Photos of the week: Oct. 22-28

A federal grand jury has approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Multiple media outlets are reporting that Special Counsel Robert Muller team has filed its first charges against at least one person in its investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. FILE. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The starting line of the 42nd Marine Corps Marathon. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley) — More than 30,000 people took part in this year’s Marine Corps Marathon. (WTOP/Sarah Beth Hensley)

Hindu devotees perform rituals in the the river Brahmaputra during the Chhath Puja festival in Gauhati, India, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. During the ancient festival, rituals are performed to thank the sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

AP Photo/Anupam Nath

Firefighters helped residents evacuate due to the amount of smoke. (WTOP/Bruce Alan) — Firefighters helped thousands of residents evacuate around 550 units after a transformer fire set off alarms in a Bethesda high-rise Saturday, Oct. 21. (WTOP/Bruce Alan)

Pedestrians, one wearing a mask, walk by a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. China’s ruling Communist Party has praised President Xi as a Marxist thinker, adding to intense propaganda promoting Xi’s personal image as he begins a second five-year term as leader. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

AP Photo/Andy Wong

"We're thankful to everyone who's come through and had a Corona and had a margarita and had a fish taco and really made this place unique," said Cantina Marina managing partner Richard Hemmer said. (WTOP/Kristi King) — The Cantina Marina, which has enjoyed 15 seasons as an outdoor dock bar in Southwest, is closing while Phase II of The Wharf development expands along the Southwest waterfront. “We’re thankful to everyone who’s come through and had a Corona and had a margarita and had a fish taco and really made this place unique,” said Cantina Marina managing partner Richard Hemmer said. (WTOP/Kristi King)

President Donald Trump calls on a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Dallas. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

President Donald Trump meets with children dressed in their Halloween costumes in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. The White House invited the children of members of the media to visit the president and to trick-o-treat at the White House complex of the Eisenhower Executive Office building. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

In this photo provided by the U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va., Mohamad Khweis, 27, of Alexandria, Va., is seen. To the Kurdish peshmerga forces patrolling northern Iraq in March 2016, Khweis, appeared to be a member of the Islamic State terror group. They certainly didn’t peg him as a bus driver from the wealthy suburbs of Washington. (U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va. via AP)

U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va. via AP

Nearly 3 years after Marion Barry’s death, a bronze statue of the legendary former D.C. mayor is taking shape, and photos released this week provide a sneak peak at what the memorial will look like. Pictures from artists at Weitzman Studios in Maryland show a full-body clay model of Barry smiling and waving, wearing a suit and snakeskin shoes. (Courtesy D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities)

After years of discussion and deliberation, a nearly four-hour session by the Fairfax County School Board Thursday night into Friday morning finally lead to a decision on what to call a Falls Church high school named after a Confederate officer. (AP Photo/Matt Barakat)

AP Photo/Matt Barakat

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a gaggle of Gagas pose for the camera.
(WTOP/Michelle Basch) — Drag queens dressed like Dolly Parton, a bearded bride and a gaggle of Lady Gagas were spotted at this year’s 17th Street High Heel Race and parade. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

A car crashed into an Upper Marlboro restaurant Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, and injured several people. One man was pronounced dead from his injuries on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Courtesy Prince George's County Fire/EMS) — A car plowed into a busy Upper Marlboro, Maryland, restaurant Tuesday afternoon, injuring as many as nine people. (Courtesy Prince George’s County Fire/EMS)

Thai royal palace officers prepare for religious rituals to move late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s ashes to special locations for further Buddhist rites in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Thais said farewell to their king and father figure with elaborate funeral ceremonies that cap a year of mourning, steeped in centuries of tradition. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn

Two Icelandic horses play in their paddock in Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

AP Photo/Michael Probst

A woman wearing traditional regional clothing makes a toast with a glass of liqueur in a horse-drawn carriage during the Leonhardi pilgrimage in Warngau, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017. The annual event honors St. Leonhard, patron saint of the highland farmers of horses and livestock. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

People wave “esteladas”, Catalonian independence flags, in Barcelona, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. In one of the most momentous days in recent Spanish history, Spain fired Catalonia’s regional government and dissolved its parliament Friday after a defiant Catalan declaration of independence that flouted the country’s constitution. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

AP Photo/Francisco Seco

Opposition protesters taunt riot police to come and get them, as they stand by a burning barricade at dusk during clashes with police in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Opposition supporters boycotted Thursday’s rerun of Kenya’s disputed presidential election, clashing with police in some parts of the East African country and forcing authorities to postpone voting in areas affected by the violence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

AP Photo/Ben Curtis

People dance the Salsa at a club in the financial district of Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

An elderly Kenyan man prepares to cast his vote by gas lamp, just after dawn in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hometown of Gatundu, Kenya, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Kenya is holding the rerun of its disputed presidential election, despite a boycott by the main opposition party and rising political tensions in the East African country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira rides a wave during a big wave surfing session at the Praia do Norte, or North beach, in Nazare, Portugal, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

AP Photo/Armando Franca

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