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The Best Photos of the Week

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Here are 11 of the week's best photos

The U.S. women's soccer team wins the World Cup. floods in D.C., the Running of the Bulls in Spain, Wife Carrying World Championships. Here's a look at 11 of the best photos from the week, selected by photo editors at The Washington Post.

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In Sight

(Justin Mott)

Perspective

'No Man's Land': The plight of the northern white rhino

The only two northern white rhinos left in the world live at a conservancy in central Kenya, where they are protected by caretakers and armed guards. Photojournalist Justin Mott documented the lives of these rhinos for a project on the people who have devoted their lives to animal welfare.

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(Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

Perspective

Liberia today: The complex picture of a country in transition

Michael Robinson Chavez traveled to Liberia, a country still faced with economic and social woes.

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(Timothy Duffy)

Perspective

'Their ancestral cultures have been oppressed and forbidden, and yet they rise up singing'

A new book shines a light on American blues musicians.

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Must-see photo stories

Under fire on Libya's front lines: An up-close, highly visual account of the worst fighting since Gaddafi

An up-close, highly visual account of the worst fighting in Tripoli since Gaddafi's ouster

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How to create the ice cream of your dreams

Start crafting custom flavors and turn your kitchen into your very own scoop shop.

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America's tigers spend their lives in cages, bred for profit with little oversight

Patchy regulation has allowed a persistent subculture of trading and private ownership.

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They covered their school in racist graffiti. They apologized. But will they change?

A black principal, four white teens, and the 'senior prank' that became a hate crime.

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A Dartmouth undergrad, a legislator – and a voice for students

Dartmouth student Garrett Muscatel ran for office during his junior year. The rising-senior now balances a carefully woven schedule attending classes in Hanover and legislative session in Concord.