Photos of the week: July 23-30

Gianna Finnance, 6, examines the leaf of a sunflower that her grandfather, James Finnance, helped her pick at Big Jim Farms in Albuquerque's North Valley on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Big Jim's U-Pick fields are open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The farm offers a wide variety of sunflowers, zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, and New Mexico wildflowers.

Sheldon Greer provides a tour of the the Campbell Ranch property in Sandia Park on Thursday.

Aitana Ellingsen, 3, who is entering prekindergarten, browses back-to-school items while shopping with her family at Target on Coors NW in Albuquerque on Thursday. Some families are continuing their shopping this weekend, during New Mexico's annual tax-free holiday, geared toward school-related items.

Family members embrace at the University of New Mexico central campus after a deadly shooting at Casas del Rio

Priscilla Montano, 67, who has been unhoused for four years, receives a kiss from her dog, Texas, under the Interstate 40 overpass in Northwest Albuquerque, N.M., on July 26, 2025.

Eastdale Little League practices Thursday at the Eastdale Little League fields in Albuquerque.

A plushie sits in a window at the city of Albuquerque’s first safe outdoor space at New Creation Church on Monday.

Joshua Urban, owner of Bosque Pest Control uses a rake to remove cattails from a pond at Tingley Beach in Albuquerque on Monday, July 28, 2025. Bosque Pest Control was contracted by the Abq BioPark to remove dead and rotting cattails to help improve the water quality for the fish in the ponds.

Downtown Albuquerque is surrounded by clouds on Monday. The city is expected to receive rain through most of the week.

Albuquerque firefighters and police officers investigate a house fire on the 9600 block of McKnight in Albuquerque on Tuesday.

People hold candles during a vigil for Michael LaMotte at Haynes Park in Rio Rancho on Tuesday evening.

20250729-news-texas-2 — Texas state Rep. Josey Garcia, D-San Antonio, visits with Debra Michlewitz and Franco Scardino of New York in the Rotunda after a Tuesday news conference. Garcia was one of seven Democratic representatives from Texas who traveled to New Mexico to meet with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about the implications of a Texas special session focused on flood relief that has been expanded to include redistricting.

Lesleigh Perez, a nurse at the Veteran's Affairs Hospital, performs medical evaluations on training mannequins during the U.S. Transportation Command's annual Ultimate Caduceus exercise at the Albuquerque International Sunport.

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Published July 31, 2025 - 1:34 p.m. Modified July 31, 2025 - 1:50 p.m.

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