See a week in pictures from Tampa Bay Times photographers, Aug. 24-29

Staff photographers work closely with editors and reporters to illustrate stories through pictures.

Here are just a few images captured from events over the past week and what I liked about them.

A worker removes a sign for the drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the conclusion of testing on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at the Ruth Eckerd Hall parking lot in Clearwater. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]

I liked this image’s simplicity. It fit well with a story about coronavirus testing.

Crossing guard Annie Person, 76, on left, talks with Rodney Vanhorn as he walks his three children to school on the first day at Lakewood Elementary, 4151 6th St S, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 in St. Petersburg. "I'm happy," Rodney Vanhorn said. "The first day of school is always my Christmas present." From left is Person, Vanhorn and Vanhorn's three children, fourth grader Rodney Vanhorn III, second grader Jalani Vanhorn, and fourth grader Oryan Vanhorn. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]

I love the interaction between the father and the crossing guard as he walks his sons to the first day of school in St. Petersburg.

Maria Smith gets a hug from former student Marquis Golden, 9, at the "Walker's Gate" after school at Campbell Park Elementary School, Monday August 24, 2020. [ JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times ]

This image represents a memory we have all had as children in school. I love the body language between the subjects.

Natalya Burlakova encourages her son Ivan Zavaleta, 6, while he starts first grade virtually by eLearning in their Lithia home on Monday, August 24, 2020. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]

This picture is a different take on the first day of school in the age of coronavirus. The expressions between the mother and the son convey their feelings clearly.

Students and faculty navigate the first day of school before the start of classes at the entrance of Gulf High School on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in New Port Richey. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]

This image tells so many stories without saying a word. The photographer told me that Gulf High School had no issues with him photographing off property but it was a different story when he moved over to Gulf Middle School.