Pictures of the week

Lydia Dubit, 12, her brother, Hayden Dubit, 10, and her friend Haily Horn, 13, send bottles down the slide to join a giant pile of glass collected July 22 at the Durango Recycling Center in the Durango Tech Center. The Durango Recycling Center diverted 19 million pounds from landfills in 2015, up from 7 million pounds in 2006. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Marc Kahan, left, Beverly Moore, back, Jae Moore and Jennifer Alvenes, hug after a United Airlines flight landed safely July 25 at the Durango-La Plata County Airport after the landing gear in the plane’s nose required a manual override to be put in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Jason Ragsdale, program manager with the Southwest Center for Independence, protests with chalk spray paint and a stencil on July 25 at the Veterans of America Durango Community Shelter. Ragsdell says he targeted the shelter because its written policy requires patients must be “self-sufficient (able to maintain personal hygiene, navigate stair (sic), manage own medications, change and maintain own bandages, etc.). Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Six-year-old Cruz Lopez pauses July 26 in front of Everything Under The Sun shop on Main Avenue to get his picture taken by his father Jeff Lopez of Durango beside of a cutout figure of Buzz Lightyear, a character from the movie Toy Story. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

A moose and her calf appear briefly as they move through the willow trees July 27 north of Silverton. San Juan County has a fairly stable population of moose. The creatures like high altitude and are rarely spotted outside the high country. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Colin Taylor, left, and Brandon Stacy raise a banner July 27 at U.S. Highway 550/160 and Santa Rita Drive during a Rally for Justice for Freddie Gray after the acquittal of a third police officer led to the dropping of charges against three remaining Baltimore police officers. “We need to look at conflict not just from a criminal perspective but a social perspective,” said Fort Lewis College associate sociology professor Anthony Nocella at the protest, “so when a 911 call comes in, we call a negotiator, a counselor, a therapist, rather than assuming a cop is a superman.” Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

From left: Hallie Denman, Greg Ryder, Ted Hockenbury and Johanna Laverty put on the Durango Western Music & Vaudeville Show July 26 at the Henry Strater Theatre. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Ted Hockenbury plays during the Durango Western Music & Vaudeville Show July at the Henry Strater Theatre. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Members of the Durango Fire Protection District Swift Water Rescue Team train July 28 in the waters of the Animas River. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Anita Taylor, regional manager with Southern Health Partners, opens the door July 27 to the medical clinic at the La Plata County Detention Center where inmates are treated. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Leading the charge to the Team Roping event at Durango Fiesta Days on July 28 is 3-year-old Shane Grogan. Her mother Jamie Grogan leads her horse while pushing a stroller with 4-month-old Stockton Grogan towards the arena at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Bill Vicary rides with Rodney Carriker in a horse drawn chuck wagon as it turns July 29 from College Avenue onto Main Avenue, heading toward the La Plata County Fairgrounds for the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Association’s Chuck Wagon Cook-off. The event is part of Durango Fiesta Days. The chuck wagon Carriker drives is an original 1911 Weber Damne. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Eight-year-old Caly Ortiz of Farmington New Mexico readies her horse for the Durango Fiesta Days Parade July 30 on Main Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Spectators and participants of Durango Fiesta Days Parade head July 30 toward Main Avenue for the start of the 81st annual event. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Six-year-old Stetson Coulier rides in a wagon from the Durango Cowboy Church during the July 30 Fiesta Days Parade on Main Avenue. Stetson is the son of Gracelynn and Jasen Coulier. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Royalty ride horseback July 30 down Main Avenue during the 81st annual Durango Fiesta Days Parade. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Dominique Frideger, left and Dylan Kroes, both 18, of Team Energy Audacity on July 30 show off the solar car they built at the Powerhouse Science Center. The pair, recent graduates of Animas High School, took six months to build the car they used to compete this summer in the Solar Car Challenge, a race between Texas and Minnesota. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald