San Antonio Report photographers chronicle San Antonio and its residents. Each week, we share our most meaningful images as a visual account of San Antonio’s ever-evolving landscape.

Anthony Medrano, violinist with Mariachi Campanas de America, has his face painted during an event announcement for the upcoming Day of the Dead river parade and festival titled <I>Spiritlandia</I>.
Anthony Medrano, violinist with Mariachi Campanas de America, has his face painted during an event announcement for the upcoming Day of the Dead river parade and festival titled Spiritlandia. Credit: Scott Ball / San Antonio Report
Migrants cross the Rio Grande from Piedras Negras, Mexico, into Eagle Pass on Monday. Credit: Nick Wagner / San Antonio Report
Sam Houston High School band director Bruce Adams leads the band during the Fiesta Flambeau Parade in April. Only one student in the band had prior experience performing during Fiesta, as the coronavirus pandemic squashed any opportunity for experience for the new members.
Sam Houston High School band director Bruce Adams leads the band during the Fiesta Flambeau Parade in April. Only one student in the band had prior experience performing during Fiesta after the coronavirus pandemic caused participation in the band to drop. Credit: Nick Wagner / San Antonio Report
Irene Mendez, left, was asked to leave the facility following verbal outbursts at the immigration town hall hosted by Sheriff Javier Salazar in partnership with local media.
Irene Mendez, left, is asked to leave the UTSA’s Buena Vista Theater on Monday night after she and others complained that an immigration town hall hosted by Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar was conducted mostly in Spanish. Credit: Scott Ball / San Antonio Report
Soldiers run across a parking lot toward a building as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes off during a U.S. Army Special Operations Command training exercise on Tuesday.
Soldiers run across a parking lot toward a building as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes off during a U.S. Army Special Operations Command training exercise on Tuesday. Credit: Nick Wagner / San Antonio Report
A man carries two children atop his shoulders as he walks toward a military checkpoint to seek asylum on the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass last week.
A man carries two children atop his shoulders as he walks toward a military checkpoint to seek asylum on the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass last week. Credit: Nick Wagner / San Antonio Report

Scott Ball is San Antonio Report's photo editor and grew up in San Antonio.