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The Best Photos of the Week

(Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

Here are 12 of the week's best photos

The World Series champion Washington Nationals are celebrated, Democrats control the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate after election results, violent protests in Chile and Hong Kong, the scene after nine American women and children died in Mexican drug cartel ambush. Here's a look at 12 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

By Troy Witcher, Dee Swann and Stephen Cook · Read more

In Sight

(Theo Elias)

Perspective

How an Icelandic volcano eruption and a personal failure led this photographer to realize some of his greatest achievements

Photographer Theo Elias's new book, "Smoke," explores the people and places of Iceland.

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(Mattia Crocetti)

Perspective

Thousands of live World War II explosives still lie buried around the world. This man lost his sight and hand to one in Italy.

Photographer Mattia Crocetti tells the story of one man and the consequences suffered after picking up a grenade.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Mattia Crocetti · Read more

(Jae C. Hong/AP)

Perspective

What it's like hanging out in the cramped alleyways and tiny bars of Tokyo's Shinjuku district

Associated Press photographer Jae C. Hong takes us on a vivid journey through some of Tokyo's unique nightlife.

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Must-see photo stories

(Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)

These Canadian islands, once protected by ice, are collapsing into the sea

Shrinking ice, rising sea levels and fierce storms are damaging the Magdalen Islands. Residents are trying to fend off the water in some places, and retreat from it in others.

(Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

USAID helped set up microfinance in Guatemala. Now it's funding illegal migration.

USAID and others helped establish Guatemala's largest microfinance organization and supported local banks. Now migrants are borrowing money to pay coyotes.

By Kevin Sieff · Read more