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Television monitors are set up around the Capitol building in Harrisburg for overflow viewing of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget address.
Television monitors are set up around the Capitol building in Harrisburg for overflow viewing of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget address.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

Because the House chamber is closed for repairs from a water leak, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget address before a joint session of the General Assembly on Tuesday took place in the Capitol rotunda, a space with less room for the roughly 300 legislators and guests.

Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his second budget address on the ornate grand staircase in the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

Since 1998, a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color:

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9/11 Remembrance at Philadelphia International Airport

Members of the Transportation Security Administration honor guard, joined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Philadelphia Police Department Airport Division officers marched through the airport terminals, stopping at each security checkpoint for a moment of silence to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia.

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