Planting for the future: Students from North Side’s Barack Obama Elementary School plant a young dogwood tree with the help of Luke McCall, a Dominion Energy forester, on April 23, just a few days before Arbor Day. The first-graders in Kerry Richardson, Liz Pearson and Carla Lewis’ classes have been studying the importance of trees as part of a free environmental education program developed by the utility company that is now in its 13th year. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Grand opening: Shoppers flood into The Market @ 25th, the new grocery store in the East End that opened with a ribbon-cutting and big ceremony Monday at 25th Street and Fairmount Avenue. The Armstrong High School Wildcat Marching Band led the parade, with shoppers enjoying many of the locally grown and produced items inside. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

The expanded New Clay House, seen here, is one of the largest residential developments in the city for people experiencing homelessness. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Young Zy’Asia Jordan cries in the arms of her grandmother, Valencia Harris, as Ms. Harris talks about her missing daughter, Unique Harris. Families shared stories about their missing loved ones last Saturday during the 3rd Annual Richmond Missing Persons Day Rally at Chimborazo Park. At left is Toni Jacobs, organizer of the event, whose daughter Keeshae, was last seen on Sept. 26, 2016. Ms. Harris’ grandson, Zy’Kei, looks on, along with, from rear left to right, Pamela Rogowski and her twin, Lisa Sullivan of Spotsylvania and Monique Smith who have missing family members. (Ava Reaves)

Families shared stories about their missing loved ones last Saturday during the 3rd Annual Richmond Missing Persons Day Rally at Chimborazo Park. (Ava Reaves)

Yellow iris in the West End (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Imam Irfan Ali Shah of the Islamic Center of Henrico offers prayers in remembrance of the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings at three Christian churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that claimed the lives of more than 250 people and wounded 500 others. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)