Photos of the week: June 9-16

Here are photos from stories that happened last week.

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Fire crews remain on the scene into the night on Friday, June 15, 2018, to combat a blaze at a Rockville, Maryland, recycling plant. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)
The Georgetown Paper Stock recycling plant in Rockville, Maryland, caught fire Friday afternoon Fire crews remain on the scene into the night on Friday, June 15, 2018, to combat a blaze at a Rockville, Maryland, recycling plant. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)
The restoration is estimated to begin in fall 2018, and will help with erosion stabilization, and will include a concrete platform to protect the lighthouse's base and new interpretive signs (Courtesy Preservation Virginia)
A lighthouse in Virginia Beach that was the first federally funded construction project in the U.S. is set to close soon for a $1.5 million restoration project. The restoration is estimated to begin in fall 2018, and will help with erosion stabilization, and will include a concrete platform to protect the lighthouse’s base and new interpretive signs (Courtesy Preservation Virginia)
The Virginia Tech team won the top prize in the harvesting category at the agBOT Challenge and received $30,000 for their creation — an autonomous watermelon harvesting system that can locate, identify, sort and harvest ripe watermelons in a field. (Courtesy Virginia Tech)
The Virginia Tech team won the top prize in the harvesting category at the agBOT Challenge and received $30,000 for their creation – an autonomous watermelon harvesting system that can locate, identify, sort and harvest ripe watermelons in a field. (Courtesy Virginia Tech)
JK Moving, the largest independent moving company in North America, has purchased an 87-acre parcel of land in Northern Loudoun County, known as Stumptown Woods, for $1 million and placed it into conservation easement. (Courtesy Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy)
JK Moving, the largest independent moving company in North America, has purchased an 87-acre parcel of land in Northern Loudoun County, known as Stumptown Woods, for $1 million and placed it into conservation easement. (Courtesy Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy)
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., stops a ground ball before making a play to first base, resulting in an out, on the first pitch of the 57th Congressional Baseball Game at National’s Park in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2018. On June 14, 2017, Scalise and some other Congressional members were victims of a shooting at the baseball field they were practicing on in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Massive skylights cover the upper most roof of the Lincoln Memorial. Light passes through glass panels to an attic area below lined with paraffin covered translucent marble that emits a diffused glow into the central statue chamber. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Massive skylights cover the upper most roof of the Lincoln Memorial. Light passes through glass panels to an attic area below lined with paraffin covered translucent marble that emits a diffused glow into the central statue chamber. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, gestures during the NHL hockey team's Stanley Cup victory celebration, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, on the National Mall in Washington. The U.S. Capitol rises n the background(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, gestures during the NHL hockey team’s Stanley Cup victory celebration, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, on the National Mall in Washington. The U.S. Capitol rises n the background (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Dupont Circle was jammed with people for the annual Pride Parade on Saturday, June 9, 2018, as many celebrated the LGBT community in the District. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Nicole Hernandez, of the Mexican state of Guerrero, holds on to her mother as they wait with other families to request political asylum in the United States, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The family has been waiting for about a week in this border city hoping for a chance to escape widespread violence in their home state. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Covered by a cloud of dust and ash lifted by a bulldozer, survivors search for their missing family members after the Volcan de Fuego or “Volcano of Fire” eruption, in San Miguel Los Lotes, Guatemala, Saturday, June 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A woman walks past a display of historical armor and umbrellas at a tailor shop in Tokyo, Friday, June 15, 2018. The Tokyo metropolitan area is currently in the rainy season. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Girls cool themselves under a stream of water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park on Friday, June 15, 2018. The National Weather service in Chicago has issued a excessive heat watch for Saturday morning through Monday evening for the area. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Student protesters launch fireworks at police during clashes in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Demonstrators are demanding an increase in the public university budget and for justice in the case of the death of a young man who was killed during street demonstrations three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Coldstream Guard Charanpreet Singh Lall, second right, marches with his colleagues during the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade as Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her official birthday, in London, Saturday June 9, 2018. Lall is the first soldier to wear a turban in the parade. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
U.S. President Donald Trump gives North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a thumbs up during their meeting at a resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Fire crews remain on the scene into the night on Friday, June 15, 2018, to combat a blaze at a Rockville, Maryland, recycling plant. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire and Rescue)
The restoration is estimated to begin in fall 2018, and will help with erosion stabilization, and will include a concrete platform to protect the lighthouse's base and new interpretive signs (Courtesy Preservation Virginia)
The Virginia Tech team won the top prize in the harvesting category at the agBOT Challenge and received $30,000 for their creation — an autonomous watermelon harvesting system that can locate, identify, sort and harvest ripe watermelons in a field. (Courtesy Virginia Tech)
JK Moving, the largest independent moving company in North America, has purchased an 87-acre parcel of land in Northern Loudoun County, known as Stumptown Woods, for $1 million and placed it into conservation easement. (Courtesy Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy)
Massive skylights cover the upper most roof of the Lincoln Memorial. Light passes through glass panels to an attic area below lined with paraffin covered translucent marble that emits a diffused glow into the central statue chamber. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, gestures during the NHL hockey team's Stanley Cup victory celebration, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, on the National Mall in Washington. The U.S. Capitol rises n the background(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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