Each month, the Baltimore Banner will curate some of our favorite images from the previous four weeks or so; that’ll include photographs and illustrations from both our team of staffers and our wide pool of freelance contributors. Interested in freelancing for the Banner? Email photo editor Kirk McKoy and you might see yourself on this list in the near future as well.

Instructor Heather Hax works with students at Baltimore Yoga Studies as they practice at their own pace. (Taneen Momeni/The Baltimore Banner)
7/4/22 — Cody, 3, smiles as he rests on his dad Anwar’s shoulders at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)
7/4/22 — A group of teens light sparklers at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)
The Mammoth Fireworks Show in Catonsville.
The Mammoth Fireworks Display in Catonsville. (Taneen Momeni/The Baltimore Banner)
Few jocks were better known or more loved than Jonathan Gilbert, also known as “Weasel.” Gilbert was the popular DJ and a familiar and unique voice of WHFS. He is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of all things music and on-air interviews with many of the most famous artists of that generation. Weasel is pictured at home with a lifetime of collected music. (Kirk McKoy/The Baltimore Banner)
Araba Maze in the aisles of the Enoch Pratt Central Library in Mount Vernon. (Taneen Momeni/The Baltimore Banner)
7/8/22—A squeegee worker cleans a windshield at the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
7/8/22 — A squeegee worker cleans a windshield at the corner of East Lombard and President streets. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)
The Women’s World Lacrosse Championships gold medal game between the U.S. and Canada took place July 9, 2022 at Unitas Stadium at Towson University, with the U.S. team taking the trophy, 11-8. (Kaitlin Newman for The Baltimore Banner)
Liquid Earth Philly Cheese Fake.
Liquid Earth's Philly Cheese Fake. (Shan Wallace/The Baltimore Banner)
Risotto at Liora
Risotto at Liora (Photo by Shan Wallace/The Baltimore Banner) (Shan Wallace/The Baltimore Banner)
"He's my Son" say a very choked up Tavon Scott Sr. (right) with attorney J. Wyndal gordon (left) and Tonia McClain (subjects grandmother).  Scott's son os being held on a First-Degree manslaughter charge.
“He’s my Son” says a very emotional Tavon Scott Sr., right, with attorney J. Wyndal Gordon, left, and Tonia McClain, the suspect’s grandmother. Scott’s son was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a 48-year-old man in downtown Baltimore. (Kirk McKoy/The Baltimore Banner)
Baltimore City State's Attorney candidate Ivan Bates (center) watches results come in with Rachel Rice (left), Marvin James and Adelaide Sudbrink at Bates' election night event Tuesday night. Maryland held its primary election on Tuesday, July 19.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney candidate Ivan Bates, center, watches results come in with Rachel Rice, left, Marvin James and Adelaide Sudbrink at Bates’ election night event on July 19. (Julia Reihs for The Baltimore Banner)
Wes Moore, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, speaks to supporters at R. House on July 19.
Wes Moore, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks to supporters at R. House on July 19. (Brian O'Doherty for The Baltimore Banner)
Baltimore experimental hip-hop duo Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals.
Baltimore experimental hip-hop duo Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals. (Gustavo Marinho for The Baltimore Banner)
My partner texted a photo of our son with his vaccination card. That was quick!
Illustrator Hayley Thornton-Kennedy receives a text from her partner confirming that her toddler got his first dose of the pediatric COVID vaccine. (Hayley Thornton-Kennedy for The Baltimore Banner)
Jonathon Hayward speaks with reporters in the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. (Taneen Momeni)
Ballot counters remove ballots from the envelopes.
Ballot counters remove ballots from the envelopes. (Taneen Momeni)
Carleen Goodridge says a feeling drew her to Baltimore, so she moved.
The first two panels of a comic illustrating Carleen Goodridge’s ancestral ties to Liberia and Baltimore.
Carroll Mill Farm owner Natalie Ziegler pulls a few weeds from a rye field. (J.M. Giordano for The Baltimore Banner)
Shattered glass litters the ground near an abandoned electric scooter after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on July 27. Two people were being treated for injuries, fire officials said. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)
Photo illustration of a night market. (Clara Longo de Freitas)

Ulysses Muñoz is a photojournalist at the Baltimore Banner, sharing Charm City's stories through his camera. He previously spent 7 years as a visual storyteller, first at The Capital Gazette and later at the Baltimore Sun. Born and raised in Columbia, MD, he's a graduate of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. 

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