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The Best Photos of the Week

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Here are 10 of the week's best photos

Performers ready for a production of The Nutcracker, the White Island volcano erupts in New Zealand, articles of impeachment announced against President Trump, Britain votes in the general election. Here's a look at 10 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

(Andrea Hernández Briceño)

Perspective

Symbols of a tragic transformation: The abandoned cars of Venezuela

Some lack windows and tires. Some are covered in sheets, like corpses.

By Rachelle Krygier · Read more

(Ben Brody)

Perspective

'What kept me focused on this work was not a love of battle and adventure, and not a quest for truth and understanding. . . . It was the lies that I found so riveting.'

Photographer Ben Brody's new book examines his role in both creating propaganda and trying to subvert it.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Ben Brody · Read more

(Swarat Ghosh)

Perspective

This photographer finds absurd shapes and optical illusions he hopes break the stereotypical vision of what it's like working in an office

Photographer Swarat Ghosh examines the daily realities of work life.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Swarat Ghosh · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Moises Saman/Magnum Photos)

Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan

For nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress. They were not, documents show, and they knew it.