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The Week In Photos: Black Pastors Rally; Eclipse; Turkey Pardon

Photos from the week: Rittenhouse trial; Thanksgiving parade prep; atmospheric river flooding; shipping container backup; much more.

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Civil rights activist Porchse Miller of Atlanta shouts into a megaphone in front of a mural of Ahmaud Arbery during march that followed the Wall of Prayer event outside the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, Thursday.
Civil rights activist Porchse Miller of Atlanta shouts into a megaphone in front of a mural of Ahmaud Arbery during march that followed the Wall of Prayer event outside the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, Thursday. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

ACROSS AMERICA — Below, Patch chronicles the top stories of the week in pictures.

The country continues to struggle with supply chain issues, Washington sees major flooding and destruction, Macy's begins preparations for next week's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Also, protestors gather outside the courthouses in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Atlanta, Georgia, in the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, respectively.

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(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Volunteers with the Allegheny West Foundation distribute Thanksgiving meals at the Panati Recreation Center in Philadelphia Thursday.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Mark Stach, of Dixon, Illinois, holds a peace symbol outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Thursday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha last year.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Joe Biden boards Are Force One as he prepares to depart Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Tuesday in Manchester, N.H.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Railroad cars derailed by flooding lie on their side near tracks at a BNSF rail yard Wednesday in Sumas, Washington. An atmospheric river—a huge plume of moisture extending over the Pacific and into Washington and Oregon—caused heavy rainfall in recent days, bringing major flooding in the area.
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Peanut Butter and Jelly, the National Thanksgiving Turkey and alternate, are shown to members of the press during a news conference held by the National Turkey Federation November 18, 2021 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. The two turkeys from Jasper, Indiana will be pardoned during by President Joe Biden during a Friday ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House.
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Earth's shadow covers the full moon Friday morning during a partial lunar eclipse as it sets beyond the U.S. flag on top of a building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
(Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Macy's, Inc.)
Macy's unveils new giant Baby Yoda balloon for the 95th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
(Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer)
The partially wrapped 2021 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 79-foot tall, 12-ton Norway Spruce from Elkton, Maryland, is lifted by a crane, Saturday, Nov. 13, in New York Cit. The tree, for the first time from Maryland, will be lit on Wednesday, Dec. 1.
(AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
Snow is seen at Lambeau Field before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A driver sits in his truck as shipping containers are stacked up in the yards at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021.

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