The recipients of the 2023 Leica Women Foto Project Award are Mary F. Calvert, Eli Farinango, Anna Filipova and Greta Rico.

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Vice President Harris began a week-long tour of Africa on Monday by saying the United States plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the continent.

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A fire broke out at a migrant detention facility near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing at least 39 people and injuring 29, the Mexican government said Tuesday.

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A new wave of strikes and protests are taking place against President Emmanuel Macron's decision to move back France's legal retirement age from 62 to 64.

At least three children and three adults are dead after a shooting at a private Nashville grade school, authorities. The shooter is also dead, authorities said.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced mounting pressure Monday to halt his government’s drive to remake Israel’s judicial system.

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Dozens are dead after tornadoes touch down in the south.

World Water Day washing, Tik Tok CEO testifies, a Chasiv Yar evacuee and the start of Ramadan. See twelve of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by the Washington Post Photo Editors.

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Photos from the NCAA men's Sweet 16 games.

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This house, which was an auto garage after its life as stables, was owned by Capitol Hill area builder Richard Rothwell.

A look at the teams that have advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

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A look at the teams that have advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

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The National Park Service announced that Washington’s cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin reached peak bloom Thursday. Peak bloom occurs when 70 percent of cherry tree buds are flowering.

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This Mauritanian city boasts 13 libraries and some 6,000 manuscripts. Their teachings range from Islamic law to poetry to mathematics.

France saw its second day of violent rallies as people took to the streets to protest pension reforms forced through by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Displacement by Cyclone Freddy, a nor’easter in New England and building in a wind storm. See twelve of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by the Washington Post Photo Editors.

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The new construction includes a swim-up bar, cabana and several balconies.

An intensifying nor’easter, unleashing heavy snow, rain and strong winds, clobbering the Northeast.

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Former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a megaphone for the women’s movement, the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and a liberal Democrat, died March 13 at a hospital in Celebration, Fla.

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Cyclone Freddy is among the strongest tropical cyclones ever observed in the Southern Hemisphere.

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