Here are some photos of important stories that happened this past week. Scroll through the gallery so see if you have missed any.
Prince William County Police Chief Barry Barnard attends service at Greater Praise Temple Ministries to support the church and its members after racist messages were left on the church’s front door last week.
(WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WTOP/Kathy Stewart
When escaping storms or floodwaters, some personal care supplies may slip off the list of important things to grab when life and limb are at risk. A local organization rallied community members to help fill that void for Texas storm victims.
(WTOP/Liz Anderson)
WTOP/Liz Anderson
Naval Academy Midshipmen participate in the 2016 9/11 Heroes Run in Annapolis, Maryland. This year, on its 10th anniversary, the 9/11 Heroes Run honors two Naval Academy graduates in addition to those who served on Sept. 11, 2001.
(Courtesy Harrison Hart)
Courtesy Harrison Hart
A 10-day protest march from Charlottesville to D.C. reached the finish line when soggy-wet demonstrators arrived, in a driving rain, at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial.
(WTOP/Dick Uliano)
WTOP/Dick Uliano
Yanique Campbell-Jennings stands for a photo outside her Germantown home in July. The mother of three worries about her 8-year-old son and the future he faces amid a rash of high-profile police shootings that have killed young black men. She’s already sat him down to talk about racial discrimination and how he, as a black boy, might be treated differently, including by police. Read about how local parents are talking to their kids about discrimination.
(WTOP/Amanda Iacone)
WTOP/Amanda Iacone
“If you get an education, then nobody can define who you are, what you can become,” said NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson, speaking at a block party for D.C. Public Schools. At the block party, the District unveiled the school system’s five-year strategic plan aimed at ensuring that every student feels loved, challenged and prepared for the future. On Friday, the union representing D.C. teachers ratified their first contract in five years with the city.
(WTOP/Dick Uliano)
WTOP/Dick Uliano
Thousands walked, jogged and ran in this year’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Downtown D.C. Saturday morning.
(WTOP /Dennis Foley)
WTOP /Dennis Foley
A Rohingya family reaches the Bangladesh border after crossing a creek of the Naf river on the border with Myanmmar, in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf area, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017.
(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
In this geocolor image GOES-16 satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at 11:45 UTC, sunlight, from the right, illuminates Hurricane Irma as the storm approaches Cuba and Florida. Cuba evacuated tourists from beachside resorts and Floridians emptied stores of plywood and bottled water after Hurricane Irma left at least 20 people dead and thousands homeless on a devastated string of Caribbean islands and spun toward Florida for what could be a catastrophic blow this weekend.
(NOAA via AP)
President Donald Trump speaks at Andeavor Refinery to promote his tax overhaul plan, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Bismarck, N.D.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
A dog sits on top of the rubble of a wall that collapsed during a massive earthquake, in Mexico City, Friday Sept.8, 2017. One of the most powerful earthquakes ever to strike Mexico hit off its southern Pacific coast, killing at least 35 people, toppling houses, government offices and businesses. Mexico’s capital escaped major damage, but the quake terrified sleeping residents, many of whom still remember the catastrophic 1985 earthquake that killed thousands and devastated large parts of the city.
(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
AP Photo/Marco Ugarte
Lucita Leonce 71, complains in front of her home flooded by heavy rains brought on by Hurricane Irma, in Fort-Liberte, Haiti, Friday Sept. 8, 2017. Irma rolled past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and battered the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday with waves as high as 20 feet (6 meters).
( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
A Border Patrol vehicle drives in front of a mural in Tecate, Mexico, just beyond a border structure Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Tecate, Calif. A French artist aiming to prompt discussions about immigration erected a 65-foot-tall cut-out photo of a Mexican boy, pasting it to scaffolding built in Mexico. The image overlooks a section of wall on the California border and will be there for a month.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
AP Photo/Gregory Bull
Miami Beach Police patrol Miami Beach as the outer bands of Hurricane Irma reached South Florida early Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017 in Miami. Gov. Rick Scott is urging anyone living in an evacuation zone in southwest Florida to leave by noon as the threat of Hurricane Irma has shifted west.
(David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)