Photos of the week: May 19-26

Here are photos from stories that happened last week.

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Public Information Officer Pete Piringer tweeted that the home had over $75,000 worth of damage from the fire, the house was condemned and the firefighters’ gear was contaminated. (Courtesy of Montgomery County Fire & Rescue)
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue found more than 50 cats in an otherwise unoccupied home while responding to a fire around 1 p.m. Wednesday Spokesman Pete Piringer tweeted that the home had over $75,000 worth of damage from the fire, the house was condemned and the firefighters’ gear was contaminated. (Courtesy of Montgomery County Fire & Rescue)
This copperhead snake was spotted in East Potomac Park near the National Mall on May 22. (April Newman)
This copperhead snake was spotted in East Potomac Park near the National Mall on May 22. (April Newman)
The Cygnus capsule prepares to dock to the International Space Station, Thursday, May 24, 2018. The International Space Station has accepted delivery of more than 7,000 pounds of supplies from Virginia. A commercial cargo ship arrived at the orbiting lab Thursday, three days after launching from Wallops Island. Virginia-based Orbital ATK shipped the goods for NASA in a Cygnus capsule, which is named after the swan constellation. The space station’s U.S. crew used a big robot arm to snag the Cygnus from orbit 250 miles up. (NASA via AP)
Flood damage at Rt 180 Just North of Rt 17. (Courtesy Frederick County)
In Prince George’s County, Livingston Road near Clarion Road in Ft. Washington closed Wednesday morning due to the pavement caving in following heavy rains. Flood damage at Rt 180 Just North of Rt 17. (Courtesy Frederick County)
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, right, poses with members of the Washington Capitals and the Prince of Wales trophy after the Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 during Game 7 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals hockey playoff series Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, residents and members of the media are silhouetted as active lava fissures near what is now the end of Leilani Street continue to spew forth lava at Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii. (George F. Lee/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
Doug Ralston plays golf in Volcano, Hawaii, as a huge ash plume rises from the summit of the Kiluaea volcano Monday, May 21, 2018. Lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano poured into the sea and set off a chemical reaction that created giant clouds of acid and fine glass particles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
In this Sunday, May 20, 2018 photo, a masked horseman rides through the streets during the “Cavalhadas” festival in Pirenopolis, Brazil. The tradition of the masked horsemen’s festival was brought to Brazil in the 1800’s by a Portuguese priest to celebrate the “Holy Spirit” and to commemorate the medieval victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Raindrops accumulate on a car’s windshield as commuters wait at a red light in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
In this Monday, May 21, 2018, file photo, a Muslim woman prays at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
In this Wednesday, May 23, 2018, file photo, weeds grow in the ruins of Marawi city in southern Philippines exactly a year after Filipino Muslim militants laid siege in the city. Philippine officials say hundreds of displaced residents remain in emergency shelters as the threat of militants and unexploded bombs lingers in the ruins of a southern city that was held by Islamic State group-aligned fighters for five months last year. The May 23 siege that troops crushed in October, killed more than 1,100 mostly militants, sparked President Rodrigo Duterte’s most serious crisis and reinforced Asia’s fears that the Islamic State group is gaining a foothold in the region. (AP Photo, File)
In this Wednesday, May 23, 2018, file photo, Participants climb up the bun tower during the bun snatching competition on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong to celebrate the Bun Festival. During the Bun Festival, the Taoist God of the Sea, is worshipped and evil spirits are scared away by loud gongs and drums during the procession. The celebration includes bun scrambling, parades, opera performances, and children dressed in colorful costumes. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Spain’s Rafael Nadal prepares to serve the ball, during his semifinal match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 19, 2018. Nadal came out on top in a matchup of this year’s top two clay-court players Sunday, beating defending champion Zverev 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 Sunday to win a record-extending eighth Italian Open title. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
In this photo provided by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a pair of U.S.-German science satellites and five commercial communications satellites takes off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The science payload from NASA and the German Centre for Geosciences included two identical satellites for the agencies’ Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow On mission, continuing the work of two predecessor spacecraft that spanned 15 years ending last October. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
President Donald Trump looks on as the Blue Angels fly over the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy, Friday, May 25, 2018, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle kiss as they ride in a carriage down the Long Walk after their wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London, England, Saturday, May 19, 2018. (Yui Mok/pool photo via AP)
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Public Information Officer Pete Piringer tweeted that the home had over $75,000 worth of damage from the fire, the house was condemned and the firefighters’ gear was contaminated. (Courtesy of Montgomery County Fire & Rescue)
This copperhead snake was spotted in East Potomac Park near the National Mall on May 22. (April Newman)
Flood damage at Rt 180 Just North of Rt 17. (Courtesy Frederick County)
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