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The Best Photos of the Week

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An eagle takes flight before the Alpine Eagle Race in France, Alabama elects it's first black mayor in the city's 200-year history, celebrating the Irrecha thanksgiving festival in Ethiopia, Washington Mystics win the WNBA championship. Here's a look at 12 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

In Sight

(Ksenia Les)

Perspective

While adoption isn't as common in Russia as it is in the U.S., this family has 13 adopted children

Photographer Ksenia Les has been documenting the unique circumstances of this Russian family for the last few years.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Ksenia Les · Read more

(Harry Gruyaert/Magnum Photos)

Perspective

40 years in the making, photographer's book reveals the 'boundaries that hover just beyond our sight'

Harry Gruyaert's book "Edges" brings together decades of his masterful work.

By Kenneth Dickerman · Read more

(Olga Ingurazova)

Perspective

A picturesque mountain offers one man solace from post-conflict trauma

Post-conflict isolation led a man called Wolf to retreat to the mountains to live a life of self-imposed exile.

By Olga Ingurazova · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

What's happening to Virginia's tobacco farmers?

Cigarette tobacco sales are on the decline, and farmers are feeling the pinch.

(Greg Powers for The Washington Post)

Made in America: Four dishes, inspired by other lands, that became American icons.

In some ways, each dish is an import. But each also morphed and adapted to its new environment, transforming into something uniquely American.

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

(Maddie McGarvey for The Washington Post)

This trail-blazing suburb has tried for 60 years to tackle race. What if trying isn't enough?

Shaker Heights, Ohio, has been a national model for racial integration for decades. Tackling academic disparities between black and white students has proven far tougher.

By Laura Meckler · Read more