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Photos of the week: Dec. 10-16

December 16, 2017, 2:30 AM

Snow coats the ground early Sunday. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Snow coats the ground early Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. (WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
A sign shows an I-66 toll of $30.25.
On day one of new tolls along I-66 inside the Capital Beltway, climbed over $30. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
WTOP/Dave Dildine
It has a real doormat at the front door, but this house in Northwest D.C. is a fake. It’s really a Pepco substation built in 1953. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
It has a real doormat at the front door, but this house in Northwest D.C. is a fake. It’s really a Pepco substation built in 1953. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
WTOP/Michelle Basch
Merry Mode Lyft is available in D.C. from 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, through Sunday, Dec. 17. (Courtesy Lyft)
Merry Mode Lyft is available in D.C. from 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, through Sunday, Dec. 17. (Courtesy Lyft)
Courtesy Lyft
Customers pack into the new Wawa in D.C. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Customers pack into the new Wawa in D.C., which opened Thursday, Dec. 14. (WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
The 2017 Christmas portrait of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. (White House photo by Andrea Hanks)
The White House released the 2017 Christmas portrait of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. (White House photo by Andrea Hanks)
White House photo by Andrea Hanks
In this photo: a close-up of the victim in the diorama titled, "Log Cabin."  Frances Glessner Lee, Log Cabin (detail), about 1944-46. Collection of the Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, courtesy of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD. (Courtesy of the Renwick Gallery)
“Murder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death” exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum will run until Jan. 28, 2018. In this photo: a close-up of the victim in the diorama titled, “Log Cabin.”  Frances Glessner Lee, Log Cabin (detail), about 1944-46. Collection of the Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, courtesy of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD. (Courtesy of the Renwick Gallery)
Courtesy of the Renwick Gallery
(WTOP/Kristi King)
Dozens of people lined up Thursday afternoon to see the matinee first showing of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at the Uptown Theater in Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Kristi King)
WTOP/Kristi King
Photo shows a burned out building and a D.C. fire truck at a Wisconsin Avenue fire.
A fire that happened Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, in a commercial building in the heart of Georgetown remains under investigation. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)
WTOP/Neal Augenstein
The 44th president made a surprise visit the Boys and Girls Club of D.C. this week. (Barack Obama/Twitter)
The 44th president made a surprise visit the Boys and Girls Club of D.C. this week. (Barack Obama/Twitter)
Barack Obama/Twitter
Graupel, also known as snow pellets, litter the street near the Glass Enclosed Nerve Center in Northwest D.C. on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Graupel is snow coated in supercooled liquid. This precipitation typically forms when the lower atmosphere is unstable. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
Graupel, also known as snow pellets, litter the street near the Glass Enclosed Nerve Ceter in Northwest D.C. on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Graupel is snow coated in supercooled liquid. This precipitation typically forms when the lower atmosphere is unstable. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)
WTOP/Kate Ryan
A Palestinian protester slings stones towards Israeli soldiers during clashes on the Israeli border following a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, east of Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
AP Photo/Adel Hana
A man stands on top of a small hill at the Tio Pio park in Madrid, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. The park is a high viewpoint frequented mostly by locals due to its view of the Spanish capital skyline. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
Military school students rest during their annual ball in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. The ball attracts the youth from all over Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
A woman passes by a menorah on Independence Mall in Philadelphia ahead of the second night of Hanukkah, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
An Afghan child looks on as she leans on her mother after their arrival on a Greek ferry at the port of Piraeus near Athens, early Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Over 150 migrants and refugees arrived at the port from the islands of Chios and Lesbos as authorities have been moving hundreds of migrants deemed to be vulnerable from the overcrowded facilities on the islands to camps on the mainland. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris
In this long exposure shot, holiday lights reflect in the waters off Nubble Light, silhouetting photographer Michael Blanchette of Bedford, N.H., Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in York, Maine. The beacon on top of the lighthouse has been helping mariners navigate the coastal waters of southern Maine since 1879. The seasonal decorations will stay lit through Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty
Fans of Brazil’s Flamengo soccer team light flares in the stands during a Copa Sudamericana final championship soccer match against Argentina’s Independiente at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec.13, 2017. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo
People walk past a sculpture titled “Empty Bundle” by the artist Yang Tao as a ray of sunlight hits it at an upscale shopping mall in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Some Chinese shopping malls use artwork displays and schedule public events in a bid to attract more customers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein
Demonstrators protest against reforms to the retirement and pension system, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Police in riot gear shot tear gas and rubber bullets at stick-wielding protesters who hauled rocks and torched several garbage bins outside the Congress building and in nearby streets. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
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Snow coats the ground early Sunday. (WTOP/Kristi King)
A sign shows an I-66 toll of $30.25.
It has a real doormat at the front door, but this house in Northwest D.C. is a fake. It’s really a Pepco substation built in 1953. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
Merry Mode Lyft is available in D.C. from 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, through Sunday, Dec. 17. (Courtesy Lyft)
Customers pack into the new Wawa in D.C. (WTOP/Kristi King)
The 2017 Christmas portrait of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. (White House photo by Andrea Hanks)
In this photo: a close-up of the victim in the diorama titled, "Log Cabin."  Frances Glessner Lee, Log Cabin (detail), about 1944-46. Collection of the Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, courtesy of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD. (Courtesy of the Renwick Gallery)
(WTOP/Kristi King)
Photo shows a burned out building and a D.C. fire truck at a Wisconsin Avenue fire.
The 44th president made a surprise visit the Boys and Girls Club of D.C. this week. (Barack Obama/Twitter)
Graupel, also known as snow pellets, litter the street near the Glass Enclosed Nerve Center in Northwest D.C. on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Graupel is snow coated in supercooled liquid. This precipitation typically forms when the lower atmosphere is unstable. (WTOP/Kate Ryan)

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This gallery was produced by Courtney Dittmar in New York and WTOP staff in D.C.

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