Photos of the week: Oct. 15-21

Here’s your look at highlights from the weekly AP and WTOP photo report. Scroll through to see if you’ve missed any.

Sean Urbanski, 22, a white University of Maryland student, had been charged with murder in the death of Army Lt. Richard Collins III, who was stabbed to death in May at a bus stop on the campus in College Park. This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Richard Collins III. Authorities appealed for patience Monday, May 22, 2017, from two college communities reacting in shock, fear and anger after Sean Urbanski, a white University of Maryland student, was arrested in what police called the unprovoked stabbing of a black Bowie State University student. Police and the FBI are investigating the killing of Collins as a possible hate crime, because the suspect, Urbanski, became a member of a racist Facebook group several months ago. (U.S. Army via AP)
An explosion at a Laurel, Maryland, Olive Garden blew out the back wall of the restaurant and scattered debris. Two employees suffered minor injuries. About 70 customers were inside the restaurant at the time of the blast. (Courtesy Laurel PIO)
An explosion at a Laurel, Maryland, Olive Garden blew out the back wall of the restaurant and scattered debris. Two employees suffered minor injuries. About 70 customers were inside the restaurant at the time of the blast. (Courtesy Laurel PIO)
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler shows a picture of suspect Radee Labeeb Prince, 37, after news conference near the scene of a workplace shooting on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017 in Edgewood, Md. Prince killed several co-workers and wounded others before fleeing the scene, Gahler said. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Former President Barack Obama called on fellow Democrats to reject politics of “division” and “fear” while rallying on Thursday with party’s candidates for governors in Virginia and New Jersey. FILE – In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. Obama is stepping back into the political spotlight for the first time since leaving the White House, publicly stumping for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey in preparation for this fall’s elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
The Washington Nationals will not retain manager Dusty Baker after two years with the team. Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker talks during a news conference before Game 4 of baseball’s National League Division Series against the Chicago Cubs, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
People walk on the beach in Biarritz, southwestern France, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. Temperatures in southwestern France reached 27 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
A volunteer uses a water hose to fight a wildfire near houses on the outskirts of Obidos, Portugal, in the early hours of Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. In 2017, over 100 people were killed in unprecedented wildfires in the Iberian nation. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots outside a polling station during regional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. On Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, opposition members presented evidence of possible ballot tampering in gubernatorial elections, seeking to bolster its claim that its shock loss at the polls was the result of fraud. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Chinese communists party cadres attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. The ruling Communist Party is expanding its role in business even as it promises freer markets and support for entrepreneurs on the eve of President Xi Jinping’s second five-year term as leader. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Somalis carry the body of a man killed in a blast in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. The explosion from a truck bomb is the country’s deadliest attack with over 300 killed, and Somalia’s president is expected to announce a “state of war” against the al-Shabab extremist group blamed for the bombing, the prime minister said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Red Crescent doctors treat three children injured in a motorcycle accident as a mother of one child weeps outside, in Raqqa, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. A U.S.-backed Syrian force declared victory over the Islamic State group in its former “capital” of Raqqa on Friday, declaring the northern Syrian city free of any extremist presence. (AP Photo/Gabriel Chaim)
Smoke rises as Iraqi security forces launch explosives as Kurdish security forces withdraw from a checkpoint in Altun Kupri, on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, Friday Oct. 20, 2017. In 2014, Kurds took over the city when Iraq’s army melted away ahead of the Islamic State’s blitz across northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
A newly-setup refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, is seen in an aerial view in Thaingkhali, Bangladesh, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. More than 580,000 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since Aug. 25, when Myanmar security forces began a scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya villages. Myanmar’s government has said it was responding to attacks by Muslim insurgents, but the United Nations and others have said the response was disproportionate. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
A passerby stumbles to the ground as she and opposition supporters, protesting over the upcoming elections, run for safety amid a cloud of tear gas fired by riot police in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Two international human rights groups said Monday that Kenya’s police in August attacked opposition supporters killing dozens and injuring scores following demonstrations protesting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s subsequently annulled re-election. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A passerby stumbles to the ground as she and opposition supporters, protesting over the upcoming elections, run for safety amid a cloud of tear gas fired by riot police in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Two international human rights groups said Monday that Kenya’s police in August attacked opposition supporters killing dozens and injuring scores following demonstrations protesting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s subsequently annulled re-election. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Rodrigo Diaz Mejia climbs over a crushed car into what was a second-story apartment felled by an earthquake a month earlier in the Portales Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. The 38-year-old mechanic who lives nearby said he ran to help rescue people trapped atop the buildings roofs on the day of the quake, Sept. 19, and has since been making risky trips into the ruptured structures to retrieve valuable possessions for displaced residents. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
French troops try to pull parts of a cargo plane onto the shore in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Saturday Oct. 14, 2017. The aircraft chartered by the French military crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on its approach to the city’s international airport, killing four crew members from Moldova and injuring six others from Moldova and France, officials said. (AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde)
A U.S. F-22 stealth fighter takes off during the press day of the 2017 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. South Korean and U.S. troops launched five days of naval drills on Monday, three days after North Korea renewed its threat to fire missiles near the American territory of Guam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Pedestrians walk down a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal has sparked a new war of words between the Islamic republic and America, fueling growing mistrust and a sense of nationalism among Iranians. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A luxury purse is reflected on a woman checking on her smartphone outside a fashion boutique at a popular shopping mall in Beijing, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. China’s economic growth edged down in the latest quarter but was buoyed by strength in retail spending and exports. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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An explosion at a Laurel, Maryland, Olive Garden blew out the back wall of the restaurant and scattered debris. Two employees suffered minor injuries. About 70 customers were inside the restaurant at the time of the blast. (Courtesy Laurel PIO)

This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York and WTOP.

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