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Week In Photos: Insurrection Anniversary; I-95 Snarl; COVID Rages

Photos from the week: Philadelphia house fire kills 12; snow slams the Northeast; COVID-19 test shortages; and much more.

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Traffic creeps along Virginia Highway 1 after being diverted away from Interstate 95 in Virginia after it was closed due to a winter storm earlier this week.
Traffic creeps along Virginia Highway 1 after being diverted away from Interstate 95 in Virginia after it was closed due to a winter storm earlier this week. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

ACROSS AMERICA — Below, Patch chronicles the top stories of the week in pictures.

People waited in long lines to get COVID-19 tests after the holidays, thousands of flights were canceled this week as many workers called out sick, and the country marked one year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Also, a winter storm halted traffic, causing a 40-mile backup on Interstate 95 that left hundreds of stranded motorists spending the night in their cars as they waited for the road to be cleared.

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Against a backdrop of scaffolding designed by an artist to help disguise work being done to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., people walk on the National Mall on Tuesday, a day after a snowstorm passed through the Washington, D.C., region. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Passengers line up to pass through a security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport on Monday. Many flights were canceled this week as a result of a recent COVID-19 surge that caused many workers to call out sick. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A member of the Salt Lake County Health Department staff conducts a COVID-19 test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
A passerby looks over the barricade on the street where a fire killed 12 people Wednesday in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Charred vehicles sit amid the rubble of a home destroyed by wildfires Wednesday in Superior, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A large group of police arrive at the Capitol Thursday. President Joe Biden and members of Congress solemnly marked the first anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Nathaniel Bourgoin of Team United States makes a training run for the Men's Freeski Halfpipe at Mammoth Mountain Wednesday in Mammoth, California. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes and her lawyer leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on Monday in San Jose, California. A jury found Holmes guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud investors. (Photo by David Odisho/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden speaks Thursday from Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 26, 2021, insurrection by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Revelers celebrate in Times Square in New York early Saturday as they attend New Year's Eve celebrations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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