Photographer Ian Cheibub's project "Golgotha" examines the various forms evangelicalism has taken in the South American country.

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Duke University students gesture and shout at an opponent during a college basketball game in Durham, N.C.; a full moon rises behind the Parthenon temple in Athens; soccer fans attend a rally in Indonesia to demand an investigation and justice following a deadly stampede at Kanjuruhan Stadium; fireworks burst over revelers during Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival in Myanmar, marking the end of the rainy season. See 11 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

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A look back on a week of negotiations and protests as world leaders converged to discuss climate goals at COP27 in Egypt.

Tropical Storm Nicole pounded Florida’s eastern beaches Thursday, tumbling several seaside homes into the ocean as the sprawling storm saturated parts of the state still recovering from Category-4 Ian a month ago.

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The seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home was inspired by architecture on the French and Italian countryside.

Washington Post photographers fanned out across swing states, talking to voters as they cast their ballots. Here’s what they told us.

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Early risers on the East Coast watched as an ominous Blood Moon seeped into the horizon amid a total lunar eclipse.

Voters across the U.S. headed to the polls in the 2022 midterm elections. Democrats and Republicans are locked in a fierce fight for control of the Senate, with a handful of races that could tip control of the chamber.

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Democrats and Republicans see Black, Latino and college-educated White women voters as crucial demographic blocs that Democrats must hold to avoid big losses.

In the final sprint before Tuesday’s election, all eyes are on the swing states that may decide who will get control of the Senate — and states with tight gubernatorial races.

Michael Lesy’s book, “Walker Evans: Last Photographs and Life Stories” presents some of the iconic photographer's lesser known works.

Supporters of Workers’ Party candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate in Rio de Janeiro after he won the Brazilian presidential runoff election; a crowd crush resulted in numerous deaths and injuries during Halloween celebrations in Seoul; the Supreme Court hears oral arguments to consider whether public and private universities can use race as a factor in admissions; a squadron of migrating great white pelicans are fed from a reservoir in Israel on their journey south. See 10 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

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From Gettysburg to Ford's Theatre, traces of the United States sixteenth president can be found everywhere.

The house was once home to a major developer of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scientists and photographers find innovative ways to take images of things we cannot see. Judges of the Nikon Small World contest show us the best in 2022.

The contractor, Oreva, wrapped up a six-month renovation of the bridge and reopened it Friday but didn’t get government approval for its work.

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People laid flowers, prayed and wept after more than 150 people were killed in Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood.

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Deaths and injuries followed an apparent crowd crush during Halloween celebrations in the Itaewon area of Seoul Saturday night, according to fire department officials.

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People around the world witness the last solar eclipse of the year; KSK German military special forces demonstrate their amphibious training with a dog that simulates the jump from a helicopter; Rishi Sunak becomes the United Kingdom’s first prime minister of color; a former student opened fire at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, killing two people. See 10 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

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To shuck your own oysters, all you need is an oyster knife, a clean towel, a platter of ice or rock salt — and lots of practice.

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