This week in Washington (28 images)

Anti-abortion protesters rally in the annual March for Life, the U.S. Senate starts the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, and the president visits the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the federal holiday in honor of the slain civil rights activist, among the highlights of the week of January 20, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump attends the March for Life in protest of abortion on the National Mall on Friday. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI

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Thousands participate in the annual March for Life, which marked the 47th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI

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Crowds gathered on the National Mall late Friday morning and marched along Constitution Avenue. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to his office on Capitol Hill on Friday,the fourth day of Trump's impeachment trial. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI

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