The government has been shut down for a record 38 days and counting. The House has been out of session for 49 days and counting. That hasn’t stopped CQ Roll Call photojournalists from covering the stalemate in Congress. Here are the best images of the week.

Activists in inflatable animal costumes wait along Columbus Circle to march in a demonstration on Wednesday. The protesters marched from Union Station to the National Mall on the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s election. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Members of the Handmaid Army DC march in front of the Capitol on Wednesday in a protest against the Trump administration. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

From right, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., and House Republican Conferen

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