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.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the virtual National Congress of American Indians annual convention in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Founded in 1944, the NCAI is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI

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President Joe Biden salutes as he leaves Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington after the weekend in Delaware on Monday. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI

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Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Color Corps prepares to participate in the posting of the colors at the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at Union Station in honor of Columbus Day on Monday. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI

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Protesters gather at White House in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day and to demand that Biden recognize their issues. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI

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