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The Best Photos of the Week

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Here are 14 of the week's best photos

Indian Navy commandos demonstrate rescue operation skills, France facing the most disruptive strike, over changes to country's retirement system, a koala recovers from brushfire burns in Australia, House Speaker Pelosi challenges a reporter. Here's a look at 14 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

In Sight

(Jeff Bridges)

Perspective

Did you know that Oscar winner Jeff Bridges is an accomplished photographer? Well, he is, and this book shows it.

The renowned actor's new book takes us on a behind-the-scenes journey into moviemaking.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Jeff Bridges · Read more

(Nicoletta Novara)

Perspective

Young refugees document the squalor, and hope, around them

35 refugee students had disposable cameras to document their lives on the Greek island of Samos.

By Nicoletta Novara · Read more

(Aapo Huhta)

Perspective

In a desert far from home, this photographer finds a place to create his own world and flee his problems

Phographer Aapo Huhta's "Omatandangole" conjures an inner reality through otherwordly photos.

By Kenneth Dickerman · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Visualizing racism: A collection of photo essays

Nine photographers take on the challenge of depicting bigotry.

By Eugene Robinson, Marvin Joseph, Marvi Lacar, Delphine Diallo, Jana Curcio, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Jahi Chikwendiu, Marc Baptiste, Sheila Pree Bright and Andre Chung · Read more

(Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)

Lives adrift in a rapidly warming world: A photographic portrait

Climate change may seem like a distant danger to many, but around the globe, people are seeing its full, transformative impact. From Alaska to Angola, Qatar to Colorado and more, Post photographers share their stories of a growing crisis.

(Anita Pouchard Serra for the Washington Post)

Teens in Argentina are leading the charge for a gender-neutral language

Teens in Argentina are rewriting the rules of the Spanish language to eliminate gender in order to change what they see as a deeply gendered culture. Their efforts are at the center of a global debate over gender, amid the growing visibility of non-binary identities and a wave of feminist movements worldwide.

By Samantha Schmidt · Read more