WASHINGTON — Here are some photos of important stories that happened last week.
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White nationalist demonstrators walk into Lee park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes between white nationalists and counter protestors.
(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Storm damage that came through Friday in Fauquier County, Virginia, was “pretty moderate” compared to others, according to the county’s Emergency Management Deputy Coordinator, but one resident laments the damage to his home in a Baptist church built in the 1800s.
(WTOP/Dennis Foley)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
“These people are here every day protecting the citizens of this city,” said Former D.C. Fire Chief Donald Edwards (left). He’s shown here hugging Robert Alvarado, president of the Scorched Souls Motorcycle Club, which is made up of D.C. firefighters. They were among the first responders and others gathered at Tune Inn on Capitol Hill Wednesday for a fundraiser to help the family of Firefighter Dane Smothers Jr. Smothers was critically injured Aug. 3 preparing to battle a blaze in Northeast.
(WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
This aerial photo provided by DolphinSafari.com shows a baby gray whale in Dana Point Harbor, seen during Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Watching Safari in Dana Point, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The whale, about 15 to 18 feet long, swam into a shallow children’s area called Baby Beach and circled a pier. Kayakers were able to get within a few feet of the animal, which at one point swam under paddle boarders.
(Domenic Biagini/DolphinSafari.com via AP)
Domenic Biagini/DolphinSafari.com via AP
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is a big Washington Redskins fan Redskins fan, gets ready for the Redskins players to show up, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2017 in Richmond, Va.
(Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP
A replica of canons used by the Spanish from the Spanish occupation on Guam in the 19th century is seen outside of government offices in Hagatna, Guam on Friday morning, Aug. 11, 2017. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea’s army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an “enveloping fire” around the island. The exclamation came after President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of “fire and fury like the world has never seen.”
(AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa
A man carrying masks with the image of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta stands as supporters wait an expected announcement of election results, at the Kenya International Conference Center in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Kenyans on Friday awaited the official results of Tuesday’s disputed election as hundreds of riot police patrolled the capital.
(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
AP Photo/Ben Curtis
In this Thursday, May 25, 2017 photo, Rashad Rouse, 27, whose dream is getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, hangs upside down from a traffic signal pole in a Spider-Man costume to get attention from tourists on Hollywood Boulevard, in Los Angeles. Rouse is a musician and sometimes works as an Uber driver when he is not working on the boulevard.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
In this Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017 photo, people walk by the Catboat shelter in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In the heart of the Dutch capital, on a canal near one of the busiest shopping streets, a floating animal sanctuary called The Catboat provides refuge for about 50 stray and abandoned felines.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
