| The Best Photos of the Week |  | | (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) | | | | 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. | | By Stephen Cook and Dee Swann · Read more | |  | | (AFP/Getty Images) | | | | Scenes from Australia's deadly bush fire crisis | | The heat and dry conditions have turned the Australian landscape into a tinderbox. | | Read more |  | | (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) | | | | 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. | | Read more |  | | (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) | | | | 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. | | Read more |  | | (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. | | Read more |  | | (Emanuelle Satolli for The Washington Post) | | | | 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. | | Read more | | | | | | | |
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