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Photographer Jordi Barreras’s new book explores conditions of modern life through seemingly banal urban landscapes. But the images turn out to be anything but banal.
Photographer Jordi Barreras’s new book explores conditions of modern life through seemingly banal urban landscapes. But the images turn out to be anything but banal.
A young girl gets splashed during an elephant bath in Nepal’s Rapti River; the Atlanta Braves defeat the Houston Astros to claim their first World Series championship since 1995; Michelle Wu, daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, becomes the first woman and first person of color to be elected Mayor of Boston; people remember those who have died with offerings, family gatherings and visits to their graves during the “Day of The Dead,” one of the most popular celebrations in Mexico. See 13 of the week’s most interesting and gripping images from around the world, selected by Washington Post photo editors.
Powell, the former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was honored by President Biden and other leaders at his funeral Friday at Washington National Cathedral.
The owner of a luxury apartment tower that collapsed this week in Nigeria’s largest city was found dead in the rubble late Thursday as the number of bodies recovered from the scene rose to 36, local officials said.
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Captain Rajab (Rajab Rifi) discovered skateboarding during a Gaza Freestyle festival in 2015. It has become a passion that he shares with young people in Gaza.
Voters headed to the polls on Tuesday to pick governors in Virginia and New Jersey, offering a test for Democrats in the first major elections since President Biden’s arrival in the Oval Office and a possible preview of what’s to come in next year’s congressional midterms.
There's a lot at stake as leaders discuss climate solutions in Glasgow, Scotland.
Every four years, Virginia’s gubernatorial race is the political equivalent of a crystal ball; the issues defining the campaign often revealing what will preoccupy Americans as the midterm elections loom 12 months later.
Young football fans play a game of catch during a Navy Midshipmen game in Annapolis, Md.; a performer dances before the annual 17th Street High Heel Race in Washington, D.C.; President Biden is greeted by Pope Francis at the Vatican; the Bipawtisan Halloween Dog Parade is held in the Hart Senate Office Building in D.C. See 10 of the week’s most interesting and gripping images from around the world, selected by Washington Post photo editors.
Photographer Marlena Sloss rolled the dice for a permit to hike one of America's best-known rock formations.
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Learn more about the chemicals and processes involved in leaves becoming yellow, orange and red in colder months.
The five-hour tour to nowhere is designed specifically for weary passengers to zonk out.
The Post's Matt McClain went looking for traces of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore on the cusp of Halloween.
A massive storm barreled toward Southern California on Monday after flooding highways, toppling trees, cutting power to about 380,000 utility customers and causing rock slides and mud flows in areas burned bare by wildfires across the northern half of the state. Drenching rains and strong winds accompanied the arrival of an atmospheric river — a long, narrow swath of exceptionally moist air, sometimes sourced from the tropics, that can produce excessive amounts of precipitation. — into the drought-stricken state.
Swedish photographer Martin Bogren's new book, "Passenger" takes the viewer on a dreamlike journey of wandering in India.