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The Best Photos of the Week

Here are 15 of the week's best photos

Virginia boys state baseball championship, fires burn farmland in Syria, a gunman fires shots outside a Dallas federal building, Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies on Capitol Hill, Toronto Raptors championship parade. Here's a look at 15 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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Mining for gold in the world's highest permanent human settlement

Photographer James Whitlow Delano travelled to the Peruvian Andes to dccument a community centered around the pursuit of gold.

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Darkly humorous, thoroughly quirky and deeply masterful photos from the first years of Brooklyn's Barclays Center

Photographer Jeff Mermelstein spent four years documenting the early days of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

By Kenneth Dickerman and Jeff Mermelstein · Read more

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'Good Morning, America': The state of the union through the eyes of Magnum photographer Mark Power

In Good Morning, America, Mark Power offers a wake-up call to a country that has grown more divided

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Under the sea: Ralph Pace combines a love of science and photography

Environmental photographer Ralph Pace documents the world of marine science to spread conservation awareness and tell stories of the ocean.

By Annaliese Nurnberg and Ralph Pace · Read more

Must-see photo stories

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.

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The scene in Orlando as Trump launches his reelection bid

Supporters gathered at the Amway Center to hear the president, vice president and others speak.

In Imlil, Morocco, the path leading to Jebel Toubkal, North Africa's highest peak, which is visible in the background. (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.

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