Hawaii this week — in 15 pictures






























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Nalini Gaultier, middle, co-director of Tahiti Mana School of Dance, rehearses with dancers at Kapiolani Park on Thursday.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Two surfers share a wave at Kewalo Basin on Monday.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Paul Lee, left, of Kumulokahi, took HUGS family Damian Akiu, Tiarae Gututala, Kimo Akiu and Lillian Akiu on a canoe ride with David Buerge, also of Kumulokahi. The Honolulu Elks Lodge 616 hosted the first-ever Elks Kumulokahi Paddle Out for HUGS event.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
A paddler traverses the Ala Wai Canal on Thursday.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Beachgoers enjoy a day at Ala Moana Regional Park on Friday.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
A woman finds an innovative way to hitch a ride with her bicyclist companion on Monday in Honolulu.CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Lanikai’s girls 16 crew makes a turn during the Waimanalo Regatta at Waimanalo Beach on Sunday.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Beachgoers gather on the shore of Waikiki on Thursday.See related coverageJAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Four-year-old Bailey Bento watches as a westbound Skyline train enters the platform at the Pearlridge station on Friday.See related coverageCRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Frank Shiroma, a farmer in Waiahole Valley for over 50 years, held a sign during Wednesday's protest.See related coverageCRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Trucks carrying rocks head to the Waimanalo Gulch landfill.See related coverageCINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Veronica Faasavalu, center, waits for a Hawaiian Airlines agent at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Friday,after her flight from Pago Pago, American Samoa, was delayed and resulted in an overnight stay in Honolulu.See related coverageCINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Sgt. Gavin Ching received an embrace as eight soldiers from the Hawaii Army National Guard's 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment returned from an 11-month deployment in Poland on Wednesday.See related coverageCRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Pacific Resource Partnership’s Partners for Democracy program members include Andrew Pereira, left, interim Executive Director Kyle Chock, participant Mark Anthony Clemente and Program Manager Ian Terayama.See related coverageCINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland went on a tour at Kako'o 'Oiwi and Paaepae o Heeia on Tuesday.See related coverage