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Photos of the Week: 2/25–3/3

Volcanic eruptions in Italy, Carnival celebrations around the world, fighting in Iraq and Syria, an unusual Oscars ceremony, an annular solar eclipse seen in Argentina, and much more.

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  • Garry Ridsdale / Smithsonian.com

    Smithsonian Magazine's 2016 Photo Contest

    The editors of Smithsonian magazine have just announced the finalists in their 14th annual photo contest, selected from more than 48,000 entries sent in from 146 countries.

  • Library of Congress

    Holes Punched Through History

    In the 1930s, Roy Stryker, head of the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration, used an unusual and destructive technique to “kill” unwanted photos—punch a hole right through the negative.

  • Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty

    Carnival 2017 Around the World

    Carnival season is under way across Europe and the Americas.

  • Matt Eich

    A Husband Captures His Wife's World

    Photographs of Melissa Eich, a speech pathologist in Charlottesville, Virginia, taken by her husband Matt Eich

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