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The Best Photos of the Week

(Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

Here are 14 of the week's best photos

Three men exonerated after 36 years behind bars for wrongful murder conviction, celebration in Hong Kong after pro-Beijing politician loses election, military dog Conan visits the White House, the Thanksgiving holiday travel period begins in the U.S.

By Stephen Cook and Dee Swann · Read more

In Sight

(Molly Peters)

Perspective

Scenes from Los Angeles's equestrian oasis, nestled within the suburban sprawl

Photographer Molly Peters was surprised to rediscover her equestrian roots after moving to Burbank, Calif.

By Molly Peters and Chloe Coleman · Read more

(James Whitlow Delano)

Perspective

The eroding life for the Batek of Kuala Koh, Malaysia's last hunter-gatherers

As rainforests burn in the Amazon and in Southeast Asia, indigenous inhabitants are being wiped out by the consequences of unfettered resource extraction.

By Kenneth Dickerman and James Whitlow Delano · Read more

(Paul Graham)

Perspective

A deeply emotional meditation on one photographer's mother and 'the slow unraveling of late old age'

Paul Graham's new book, "Mother," brings together emotionally resonant portraits of his mother.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Paul Graham · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)

A crisis in the water is decimating this once-booming fishing town

The gradual disappearance of fish is a death knell for Tombwa, a town of 50,000 in Angola that has little else to offer residents.

(Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

After the volcano, indigenous Guatemalans search for safer ground — in Guatemala, or the United States

Native Guatemalans have been displaced and dispossessed for decades — sometimes fleeing U.S.-backed soldiers, sometimes funded by U.S.-backed aid groups. They're on the move again.

By Kevin Sieff · Read more