Photos of the week: Feb. 16-23

Here are photos from stories that happened last week.

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The cat cafe, Crumbs & Whiskers, along O Street NW in Georgetown is home to 30 cats, rescued by Homeward Trails Animal Rescue based in Fairfax County, Virginia. The two organizations are now partnering for a new kind of experience, a pop-up kitten lounge. (草莓传媒/Melissa Howell)

Every Sunday afternoon in February, Alexandria Visitor Center/Ramsay House is hosting free two-hour walking tours, with stops at key sites throughout historic Old Towne. (草莓传媒/Liz Anderson)

Demonstrators protest President Trump's natoinal emergency declaration across the street frmo the White House Feb. 18, 2019. (草莓传媒/Mike Murillo) — Demonstrators protest President Trump’s national emergency declaration across the street from the White House Feb. 18, 2019. (草莓传媒/Mike Murillo)

Well-known businessman Todd Hitt’s four-bedroom, four-bathroom house on Kensington Street in Arlington, Virginia, was extensively renovated over the past 18 months. See photos. The 5,512-square-foot house features walnut hardwood floors throughout the house. Other luxury features include a custom-designed gas fireplace with Carrera marble. (Courtesy Century 21 New Millennium/RealMarkets)

The home where Earl Hamner grew up is near where a new Walton's-inspired bed-and-breakfast is being built, in Schulyer, Virginia. (Courtesy The Walton Hamner House) — The home where Earl Hamner grew up is near where a new Walton’s-inspired bed-and-breakfast is being built, in Schulyer, Virginia. (Courtesy The Walton Hamner House)

WTOPpaper stands in Dupont Circle, covered with snow. Visible is Connecticut Avenue looking northward. Most stores in the area were open as usual. (草莓传媒/Alejandro Alvarez) — A snowstorm聽slammed the D.C. region聽Wednesday. Public school systems, and the federal government, were closed in response to the wicked weather. See photos. 草莓传媒paper stands in Dupont Circle, covered with snow. Visible is Connecticut Avenue looking northward. Most stores in the area were open as usual. (草莓传媒/Alejandro Alvarez)

It’s never too early to prep for Christmas: the White House already has its official ornament. The ornament, a helicopter, plays homage to 34th president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was the first sitting president to fly in a helicopter in 1957; he flew in both the Army and Marine Corps aircrafts. (Courtesy White House Historical Association)

Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which completed a $40 million renovation of Capital One Arena last summer, is investing another $15 million to make the arena more of a digital experience, including the largest center-hung scoreboard in an indoor arena. The new center-hung scoreboard will have more than 7,000 square feet of LED display and eight display areas for live game video, real-time stats, scores and updates. (Courtesy Monumental Sports and Entertainment)

A masked woman checks her smartphone as she sits in a gondola during the water parade of the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. The event in the historic lagoon city attracts people from around the world. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, meets with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, during lunch at Sylvia’s Restaurant in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, Pool)

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, Pool

Multiple cars crash in turn 3 during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

AP Photo/Gary McCullough

James Minner, of Las Vegas, left, and Candace Reid, of Albuquerque, N.M., watch as snow falls around the overlook at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area outside of Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP

A man and a child watch monkeys at the Pashupatinath temple premises in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Monkeys abound in the area around the temple premise. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha

People stream through a gate before the Venezuela Aid Live concert on the Colombian side of Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Venezuela’s power struggle is set to convert into a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting the embattled leader’s refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are being stored. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

AP Photo/Fernando Vergara

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