Photos of the week: Aug. 27-Sept. 2

WASHINGTON — Here are photos from some stories that happened last week.

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Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, speaks at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, Va., after a car crashed into demonstrators protesting a white supremacy rally. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) The VMAs were full of emotional performances, political moments, and a new, eye-popping Taylor Swift music video. See photos of the awards show. 
Rescue boats fill a flooded street as flood victims are evacuated as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) See all photos of the natural disaster and read about how local volunteers helped out in Texas.
The third corpse flower started to bloom at the U.S. Botanic Garden Monday evening. (Courtesy U.S. Botanic Garden)
The third corpse flower started to bloom at the U.S. Botanic Garden Monday evening. (Courtesy U.S. Botanic Garden)
(WTOP/Max Smith)
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser listened to a review by former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who is pictured behind the three local leaders. (WTOP/Max Smith)
Members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority cross a barbwire fence to return to Myanmar, at Ghumdhum, in the Myanmar- Bangladesh border, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state has driven thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing toward Bangladesh for safety, along with a smaller exodus of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. (AP Photo/Mushfiqul Alam)
Much like the news industry, the Newseum is also struggling. Its CEO and president has stepped down and the Freedom Forum is considering its options, including selling the museum's building on Pennsylvania Avenue. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
While the Newseum attracts more than 800,000 visitors a year, the most for any D.C. museum that charges an admission fee, the Freedom Forum says it has been difficult to raise what it costs to operate the museum through admission fees, especially in a city full of free museums. Much like the news industry, the Newseum is also struggling. Its CEO and president has stepped down and the Freedom Forum is considering its options, including selling the museum’s building on Pennsylvania Avenue. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Charlottesville residents take photos of city workers as they drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Emancipation park in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The move intended to symbolize the city's mourning for a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally earlier this month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Dozens of marchers made their way to the nation’s capital from Charlottesville after gathering in Emancipation Park at the statue of Robert E. Lee on Monday. Charlottesville residents take photos of city workers as they drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Emancipation park in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The move intended to symbolize the city’s mourning for a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally earlier this month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, holds up a Texas flag after speaking with supporters outside Firehouse 5 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, , where he received a briefing on Harvey relief efforts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
People view the tributes for the late Diana, Princess of Wales, near an ornamental gate outside the Kensington Palace in London, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The tributes are to mark the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in a car crash in Paris Aug. 31, 1997. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Shelter animals displaced by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey arrive at the Last Chance Animal Rescue in Maryland. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
Shelter animals displaced by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey arrive at the Last Chance Animal Rescue in Maryland. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
Visitors surround a sandcastle at the Landschaftspark in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Artists attempt to secure a spot in the coveted Guinness Book of World Records by building the tallest sandcastle ever. Later on Friday a jury will arrive to inspect the castle. (Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP)
Former D.C. Police Chief Isaac Fulwood Jr. has died. (Courtesy D.C. Police)
Former D.C. Police Chief Isaac Fulwood Jr. died Friday night. He served as chief of police from 1989 to 1992, during what the department’s website called the District’s “most tumultuous periods.” (Courtesy D.C. Police)
Traci Stilwell and 6-year-old daughter Amelia Begole pass the time in line at the National Book Festival by reading a book. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
On Saturday, book lovers shook off their rain-soaked umbrellas and jackets as they entered the sprawling Walter Washington Convention Center in downtown D.C. for the Library of Congress’ 2017 National Book Festival. In this photo, Traci Stilwell and 6-year-old daughter Amelia Begole pass the time in line waiting for a book signing by reading a book. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
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The third corpse flower started to bloom at the U.S. Botanic Garden Monday evening. (Courtesy U.S. Botanic Garden)
(WTOP/Max Smith)
Much like the news industry, the Newseum is also struggling. Its CEO and president has stepped down and the Freedom Forum is considering its options, including selling the museum's building on Pennsylvania Avenue. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Charlottesville residents take photos of city workers as they drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Emancipation park in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The move intended to symbolize the city's mourning for a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally earlier this month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Shelter animals displaced by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey arrive at the Last Chance Animal Rescue in Maryland. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
Former D.C. Police Chief Isaac Fulwood Jr. has died. (Courtesy D.C. Police)
Traci Stilwell and 6-year-old daughter Amelia Begole pass the time in line at the National Book Festival by reading a book. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)

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