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.

Climate change protesters demonstrate outside the White House. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., gives a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, where she spoke about debt ceiling issues and funding of needed infrastructure in the United States. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI

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Alternate Prime Minster Yair Lapid of Israel (L) speaks alongside Pelosi during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol. Lapid is in the United States for three days of meetings. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI

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Climate protesters gather outside the White House to demand the Biden administration speak with them on climate issues and banning fossil fuels. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI

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