Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include a gun rally in Albany; a demolished home in Roxbury, Queens; and a flash mob in Times Square. This weekend on "The New York Times Close Up," an inside look at the most compelling articles in Sunday's Times, Sam Roberts will speak with The Times's Wendell Jamieson and Eleanor Randolph. Also, Joseph Lhota, a mayoral candidate, and Phillip Lopate, an essayist. Tune in at 10 p.m. Saturday or 10 a.m. Sunday on NY1 News to watch. A sampling from the City Room blog is featured daily in the main print news section of The Times.