Saturday, February 9, 2019

In Sight: The best photos of the week

A curated view of your world in photographs

The Best Photos of the Week

(Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Here are 14 of the week's best photos

Intense cold challenge in Russia, New England Patriots win sixth Super Bowl, China Marks the Lunar New Year, President Trump delivers the State of the Union address and more images from around the world.

In Sight

(Tabitha Soren)

'The residue on these screens that I am shooting is not just grime. It is evidence of the otherwise invisible.'

Tabitha Soren captures the path of fingerprints on the surface of images on screens.

By Chloe Coleman · Read more

(Kevin Bubriski)

Perspective

This photographer documented Syria's ancient monuments, unaware they would be ravaged by war

Photographer Kevin Bubriski visited Syria before the war

By Kenneth Dickerman and Kevin Bubriski · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

Congress' many (facial) reactions during Trump's State of the Union speech

There was enthusiastic applause, unamused stares and bipartisan chants of "USA!"

By https://www.facebook.com/washpostvisuals · Read more

The scene during President Trump's second State of the Union address

Delayed by a week because of the partial government shutdown, Trump makes his second State of the Union speech, which is also his third address to a joint session of Congress.

The parking lot suicides

Veterans are taking their own lives on VA hospital campuses, a desperate form of protest against a system that they feel hasn't helped them.

By Joe Moore, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Jenn Ackerman · Read more

(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)

Hall of Fame baseball player Frank Robinson, the major league's first African American manager, dies at 83

Frank Robinson burst into the national consciousness during his first season with the Cincinnati Reds in 1956, winning the NL's rookie of the year. Robinson was named the MVP in both leagues. In 1975, he became baseball's first black manager with the Cleveland Indians.