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Photos of the week: Jan. 5-12

January 12, 2019, 1:21 AM

The historic building that once housed the original Adas Israel Synagogue — the oldest synagogue in the District — moved from its current storage location at the corner of 3rd and G streets Northwest, to 3rd and F streets Northwest. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Melissa Howell)

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The 1793 harpsichord that George Washington acquired for his step-granddaughter was recently replicated and will be on display at George Washington's Mount Vernon. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Rachel Nania)
The 1793 harpsichord that George Washington acquired for his step-granddaughter was recently replicated and will be on display at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Rachel Nania)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Rachel Nania
Mike Miller checks the board that shows the vote tally in the Senate Chamber during the Thursday session. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kate Ryan)
The 76-year-old Democrat, who’s entering his 33rd year as state Senate president, made clear he’d work as long as his health would allow. He’s the longest-serving state Senate president ever in Maryland and in the nation. He announced Thursday that he has prostate cancer. Mike Miller checks the board that shows the vote tally in the Senate Chamber during the Thursday session. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kate Ryan)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kate Ryan
A steady fall of flurries were visible in Northwest D.C. Wednesday afternoon. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Albert Shimabukuro)
A steady fall of flurries were visible in Northwest D.C. Wednesday afternoon. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Albert Shimabukuro)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Albert Shimabukuro
The historic building that once housed the original Adas Israel Synagogue — the oldest synagogue in the District — moved from its current storage location at the corner of 3rd and G streets Northwest, to 3rd and F streets Northwest. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Melissa Howell)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Melissa Howell
(²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/John Domen)
The fire that engulfed a Southeast D.C. house in which the bodies of two people, including a retired D.C. police employee, were discovered over the weekend was intentionally set as was another house fire about a block away. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/John Domen)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/John Domen
The Washington Nationals held the 13th annual Presidents Race auditions Sunday at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast, D.C. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Melissa Howell)
The Washington Nationals held the 13th annual Presidents Race auditions Sunday at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast, D.C. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Melissa Howell)
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Melissa Howell
Marcos Colvero of Brazil lies on the dunes after he crashed on his KTM motorbike during the third stage of the Dakar Rally between San Juan de Marcona and Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP)
Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP
Rashaunda Jarmon holds her 3-year-old granddaughter, Parker Wallace during a community rally outside a Walmart on East Sam Houston Pkwy N in Houston on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 for 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed on Sunday. Jazmine was shot to death nearby while riding in a car with her mother and three sisters. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP
A skull painted gold stands out from amongst the 20,000 skeletons stored in the church ossuary of the Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim some 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
AP Photo/Michael Probst
Bosnian Serb men sing and ride horses during a traditional Orthodox Christmas Eve parade, in the village of Glamocani, near Banja Luka, Bosnia, on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Like many other Orthodox Christians around the world, Serbs observe holidays according to the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar adopted during the 16th century, celebrating Christmas on Jan. 7 instead of Dec. 25. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
AP Photo/Amel Emric
People clear snow from inside the Hotel Saentis in Schwaegalp, Switzerland, on Friday Jan. 11, 2019, after an avalanche. Police said three people were slightly hurt when the avalanche struck on Thursday afternoon. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP
Protesters chant slogans near a fire burning outside the provincial council building during a demonstration demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani
Philippine Coast Guard members keep watch as Roman Catholic devotees cross a bridge in a procession of the Black Nazarene to celebrate its feast day Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. Tens of thousands joined the annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ to celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene which usually ends before dawn the next day. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
AP Photo/Bullit Marquez
A man is lit by the morning sun during a walk in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
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The 1793 harpsichord that George Washington acquired for his step-granddaughter was recently replicated and will be on display at George Washington's Mount Vernon. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Rachel Nania)
Mike Miller checks the board that shows the vote tally in the Senate Chamber during the Thursday session. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Kate Ryan)
A steady fall of flurries were visible in Northwest D.C. Wednesday afternoon. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Albert Shimabukuro)
(²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/John Domen)
The Washington Nationals held the 13th annual Presidents Race auditions Sunday at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast, D.C. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Melissa Howell)

The Associated Press contributed to this gallery.

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