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Photos of the week: Aug. 4-11

黑料不打烊 Staff

August 11, 2018, 3:36 AM

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

Messages and flowers line Heather Heyer Way in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. (黑料不打烊/Max Smith)
Messages and flowers line Heather Heyer Way in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. (黑料不打烊/Max Smith)
黑料不打烊/Max Smith
The National Zoo said goodbye to Alex the tortoise, who lived to be around 100. (Courtesy National Zoo)
The National Zoo said goodbye to Alex the tortoise, who lived to be around 100. (Courtesy National Zoo)
Courtesy National Zoo
The zoo called Darwin an "educational ambassador for his species" for his work in highlighting emu nature and behavior to visitors, keepers and scientists. (Photo Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian鈥檚 National Zoo)
Darwin, an elderly male emu at Smithsonian鈥檚 National Zoo in D.C. that had arrived in 1997, was humanely euthanized last week. The zoo called Darwin an “educational ambassador for his species” for his work in highlighting emu nature and behavior to visitors, keepers and scientists. (Photo Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian鈥檚 National Zoo)
Photo Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian鈥檚 National Zoo
Purple Line construction is now well underway in Montgomery County, and neighbors can expect some significant impacts over the next four years. 鈥淲e are cheek to jowl next to neighborhoods for pretty much the entire length of the project,” the spokesman for the major construction project says. (Courtesy Purple Line Transit Partners)
Courtesy Purple Line Transit Partners
One of two of the horses that were wandering around at a Prince George's County fire station Sunday morning. (Courtesy Prince George's County Fire)
One of two of the horses that were wandering around at a Prince George’s County fire station Sunday morning. (Courtesy Prince George’s County Fire)
Courtesy Prince George’s County Fire
A group of gun rights advocates counter-protested the March on the NRA. (黑料不打烊/Melissa Howell)
In the latest demonstration against gun violence following the deadly Florida shooting, protesters shut down a portion of Waples Mill Road outside the NRA鈥檚 Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018.聽 (黑料不打烊/Melissa Howell)
黑料不打烊/Melissa Howell
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Richmond‘s famed Monument Avenue has been vandalized. (AP)
AP
Plans are in the works at Antietam National Battlefield to improve the historical experience for its 330,000 annual visitors, including changes that could take up to a decade to implement. (AP)
AP
Rally-goers and organizers on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, expressed concern about what led up to the fatal encounter between Robert Lawrence White, who was unarmed, and a Montgomery County police officer. (黑料不打烊/Liz Anderson)
Rally-goers and organizers on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, expressed concern about what led up to the fatal encounter between Robert Lawrence White, who was unarmed, and a Montgomery County police officer. (黑料不打烊/Liz Anderson)
黑料不打烊/Liz Anderson
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Messages and flowers line Heather Heyer Way in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. (黑料不打烊/Max Smith)
The National Zoo said goodbye to Alex the tortoise, who lived to be around 100. (Courtesy National Zoo)
The zoo called Darwin an "educational ambassador for his species" for his work in highlighting emu nature and behavior to visitors, keepers and scientists. (Photo Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian鈥檚 National Zoo)
One of two of the horses that were wandering around at a Prince George's County fire station Sunday morning. (Courtesy Prince George's County Fire)
A group of gun rights advocates counter-protested the March on the NRA. (黑料不打烊/Melissa Howell)
Rally-goers and organizers on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, expressed concern about what led up to the fatal encounter between Robert Lawrence White, who was unarmed, and a Montgomery County police officer. (黑料不打烊/Liz Anderson)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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