Saturday, June 29, 2019

In Sight:The best photos from the week

In Sight
A curated view of your world in photographs

 

 

The Best Photos of the Week

(Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images)
Here are 16 of the week's best photos
The Monte Cristo Challenge swimming event, the first Democratic presidential primary debate, the Wallenda siblings high-wire over Times Square, summer temperatures soar in Europe. Here's a look at 16 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

 

 

In Sight

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(Ingvar Kenne)
Perspective
Surreal photos from a two-year odyssey experiencing rural Australia's Bachelor and Spinster Balls
Swedish photographer Ingvar Kenne examines what began as a rural tradition of providing men and women from far-flung locales the opportunity to meet "the right one."
(Wouter VanHees)
Perspective
'Hanoi is shedding its skin. So what to make of its spirit?'
Photographer Wouter VanHees reveals a rapidly changing Hanoi through a series of surreal night scapes.
(Gabrielle Saveri)
Perspective
The traditionally horsemen culture of Maremma, Italy, yields to 'horsewomen' as a result of new training course
The "Butteri" are the traditional horsemen and cattle breeders of Maremma, the region that spans from northern Lazio into southern Tuscany. To preserve the history and traditions of the Butteri, the Tuscany regional government has taken drastic measures -- offering a vocational training course to men, and for the first time, women.

 

 

Must-see photo stories

(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
How a building boom in the Brazilian Amazon could accelerate its deforestation
Development in the Amazon has brought new homes, new highways and a huge, new dam. It's also brought a new wave of deforestation that could permanently cripple the rain forest.
(Charlotte Schmitz for The Washington Post)
The murder of two Scandinavian women in Morocco was meant to impress the Islamic State. The far right seized on it to attack Islam.
(Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
Marital bliss in America comes with a price tag
Walking down the aisle will cost you an arm and a leg. Read the Washington Post's wedding issue that dives into the financial burden of marriage.
(Jane Hahn for The Washington Post)
Construction is booming in this beach city — and endangering children who have nowhere to play
Rapid growth without urban planning has come at a deadly cost in Senegal.
The scene at the annual Clyburn fish fry in South Carolina
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn's (D-S.C.) fish fry, a long-standing event that this year has blossomed into a centerpiece ahead of the 2020 election, drew the Democratic candidates for president.
 
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