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The Best Photos of the Week

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Here are 16 of the week's best photos

President Trump steps into North Korea, Fourth of July celebration in Washington, Coco Gauff, 15, beats Venus Williams at Wimbledon, a freak hail storm hits Mexico, a solar eclipse in South America. Here's a look at 16 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

In Sight

(Timothy Duffy)

Perspective

'Their ancestral cultures have been oppressed and forbidden, and yet they rise up singing'

A new book shines a light on American blues musicians.

By Kenneth Dickerman · Read more

(Daniel Chatard)

Perspective

President Trump's display of military power is nothing new in many countries

The celebration of the military that President Trump ordered up for the Fourth of July is a new ritual for the United States. But it has a long history elsewhere.

By Daniel Chatard · Read more

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Perspective

Searching for traces of George Washington in places where his deeds remain cherished and celebrated

Washington Post staff photographer Matt McClain heads out in search of vestiges of one of the nation's founding fathers.

By Michael Ruane and Matt McClain · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Jahi Chikwendui/The Washington Post)

Scenes from July 4 celebrations in D.C.

Fourth of July celebrations in Washington this year included parades, fireworks and an event President Trump called "Salute to America."

(Bryan Tarnowski for The Washington Post)

A 'volcano' of oil is flowing in the gulf, and this ex-fish boat captain is trying to contain it

Taylor Energy Co. sued the US Coast Guard and Timmy Couvillion to stop an effort to contain its 14-year Gulf oil spill. Success was their revenge.

(Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Six songs tell you as much about Aretha Franklin as any memoir ever could

Peeling back the layers of emotion, technique and lived experience packed into her music, with help from Oprah Winfrey, Paul Simon and Questlove.

Conservationists are working to revive Bunny Mellon's garden. But first they must unlock its secrets.

The famed landscape designer, book collector and BFF to Jackie Kennedy left very little to explain her vision for Oak Spring. In fact, she expressly did not tell her successors what to do.

By Christian Font, Adrian Higgins, Matt Roth and Dudley M. Brooks · Read more

Maggots could revolutionize the global food supply. Here's how.

Black soldier fly larva has the remarkable ability to transform nearly any kind of organic waste into high-quality protein, while leaving a smaller carbon footprint than it left.

By Christopher Ingraham · Read more