Photos of the week: Dec. 31-Jan. 6

Here’s your look at photos from stories that happened last week.

The car got stuck in chunks of ice at 11 p.m. at Ten Mile Creek near W. Old Baltimore Road. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)
Montgomery County first responders rescued three people from a vehicle stuck in icy water in Boyds, Maryland, Monday night. The car got stuck in chunks of ice at 11 p.m. at Ten Mile Creek near W. Old Baltimore Road. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)
Slick roads and snowy terrain along Rock Creek Parkway near Dumbarton Bridge. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Slick roads and snowy terrain along Rock Creek Parkway near Dumbarton Bridge. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Virginia State Board of Elections chairman, James Alcorn, holds up the name of David Yancy, the winner of a drawing to determine the winner of a tied election for the 94th district House of Delegates seat at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Yancey won the drawing over Democrat Shelly Simonds. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Virginia State Board of Elections chairman, James Alcorn, holds up the name of David Yancy, the winner of a drawing to determine the winner of a tied election for the 94th district House of Delegates seat at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Yancey won the drawing over Democrat Shelly Simonds. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Montgomery County firefighters battle a fire in a  house on Outpost Drive in North Potomac, Maryland, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue)
Montgomery County firefighters battle a fire in a house on Outpost Drive in North Potomac, Maryland, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. It’s one of the multiple fires they battled in one day. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue)
Wind blows over the ice on the Potomac River in Georgetown creating a tundra like effect on Jan. 4, 2018. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
The weather on Jan. 4, 2018 was the latest in a string of winter weather to blast the D.C. area. Here are some photos of how people around here coped with the brutal weather. Wind blows over the ice on the Potomac River in Georgetown creating a tundra like effect on Jan. 4, 2018. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Two-toed sloth Ms Chips at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. (Courtesy Clyde Nishimura/Smithsonian's National Zoo)
An elderly female two-toed sloth who was born in D.C. when Richard Nixon was in the White House, Nilsson was leading the charts and The Godfather was debuting in theaters, has died, the National Zoo announced. The elderly two-toed sloth who died Jan. 2 lived more than three times longer than the median age for a female two-toed sloth in human care, the National Zoo said. Two-toed sloth Ms Chips at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. (Courtesy Clyde Nishimura/Smithsonian’s National Zoo)
The water main break at 27th St. NW near the Watergate Hotel. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
A water main break in Northwest D.C., combined with the freezing temperatures, is icing roads and blocking traffic in one of D.C.’s busiest intersections Friday. The water main break at 27th St. NW near the Watergate Hotel. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Skaters on the C&O Canal (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
The wind chill and bitterly cold temperatures didn’t stop D.C.-area residents from venturing out onto the frozen C&O Canal near Chain Bridge, and some even brought hockey equipment Friday afternoon.  (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
A vehicle parked on Abbott Avenue is engulfed by snowdrifts during a snowstorm that hit the New Jersey Shore, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Ocean Grove, N.J. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A man with an umbrella walks in the rain as the sun sets at the Ayia Napa resort in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Deanne Ferguson looks at icicles during a tour of the Ice Castles attraction in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. The structure is crafted by hand, using only icicles and water, and resembles organic formations found in nature. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
A mourner cries while taking a farewell look at the body of Musab Tamemi, 17, who was killed in clashes with the Israeli army the previous day, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Deir Nizam, near Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Israel’s military said soldiers opened fire at a protester with a gun during clashes and is reviewing the incident. There has been in spike in violence since President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
A Palestinian man and his son warm themselves by a fire during cold, rainy weather in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
In this photo provided by the Iranian Students’ News Agency, a clergyman takes a picture of a pro-government demonstration in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Tens of thousands of Iranians took part in pro-government demonstrations in several cities across the country on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, a move apparently seeking to calm nerves after a week of deadly protests and unrest over the country’s flagging economy. (Mohammad Ahangari/ISNA via AP)
Rescue workers remove bodies of children following floods in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, after a night of heavy rains. Authorities in Congo say dozens have died in and around the capital. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)
A couple hug each other as they watch fireworks burst over Copacabana beach during New Year’s celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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The car got stuck in chunks of ice at 11 p.m. at Ten Mile Creek near W. Old Baltimore Road. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)
Slick roads and snowy terrain along Rock Creek Parkway near Dumbarton Bridge. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Virginia State Board of Elections chairman, James Alcorn, holds up the name of David Yancy, the winner of a drawing to determine the winner of a tied election for the 94th district House of Delegates seat at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Yancey won the drawing over Democrat Shelly Simonds. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Montgomery County firefighters battle a fire in a  house on Outpost Drive in North Potomac, Maryland, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue)
Wind blows over the ice on the Potomac River in Georgetown creating a tundra like effect on Jan. 4, 2018. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Two-toed sloth Ms Chips at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. (Courtesy Clyde Nishimura/Smithsonian's National Zoo)
The water main break at 27th St. NW near the Watergate Hotel. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
Skaters on the C&O Canal (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

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The Associated Press contributed to this gallery.

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