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The Best Photos of the Week

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Here are 13 of the week's best photos

Celebrating the new year and the dawn of the 2020s, annual Spanish festival includes battle of flour, eggs and firecrackers, Iraqi protesters storm the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the Newseum closes in Washington. Here's a look at 13 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

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In Sight

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Perspective

These anonymous photos show what life was like decades ago

In 2016, a British filmmaker began amassing a collection of vintage images that would become "Midcentury Memories. The Anonymous Project."

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Perspective

How one photographer used his skill to probe his inner world, creating 'Independent Mysteries'

Photographer Michael Magers first book brings together personal moments from his travels around the world.

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Perspective

Heartbreaking photos show migrants traveling through Bosnia in search of a better life

Associated Press photographer Manu Brabo documents the experience of migrants looking for a new life.

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Must-see photo stories

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Scenes from Australia's deadly bush fire crisis

The heat and dry conditions have turned the Australian landscape into a tinderbox.

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Venezuela's collapse: Enduring a catastrophe

Protests have diminished, and optimism that any change will come has evaporated. Indeed, Maduro has solidified his grip on power as the opposition has fallen into disarray following the failed uprising.

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On land, Australia's rising heat is 'apocalyptic.' In the ocean, it's worse.

Tasmanian Aboriginals faced genocide, and now extreme climate change is threatening what's left of their culture.

(Philip Cheung for The Washington Post)

America's schools are more diverse than ever, yet teachers are still mostly white

Minority students, particularly Latinos, are on the rise, but few of their classes are taught by teachers of the same race.

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Detours with locals: By The Way's favorite City Guide photos of 2019

A local photographer will show a city differently than someone flown in on assignment, a perspective that was important in showing businesses and neighborhoods recommended by hometown experts.