From conservation efforts at the Fort Worth Zoo to an environmental justice workshop, our photojournalists at the Fort Worth Report capture the diversity of events through images of the week. If you have events or photo opportunities, contact community engagement journalist Cristian ArguetaSoto at cristian.arguetasoto@fortworthreport.org or on Twitter.

Chioma Ugwonali, 19, talks to a group of students at an environmental justice workshop on July 28. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Maria Shelton, 74, listens to an environmental justice workshop on July 28. Shelton’s granddaughter, Chioma Ugwonali hosted the workshop. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Guests attend an environmental justice workshop at the Ella Mae Shamblee Public Library, 1062 Evans Ave. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Chioma Ugwonali, 19, leads an environmental justice workshop on July 28. The workshops are funded by a Projects for Peace grant. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Nine-month old baby elephant Brazos roams around its exhibit on July 20. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Few-week-old giraffe Pele hangs out with her mother on July 20 at the Fort Worth Zoo’s African Savannah exhibit. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
A zookeeper checks an egg for an embryo against a flashlight. Zookeepers check eggs for growth in the incubator room at the Fort Worth Zoo. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
A zookeeper checks a “dummy egg,” or infertile egg, against a flashlight at the Fort Worth Zoo. Zookeepers use “dummy eggs” as placeholders in animals’ nests to avoid losing fertile eggs to other animals. Flamingo eggs are taken from nests and incubated to prevent breaking. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Amanda Zalewski, supervisor of birds at the Fort Worth Zoo, plays with a newborn greater flamingo on July 20. Greater flamingos were born in February and March 2022; the Fort Worth Zoo has now successfully bred four species of flamingos. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Horned lizards are bred at the Fort Worth Zoo and released as a part of a repopulation effort. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
A look at the student interns preparing a plot of land. (David Moreno | Fort Worth Report)
Student intern Francis Gulde, 18, holds up watermelon she and her team have worked to grow during their 6-week internship with FunkyTown Food Project. (David Moreno | Fort Worth Report)
Intern wrote down his goals during the group’s morning meeting. (David Moreno | Fort Worth Report)
Robinson holds up a watermelon, telling his students about the fruit’s properties. (David Moreno | Fort Worth Report)
A red brick building with a the Better Business Bureau logo in front
The Better Business Bureau building in Fort Worth, located on 306 W. Broadway Ave. (Seth Bodine | Fort Worth Report)
Greta Barradas has lived in Indian Creek for more than 20 years. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
A woman stands for a portrait in front of a mural.
Jalyn Gordon started her consulting firm Afrocentric Communiversity in 2017 to support minority-owned businesses and nonprofit organizations. (Sandra Sadek | Fort Worth Report)
Jennifer Hannah, founder of Sit Beside, sits inside her mobile learning studio. (David Moreno | Fort Worth Report)
A silhouette of three figures sit on a sofa in a living room.
Asadullah and his family sit in their apartment in Fort Worth on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The image is darkened to protect their identity. (Chongyang Zhang | Fort Worth Report)

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Cristian ArguetaSotoCommunity Engagement Journalist

Cristian is a May 2021 graduate of Texas Christian University. At TCU, ArguetaSoto served as staff photographer at TCU360 and later as its visual editor, overseeing other photojournalists. A Fort Worth...