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Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of August 2022
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A brand-new variety of bio-engineered pink pineapple, called the Pinkglow" by Del Monte is causing a splash at stores and produce stands.
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Two purple martins look for space on a tree branch Wednesday as thousands of the birds congregate near 42nd and Farnam streets.
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Volunteers devein cabbage while preparing to make Sarma in the Saints Peter and Paul's gym on Wednesday. Sarma is a Croatian cabbage roll that the parish, located at 36th and X Streets, will sell at its 105th annual festival on Sunday, August 7th. They started with about 250 pounds of cabbage and 150 pounds of meat and hope to make about 900 Sarma.
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A bird’s flight is illuminated by the moon. The peak of the purple martin migration in this area is usually in late August.
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Thousands of purple martins and other birds fill the air near 42nd and Farnam streets. Purple martins are returning to midtown Omaha in big numbers for the first time in several years.
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Mary Mangiamelli moves a trays of meatballs she scooped to make Sarma in the Saints Peter and Paul's gym on Thursday.
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Joann Pechacek stacks cabbage leaves after they have been deveined in the Saints Peter and Paul's gym on Wednesday.
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Volunteers roll Sarma in the Saints Peter and Paul's gym on Thursday.
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A brand-new variety of bio-engineered pink pineapple, called the Pinkglow" by Del Monte is causing a splash at stores and produce stands.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks to journalists at the Omaha FBI office on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Wray addressed threats made to law enforcement after agents raided Mar-a-Lago residence.
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Addison Rist, 14, of Gretna, pours water on the ground to prevent dust and help the animals beat the heat at the Sarpy County Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 3.
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Nebraska's Ochaun Mathis (32) participates in an Aug. 10 practice at Memorial Stadium.
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Nebraska's Logan Smothers (8) passes the ball to Nebraska's Omar Manning (5) in a Husker football pre-season practice in Lincoln on Wednesday.
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Nebraska's Ernest Hausmann (16) in a Husker football pre-season practice in Lincoln on Wednesday.
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Denise Lewis, director of programs at Fontenelle Forest, presents Orion, a live owl from the forest’s raptor refuge, intended to represent Forest Station Elementary School’s mascot, the Owls. The presentation of Orion took place during an open house Tuesday at the new OPS school in Bellevue.
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Suzana Ntirampeba (left) and Justine Niyonzima, peel beans on their porch on Monday, August 8, 2022.
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Emmanuel Sekamana walks through his garden near North 40th and Parker Streets on Monday, July 25, 2022.
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Suzana Nizigiyimana (left) and her daughters Suzana Ntirampeba (from left), Justine Niyonzima, and Marie Rose Byukusenge peel beans on their porch on Monday, August 8, 2022.
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Emmanuel Sekamana uses a machete to harvest corn in his garden near North 40th and Parker Streets on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
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City Sprouts Program and Distribution Coordinator Laura Simpson (from left), Justine Niyonzima, Jackson Baez-Leonard, and Ahok Apayo take a break from harvesting Swiss chard and kale in the City Sprouts community urban farm as part of an internship program on Friday, August 5, 2022.
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The sun sets behind the North Platte football team as they warm-up before the start of the third quarter against Papillion-La Vista South at Papillion-La Vista South on Friday, August 19, 2022.
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Omaha Creighton Prep's Dean Donaldson (15) watches his team line up in the Bellevue West vs. Omaha Creighton Prep high school football game at Omaha Burke High School on Friday.
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Bellevue West head coach Mike Huffman talks to Isaiah McMorris (3) after he got a penalty following a touchdown in the Bellevue West vs. Omaha Creighton Prep high school football game at Omaha Burke High School on Friday. Bellevue West won the game 28-21.
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Gretna’s Alexis Jensen celebrates after getting out of the top of the eighth inning during their game against Marian at Gretna High School on Thursday.
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Patti Hasty (from left), Patricia Kucera (Daryl’s wife), Daryl Kucera, Ann Sorys, and LeAnne Denney laugh while at MS Forward gym in Omaha on Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
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The Burke Bulldog is deflated during their game against Gretna at Burke High School on Thursday.
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Gretna’s Harrison Weber tries to tackle Burke’s Rodney Whaley during their game at Burke High School on Thursday.
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Vicky Perlmeter high-fives Daryl Kucera at MS Forward gym in Omaha on Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
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Isaiah Weber celebrates after recovering a fumble during their game against Burke at Burke High School on Thursday.
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Gretna’s Alexis Jensen gets ready to bat in the eighth inning during their game against Marian at Gretna High School on Thursday.
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Isaiah Weber celebrates after recovering a fumble during their game against Burke at Burke High School on Thursday.
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Volunteer Kyle Hall (left) holds punching pads for LeAnne Denney (right) as Daryl Kucera cheers her on at MS Forward gym in Omaha on Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
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Bellevue West’s Isaiah McMorris celebrates after scoring a touchdown during their game against Omaha North at Omaha Northwest High School on Friday.
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Gretna’s Isaiah Weber (left) gets tripped up by Burke’s Za’Kye Parrott during their game at Burke High School on Thursday.
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Gretna players run toward Megan Marshall after she bunted in the winning run in extra innings during their game against Marian at Gretna High School on Thursday.
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Bellevue West’s Gio Contreras tries to escape a tackle during their game against Omaha North at Omaha Northwest High School on Friday.
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The Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. Northwestern won 31-28.
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Nebraska's Brendan Franke (92) watches ass he misses a field goal attempt late in the second quarter of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.
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Scott Frost, Huskers head coach, and Nebraska players, from left, Brant Banks (74), Hunter Anthony (77) and Teddy Prochazka (65) arrive for a welcome dinner ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday.
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Nebraska players walk to the edge of the field following a Husker practice ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday.
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Scott Frost, the Nebraska head football coach, leads some players onto the stage as thousands attend a Husker pep rally ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska at Merrion Square Park in Dublin, Ireland on Friday.
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Nebraska's Casey Thompson (11) passes the ball in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.
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Thousands attend a Husker pep rally ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska at Merrion Square Park in Dublin, Ireland on Friday.
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Jonathan Santana, a visitor experience ambassador, pours a pint during a tour at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday.
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A pint at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday.
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Omaha police investigate a homicide at 5209 Curtis Ave. on Tuesday.
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Nebraska's Chris Kolarevic (31) hooks onto Northwestern's Evan Hull (26) in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Casey Thompson (11) warms up ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.
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Cherie and Steve Schemm, now living in Goes Netherlands, hand out with other Husker fans ahead of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Northwestern and Nebraska in theTemple Bar District in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.
