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The Best Photos of the Week

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The House impeachment inquiry of President Trump continues, Brexit is delayed in the United Kingdom, the Kincade Fire tears through a community in Sonoma County, Calif., the late representative Elijah E. Cummings is remembered in Washington, U.S. military withdraws from northern Syria. Here's a look at 14 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

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In Sight

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Perspective

See the winning images from this year's Nikon Small World photography contest

The winners of the 45th Annual Nikon Small World photography competition combine art and science to show a beautiful, miniature world.

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(Cole Davis)

Perspective

'I'm a photographer photographing life underneath the headlines'

After learning of the tragic death of a teenager in a Brooklyn neighborhood, Cole Davis moved there to explore life.

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(Maria Contreras Coll)

Perspective

Reinventing tradition: Fighting against menstrual restrictions in Nepal

Photographer Maria Contreras Coll travelled to Nepal to examine the tradition of Chaupadi Partha.

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Must-see photo stories

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How a crumbling road in Syracuse is sparking a conversation about reparations

This city's south side was devastated when a highway section went up. Now that there's talk of taking it down, residents think they should be protected -- and compensated.

(Jane Hahn/For The Washington Post)

Terrorists are pitting neighbors against each other — and building a 'safe haven' in West Africa

Extremists once tried to conquer Mali by force. They have a new strategy.

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Honoring Rep. Elijah Cummings in Washington and Baltimore

Mourners paid tribute to the longtime Democratic congressman from Maryland at a funeral in Baltimore on Friday, after he lay in state at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.