This week’s top photo comes from photojournalist and Photo Desk Editor Ashlee Rezin. Follow her on X and Instagram.What makes this photo important?Thousands of residents in Northwest Indiana endured a historic power outage that lasted nearly two weeks after severe storms with 99 mph winds blew thr ough the area on Aug. 11. As a photojournalist, it is my job to tell the story of what life was like for residents of Gary and surrounding communities. I set out to humanize the crisis and give voice to those struggling to make ends meet or feed their children in a world without power.How I got this photo:Melissa Dixon and her family were brave to allow my colleague, reporter Elvia Malagón, and I into their home to tell their story. As the sun continued to set, a neighbor dropped off two plastic containers of spaghetti. Dixon came inside from sitting in her mother's vehicle out front — charging her phone in the car and searching social media for community giveaways — grabbed an LED light and started eating while standing up at her kitchen counter. I backed into a far corner of the kitchen to show that, even with the LED light, the darkness was oppressive and overwhelming.Technical details:Equipment: Canon EOS R5 with an RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM lensFocal length: 27mmAperture: f/2.8Exposure: 1/160ISO: 3200 Related 12 nights without power in Gary Plus, 18 more great photos from Sun-Times and WBEZ photographers from this week in news: Usher performs a sold-out show on Aug. 22 during The RB Tour with Chris Brown at Soldier Field.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Keisha Golden embraces a supporter following a press conference Monday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. Golden pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to probation for the 2022 stabbing death of Calvin Sidney.Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times Views of the ballot sorting machines housed at the Cook County Elections Processing Center in Cicero on Tuesday.Manuel Martinez/WBEZ A look at the Cook County Elections Processing Center in Cicero on Tuesday.Manuel Martinez/WBEZ The Chicago Bears unveil their alternate Rivalries uniform Tuesday during a Nike event at Halas Hall in Lake Forest.Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times Margaret Mary hugs Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt’s niece after an unveiling ceremony for Schmidt’s statue at Loyola University Chicago in Rogers Park on Aug. 21.Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Protesters jeer at federal immigration officers Monday in the 3300 block of South Wolcott Avenue in McKinley Park after a detainment resulted in a car crash on I-55.Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times Students wait in line on the first day of school at George Leland Elementary School, at 512 S. Lavergne Ave., in Austin on Monday.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Students and families arrive at Schubert Elementary School at 2727 N. Long Ave. in Belmont Cragin on the Northwest Side on Monday, the first day of classes for Chicago Public Schools.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Mayor Brandon Johnson dances in the hallway at Roswell B. Mason Elementary School at 4217 W. 18th St. in North Lawndale to celebrate the first day of classes on Monday.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Hannah Mowrey, co-founder of Mobile Front Porch, shows kids how to play a game during “Field Day,” an event organized by Protect Rogers Park and Mobile Front Porch for West Ridge and Rogers Park residents before the first day of classes begins at Hayt Elementary School in Edgewater on Aug. 22.Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Father Michael Pfleger hugs a Chicago police officer Wednesday during a news conference outside St. Sabina Church after the Archdiocese of Chicago announced that Pfleger will be reinstated as senior pastor at the Auburn Gresham church. In July, Pfleger was accused of sexually abusing a girl who was a student at St. Sabina between 1993 and 1995. It was the fifth similar accusation against Pfleger within five years. He staunchly denied the most recent accusation as the archdiocese’s Independent Review Board investigated.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Miles Lewis, volunteering to clear trees, stands in front of downed trees on 20th Street and Van Buren Street in Gary, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26. Lewis said he was one of the thousands of residents who lost power after the Aug. 11 storm ripped through Northwest Indiana. “It’s crazy that this happened everywhere,” he said.Pat Nabong/Sun-Times A mourner wears a jersey from Simeon Career Academy at basketball coach Tim Bankston’s Aug. 22 memorial service at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City.Jeremy Battle/Sun-Times Mourners pray during Tim Bankston’s memorial service on Aug. 22 at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City.Jeremy Battle/Sun-Times Ricky Martin leaps into the air while performing on stage at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on Aug. 20.Victor Hilitski/For the Sun-Times Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an anti-corruption executive order Wednesday alongside supporters at Arise Chicago. The order is meant to prevent corporations that carry out corrupt or abusive practices, including inhumanely assisting in aggressive federal deportation campaigns, from doing business with the city.Jeremy Battle/Sun-Times People fill out sheets Tuesday during BTS trivia night at Replay Lincoln Park at 2833 N. Sheffield Ave. on the North Side.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times ...read more read less