Saturday, March 16, 2019

In Sight: The best photos of the week

A curated view of your world in photographs

The Best Photos of the Week

(Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News/AP)

Here are 12 of the week's best photos

Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane crash in Ethiopia, Beto O'Rourke enters the 2020 presidential race, Venezuelans collect water from sewerage canal during massive power outage, the Iditarod Dog Race and more images from around the world.

In Sight

(Dimitri Mellos)

Perspective

Fueled by a sense of loss and nostalgia, a photographer seeks to capture what's left of 'old New York'

Photographer Dimitri Mellos documents the colorful vibrancy of New York's Chinatown.

By Dimitri Mellos · Read more

Perspective

In Bolivia, a colorful, loud and devotional mix of dancing and praying

Gonzalo Pardo comes across a Sunday ritual in Santa Cruz de la Sierra that moves his spirit and captures his lens.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Gonzalo Pardo · Read more

Must-see photo stories

(Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)

Obama officials failed to focus as fentanyl burned its way across America

Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say.

By Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz and Katie Zezima · Read more

A 'Conveyor Belt' to the U.S. border

Smugglers in Mexico have been using express buses to deliver Guatemalan migrant families to the U.S. border in a matter of days, making the journey faster, easier and safer.

By Nick Miroff · Read more