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The Best Photos of the Week

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Here are 14 of the week's best photos

DACA plaintiffs appear at the Supreme Court, impeachment hearings begin in Washington, Mercury transits the sun, maintaining and animatronic dinosaur in China, a fracas breaks out during an NFL game. Here's a look at 14 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

(Rich Wade)

Perspective

A photographer's childhood love for wrestling is realized with 'Ring of Honor'

Rich Wade photographs Ring of Honor professional wrestling in New York: "I'm a huge wrestling fan and always have been.."

By Troy Witcher and Rich Wade · Read more

(Sebastian Meyer)

Perspective

'Under Every Yard of Sky': Life in Iraqi Kurdistan, a land of both war and hope

Photographer Sebastian Meyer documented life behind the headlines in Iraqi Kurdistan.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Sebastian Meyer · Read more

(Ana Maria Arevalo Gosen )

Perspective

One year after this couple were married, they had to face cancer together. Here's how they coped.

Venezuelan photographer Ana Maria Arevalo Gosen documents her husband's fight against cancer.

By Kenneth Dickerman · Read more

Must-see photo stories

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How climate change is triggering a chain reaction that threatens the heart of the Pacific

The fast-warming Sea of Okhotsk, wedged between Russia and Japan, is a cautionary tale of the far-reaching consequences when climate dominoes begin to fall.

(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

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The many reasons why Venice is flooding right now

The latest "aqua alta" event has its roots in the Adriatic Sea, but it points to the precariousness of the historic city.

(Brian L. Frank for The Washington Post)

Prisons and jails are designed for men. Can we build a better women's prison?

The female prison population has grown twice as fast as the male one over the past 35 years — and facilities are slowly starting to take women's experiences and needs into account.

By Keri Blakinger · Read more