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Photos of the Week: Protests, celebrities and even some cute ducklings

The week of May 13 as captured by Roll Call’s photographers

A protester with the group By The People is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police in the Cannon House Office Building rotunda on Tuesday. About 20 protesters gathered to occupy the rotunda to call for the House to initiate Impeachment hearings. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A protester with the group By The People is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police in the Cannon House Office Building rotunda on Tuesday. About 20 protesters gathered to occupy the rotunda to call for the House to initiate Impeachment hearings. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Roll Call’s crack photography staff has been busy snapping photos from across Capitol Hill to bring you another episode of Photos of the Week. This week, features protests, celebrities and even some cute ducks. 

UNITED STATES - MAY 14: Former Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., is seen in the Senate carriage entrance of the Capitol on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., returns to the Capitol through the Senate carriage entrance on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 14: Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son in law to President Trump, steps out of the Vice President's office in the Senate Reception Room for a phone call after attending the Senate Republicans' weekly policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son in law to President Trump, steps out of the Vice President’s office in the Senate Reception Room for a phone call after attending the Senate Republicans’ weekly policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 14: Vice President Mike Pence, takes a selfie while talking with visitors in the Capitol Rotunda after the Republican Senate Policy Luncheon on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Vice President Mike Pence poses for a selfie with tourists in the Capitol Rotunda after the Senate Republicans’ policy lunch on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 15: U.S. Capitol Police officers with the Patrol Mobile Response Division line up for a group photo in front of the Capitol as Police Week activities continue on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
U.S. Capitol Police officers with the Patrol Mobile Response Division line up for a group photo in front of the Capitol as Police Week activities continued Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 15: From left, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., are seen during a rally in the Capitol Building to call on the Senate to vote on House Democrats' prescription drugs and health care package on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., participate in the Democrats’ event to call on the Senate to vote on House Democrats’ prescription drugs and health care package on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 16: From left, Reps. Tom Rice, R-S.C., David Schweikert, R-Ariz., and Mike Kelly, R-Pa., are seen during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Longworth Building titled
From left, Reps. Tom Rice, R-S.C., David Schweikert, R-Ariz., and Mike Kelly, R-Pa., talk during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Actress Glenn Close, right, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., co-sponsor of the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act, are seen in Rayburn Building while Close was in town to advocate on those issues on Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Actress Glenn Close, right, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., co-sponsor of the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act, talk in Rayburn Building while Close was in town to advocate on the issue on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Ducklings swim in the Capitol Reflecting Pool on May 16, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Ducklings swim in the Capitol Reflecting Pool on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., reads the Robert Mueller report in the Capitol as part of the House Democrats' effort to read its entirety on Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., reads the Mueller report aloud in the Capitol on Thursday. Dozens of House Democrats took turns reading the report’s findings on Russian election interference. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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