chief of Staff Michael Hernandez and APD spokesman Gilbert Gallegos, second from right, prepare to address the media following a police shooting near the 10000 block of Hotel NE on Tuesday.

ART bus riders change buses at the ABQRide Uptown Transit Center in Albuquerque on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.

The first customers at Panda Express’ new location wait in line shortly after a ribbon cutting event at restaurant’s new location at 2040 Gibson Blvd SE in Albuquerque on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.

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Published August 22, 2025 - 3:18 p.m. Modified August 22, 2025 - 4:30 p.m.

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