This week in Washington (25 images)

President Joe Biden speaks about the transportation supply chain, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks about the debt ceiling and hosts Israel's alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid; demonstrators on climate change gather outside the White House; Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a Native American convention; and Columbus Day is celebrated and protested among the highlights of the week in Washington, D.C., for October 11, 2021.

President Joe Biden walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One on the South Lawn for departure from White House on Friday. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI

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Biden is traveling to Hartford and Storrs, Conn. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI

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Biden (R) meets with Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI

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Biden delivers remarks on the administration's coronavirus response and the vaccination program from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House on Thursday. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI

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