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Photos of the week: March 3-10

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March 10, 2018, 5:15 AM

Here are photos from stories that happened last week. Scroll through to see if you’ve missed any.

Visitors pose for photo in front of a large tree that toppled at the National Mall due to high winds. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Dave Dildine)
The D.C. area was hit by one of the strongest wind storms in years on Friday, March 2. Visitors pose for photo in front of a large tree that toppled at the National Mall due to high winds. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Dave Dildine)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Dave Dildine
Jack and Karis Arnold took part of their 16th birthday for activism, demonstrating in favor of legislation to better protect students. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Megan Cloherty)
Jack and Karis Arnold took part of their 16th birthday for activism, demonstrating in favor of legislation to better protect students. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Megan Cloherty)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Megan Cloherty
An intensifying nor’easter brought coastal flooding to Annapolis, Maryland, Wednesday morning. The flood-prone areas around City Dock were underwater for several hours. Compromise Street was closed between City Dock and Spa Creek Wednesday morning. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Dave Dildine)
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A wine stopper from John Glenn's estate. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kristi King)
The estate of John Glenn is selling artifacts and belongings from the Ohio native’s long career as an astronaut and a senator. The sale is being held through Sunday at 7208 Eagle Ridge Place, in Potomac, Maryland. A wine stopper from John Glenn’s estate. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kristi King)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kristi King
Photo shows the Khapra beetle
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says it has intercepted one of the world’s most destructive pests of stored grains, cereals and seeds at two Washington-area airports this year. The Khapra beetle is one of the world’s most destructive insects, It remains the only insect in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection takes regulatory action. (Courtesy Customs and Border Protection)
Courtesy Customs and Border Protection
Aquatic grasses making a comeback in the Chesapeake Bay. (Courtesy University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)
Aquatic grasses making a comeback in the Chesapeake Bay. (Courtesy University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)
Courtesy University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Scan of an antique woodcut "The Madonna della gran duca" from the painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (1483 - 1520) in the Pitti Palace, Florence (Thinkstock)
An art history buff believes he has identified a centuries-old print of a famous painting in a small Virginia church. Scan of an antique woodcut “The Madonna della gran duca” from the painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) in the Pitti Palace, Florence (1483 – 1520)
1483 – 1520
People snap up photos of the moment the statue is unveiled on Saturday, March 3, 2018. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kathy Stewart)
Marion Barry was memorialized Saturday morning with an 8-foot statue outside of the Wilson Building, which houses the mayor’s office and the D.C. Council on Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest D.C. People snap up photos of the moment the statue is unveiled on Saturday, March 3, 2018. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kathy Stewart)
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Visitors pose for photo in front of a large tree that toppled at the National Mall due to high winds. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Dave Dildine)
Jack and Karis Arnold took part of their 16th birthday for activism, demonstrating in favor of legislation to better protect students. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Megan Cloherty)
A wine stopper from John Glenn's estate. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kristi King)
Photo shows the Khapra beetle
Aquatic grasses making a comeback in the Chesapeake Bay. (Courtesy University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)
Scan of an antique woodcut "The Madonna della gran duca" from the painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (1483 - 1520) in the Pitti Palace, Florence (Thinkstock)
People snap up photos of the moment the statue is unveiled on Saturday, March 3, 2018. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kathy Stewart)

The Associated Press contributed to this gallery.

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