The Joyous String Ensemble perform. President Barack Obama and the First Family led the lighting of the National Christmas Tree with a bevy of celebrity performers on the Ellipse at President's Park near the White House in Washington D.C. on Thursday, December 3, 2015. The 93rd annual lighting ceremony was presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation. The program will be broadcast nationally on PBS on December 9. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Al Thornton of the Washington Wizards goes up for a score. The Wizards were defeated 107-102 by the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers at the Verizon Center in Washington DC on November 6, 2010. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Demonstrators demanding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vacate his office pause for Friday afternoon prayers in front of the White House prior to a planned march to Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Friday, February 4, 2011. Mubarak has been head of government in Egypt for 30 years. In recent days, thousands of Egyptians have poured into the streets of several cities to call for a change in government. Daily prayer is one of the five pillars of Islam and Friday's afternoon prayer has special significance because it is the week's lone communal prayer. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
