Photos of the week: Dec. 8-15

The jolly elf ditched the reindeer for Wednesday's gift run. In their place was an escort of 30 police officers on motorcycles. (WTOP/Melissa Howell)

Here are photos from stories that happened last week.

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The jolly elf ditched the reindeer for Wednesday's gift run. In their place was an escort of 30 police officers on motorcycles. (WTOP/Melissa Howell)
Santa cruised around on that Harley-Davidson, collecting toys from Montgomery County businesses before making a special delivery to the kids at the National Institutes of Health’s Children’s Inn. The jolly elf ditched the reindeer for Wednesday’s gift run. In their place was an escort of 30 police officers on motorcycles. (WTOP/Melissa Howell)
North Mountain Winery and Vineyard, a turnkey boutique vineyard and winery on 47 acres with 17 acres of producing vines and 10 varietals, is on the market for $2 million. (Courtesy Keller Williams)
North Mountain Winery and Vineyard, a turnkey boutique vineyard and winery on 47 acres with 17 acres of producing vines and 10 varietals, is on the market for $2 million. North Mountain Winery and Vineyard, a turnkey boutique vineyard and winery on 47 acres with 17 acres of producing vines and 10 varietals, is on the market for $2 million. (Courtesy Keller Williams)
Melania Trump made history Wednesday by flying in a V-22 Osprey aircraft and onto the deck of an aircraft carrier. First lady Melania Trump speaks in front of an F22 fighter during a tour of Joint Base Langley in Hampton, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Progress (The Advance of Civilization),” painted in 1853 by Hudson River School member Asher B. Durand, was unveiled Wednesday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, thanks to a mystery donor. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports an unidentified buyer paid $40 million for it in 2011. This image provided by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts shows the painting “Progress (The Advance of Civilization)” that was painted in 1853 by Hudson River School member Asher B. Durand. The painting was donated to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by a mystery donor and is its most valuable gift of a single work of art in its decadeslong history. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts via AP)
On loan from Washington & Lee University, the earliest known portrait of George Washington, painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1772, is installed at the Donald W. Reynolds Museum on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 in Mount Vernon, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
The gingerbread airport weighs 500 pounds and contains 100 LED lights, 30 feet of electrical wire, 306 pieces of gingerbread and 30 pounds of fondant runways.(Courtesy Willard InterContinental)
The Willard’s pastry staff started design work on their gingerbread airport project in September and actual construction began in November. Completing it took more than 350 hours. The gingerbread airport weighs 500 pounds and contains 100 LED lights, 30 feet of electrical wire, 306 pieces of gingerbread and 30 pounds of fondant runways. (Courtesy Willard InterContinental)
Josie, an English Retriever plays in the snow as her owners, Dawn and Mark Lundblad walk a snow-covered Sandy Cove Drive, Sunday, December 9, 2018 in Morganton, N.C. Over a foot of snow fell in the area creating a winter wonderland. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
American eel
A rare aquatic discovery in a D.C. park is bringing needed attention — and hope — to the health status of the Districts’ streams and the wildlife that calls them home. The American eel discovered by the Audubon Naturalist Society earlier this year. (Courtesy Audubon Naturalist Society)
First lady Melania Trump speaks as she stands next to Santa during a Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Viral video that lit up the web Tuesday purports to show a man clinging to the back of an X2 Metrobus in D.C. (@RastaTahj via Twitter)
Viral video that lit up the web Tuesday purports to show a man clinging to the back of an X2 Metrobus in D.C. (@RastaTahj via Twitter)
Palace guards wearing traditional military uniforms stand during snowfall at the landmark Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
An Army cadet yawns after marching onto the field with others before an NCAA college football game against the Navy team in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, second left, meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
French President Emmanuel Macron meets police officers wearing hoods near the Christmas market in Strasbourg, eastern France, Friday, Dec.14, 2018. A fourth person died Friday from wounds suffered in an attack on the Christmas market in Strasbourg, as investigators worked to establish whether the main suspect had help while on the run. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, Pool)
A snack vendor pushes his cart past discarded computer monitors stacked next to a wall on the side of a road in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A Honduran migrant boy tries to buy cotton candy from a vendor, but doesn’t have enough money, as migrants visit the U.S. border wall to look for opportunities to cross, at the beach in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall illegally and hand themselves in to Border Patrol agents to request asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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The jolly elf ditched the reindeer for Wednesday's gift run. In their place was an escort of 30 police officers on motorcycles. (WTOP/Melissa Howell)
North Mountain Winery and Vineyard, a turnkey boutique vineyard and winery on 47 acres with 17 acres of producing vines and 10 varietals, is on the market for $2 million. (Courtesy Keller Williams)
The gingerbread airport weighs 500 pounds and contains 100 LED lights, 30 feet of electrical wire, 306 pieces of gingerbread and 30 pounds of fondant runways.(Courtesy Willard InterContinental)
American eel
Viral video that lit up the web Tuesday purports to show a man clinging to the back of an X2 Metrobus in D.C. (@RastaTahj via Twitter)

The Associated Press contributed to this gallery.

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