The week's best photojournalism

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by Jackie Friedman

December 16, 2016

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Is the U.S. running out of ammunition?

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In depth

France aspires to work by working less. Is it working?

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In depth

How Ukraine's looming counteroffensive could reshape Russia's war

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'extinct protein'

A company made a meatball from lab-grown woolly mammoth, and you can't try it

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The Force is With Him

Star Wars legend Mark Hamill lends voice to Ukrainian air raid app

Rescuers work to take the injured and the corpses of the victims out of the premises after a fire at an immigration detention center in Northern Mexico

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tragedy at the border

Blaze kills 39 at migrant detention center in Mexico

A CBP agent at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Ysidro, California.

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Stopping the Flow

U.S. to crack down on guns going south, Mexico works to stop fentanyl heading north

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really, what time is it?

Lebanon to reverse daylight savings decision

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skyline

How to watch 5 planets align in the night sky on Tuesday

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where the wild things are

'Rewilding' animals could help combat climate change, study finds

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