Photos of the week: March 3-9

Here are photos from stories that happened last week.

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(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Fun Dog Show returned to town with plenty of entertainment (WTOP/Melissa Howell)
FILE – In this Saturday, March 2, 2019 file photo, Bryce Harper speaks during a news conference at the Philadelphia Phillies spring training baseball facility in Clearwater, Fla. For years, the NL East has been soft as a bunt single. Not anymore.. Even before Bryce Harper decided to stay in the division, four of the five teams spent this offseason swinging for the fences. In addition to defending champion Atlanta, the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals all have enough firepower to potentially contend for the playoffs. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Juvenile harp seal named Sally Ride in National Aquarium Animal Rescue | Feb. 22, 2019. (Courtesy National Aquarium)
The National Aquarium’s Animal Care and Rescue Center in Baltimore, Maryland, is treating two sick — but impossibly cute — harp seals.  (Courtesy National Aquarium)
(WTOP/Michelle Basch)
Some 2,320 pieces of stone taken from Arlington Memorial Bridge‘s south elevation are now sitting in a stone yard in Upper Marlboro near Joint Base Andrews. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
A light snow coats car in Northwest D.C. on Friday, March 8, 2019. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
The last wintry mix before a mild, springlike weekend fell on the D.C. area. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
National Harbor in Prince George's County will showcase its onw cherry blossom trees. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
National Harbor in Prince George’s County will showcase its own cherry blossom trees. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)
A military conductor leads band members during a rehearsal for the opening session of the China’s National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Carol Dean, right, cries while embraced by Megan Anderson and her 18-month-old daughter Madilyn, as Dean sifts through the debris of the home she shared with her husband, David Wayne Dean, who died when a tornado destroyed the house in Beauregard, Ala., Monday, March 4, 2019. “He was my wedding gift,” said Dean of her husband whom she married three years ago. “He was one in a million. He’d send me flowers to work just to let me know he loved me. He’d send me some of the biggest strawberries in the world. I’m not going to be the same.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
In this March 4, 2019, photo, a Hindu holy man poses for a photograph as he smears his face with ash and vermilion powder at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath Temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
A woman walks past a sculpture, part of a float yet to be installed, for the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Women hold flares during a march for International Women’s Day in Madrid, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2019. Marches and protests are held Friday across the globe to mark International Women’s Day under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world. The day, sponsored by the United Nations since 1975, celebrates women’s achievements and aims to further their rights. Thousands of women walked off the job in Spain, joining millions more around the world demanding equality amid a persistent salary gap, violence and widespread inequality. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A train heads west as the sun rises from behind the city skyline in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said members of the Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge 109 walked off the job Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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(WTOP/Melissa Howell)
Juvenile harp seal named Sally Ride in National Aquarium Animal Rescue | Feb. 22, 2019. (Courtesy National Aquarium)
(WTOP/Michelle Basch)
A light snow coats car in Northwest D.C. on Friday, March 8, 2019. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)
National Harbor in Prince George's County will showcase its onw cherry blossom trees. (WTOP/Michelle Basch)

The Associated Press contributed to this gallery.

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