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Photos of the week | May 5-14, 2026

A worker applies hot wax on the statue of Gen. Nathanael Greene in Stanton Park on May 5 as part of a restoration process. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A worker applies hot wax on the statue of Gen. Nathanael Greene in Stanton Park on May 5 as part of a restoration process. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 15, 2026 at 10:28am

A visit from the Artemis II astronauts, Police Week, the ACLI race and a new courtyard for a House office building highlight this week on and around Capitol Hill. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week, plus a few from last week’s recess.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio conducts a briefing at the White House about the war in Iran and other issues on May 5. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Frank Thorp V, left, and Ryan Nobles of NBC News approach the finish line during the ACLI Capital Challenge three-mile race in Anacostia Park on May 6. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy talks with fourth graders before boarding Amtrak’s Freedom 250 Acela train at Washington’s Union Station for the inaugural ride to Philadelphia on May 7. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Second Lt. Edwin Pastora of the Fairfax County, Va., police and K-9 Axel lay a rose during the National Police K-9 Memorial Service to honor fallen police dogs at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., welcome the Artemis II crew to the Senate Appropriations Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. The crew of astronauts, from left, are Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Chairman Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, and ranking member Chris Coons, D-Del., left, arrive for a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif., and ranking member Betty McCollum, D-Minn., prepare for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget for the Navy and Marine Corps in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., and ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., talk before a markup of the fiscal 2027 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley, D-Mass., questions ATF Director Robert Cekada during a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing on Thursday. The sign features Cekada and others during a signing ceremony for a “landmark rulemaking package.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The new courtyard of the Cannon House Office Building is seen on Thursday. The courtyard has reopened as a green space for the first time since the 1950s. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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