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The Best Photos of the Week

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Washington wins National League wild card game, 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Trump talks about the whistleblower, former French President Jacques Chirac lies in state, IAAF World Athletics Championships in Qatar. Here's a look at 11 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

In Sight

(Edward Grazda)

Perspective

Down and out on New York City's Bowery in the 1970s

Photographer Edward Grazda revisits photos he took on the city's once infamous and now legendary strip.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Edward Grazda · Read more

Perspective

These men gather in backyards to settle scores — and reduce gun violence — by pummeling one another

Post photographer Matt McClain captures a backyard fight club.

By Matt McClain and Theresa Vargas · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

In fast-thawing Siberia, radical climate change is warping the earth beneath the feet of millions

As permafrost collapses, people turn to mammoth-tusk hunting and migration.

(Emanuele Satolli for The Washington Post)

Escaping from war: A young couple's harrowing journey to reach Europe

They left their home country escaping a brutal war. They ducked bullets and braved deadly waters. Their ordeal shows how the gates are slamming shut to Syrian refugees trying to reach Europe.