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Relatives of murder victim Sharrice Perkins, from left, LaTeisha Adams, the Rev. Gary Adams, and Danielle Bennett, listened as City Councilor Charles Yancey addressed the media. Perkins and three friends were shot while sitting in a car on Harlem Street in Dorchester on Aug. 13. She and two others died.

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Kevin Craddock, 19, formerly homeless, is getting a fresh start while living at Cushing House, a halfway house in South Boston.

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Eliot Wilder and his daughter Astrid, 9, danced outside Fenway Park while Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band gave a concert inside the ballpark.

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Bruce Springsteen in concert at Fenway Park.

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Leroy McPherson III, 17, huddled with other Boston teens after a workout in the hot sun during a teen police academy training program in Hyde Park.

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Christopher Ventura, 15, pushed through the pain of sit-ups during the teen police academy training program in Hyde Park.

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Trent Theroux trained in Narragansett Bay for a swim from Point Judith to Block Island in September to raise money for a group that advocates for spinal injury patients.

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Oliver (left) and Lucy (right) Briscoe of England and Simon and Nicolas Ruderman of France collected gifts during opening ceremony for the Sharks, Arts, and Conservation Exhibit on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Dancers from Boston Garba rehearsed behind the Hatch Memorial Shell for India Day 2012, a food and dance-filled event on Aug. 15 celebrating the 65th anniversary of India's independence from Britain.

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Emmett Vorspan-Stein, 17, practiced backflips while Abbie Green led a Cambridge Community Gymnastics class at MIT's duPont Gymnasium.

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Olympic gold-medal gymnast Aly Raisman of Needham spoke to the media at Logan Airport on her way home from the Games.