The week in photos captures NC through the lens of News & Observer journalists
By Scott Sharpe
Isaiah Stevens spent hours sculpting a custom wig for GalaxyCon at the Raleigh Convention Center on Thursday, July 24, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C.
Grace Richards
grichards@newsobserver.com
Here’s a curated selection of moments across North Carolina as captured through the lens of The News & Observer visual journalists. They include deer on the greenway in Raleigh, a tender moment between brothers on their family’s shrimp boat, and costumes and fun centered around GalaxyCon in downtown Raleigh. This feature can be seen in Sunday’s newspaper, as well as in our online Edition. See it at eedition.newsobserver.com.
“Weird Al” Yankovic performs “Eat It” on his “Bigger & Weirder 2025” tour at Raleigh, N.C.’s Red Hat Amphitheater, July 24, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
A six-point buck with velvet on his antlers grazes near the Capital Area Greenway’s Buckeye Trail in East Raleigh late Sunday afternoon, July 20, 2025. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
Connor Smith, 5, brother Cameron Smith, 12, play on their phones aboard the shrimper Della John while it is offloaded with fresh caught shrimp at Beaufort Inlet Seafood on Thursday, July 17, 2025 in Beaufort, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Cosplayers and comic fans celebrate GalaxyCon at the Raleigh Convention Center on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Raleigh, NC. Grace Richards grichards@newsobserver.com
An aerial view of a flood-damaged pedestrian suspension bridge on Monday, July 21, 2025, as Eno River State Park remains closed due to flooding from Tropical Depression Chantal. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com
