As the water recedes, people across Texas are beginning to assess the damage of what could be one of America’s most costly natural disasters. Around the country, many people are still wondering where they can donate funds. Here are a few articles to guide you: Where to Donate to Harvey Victims (and How to Avoid Scams), How you can put your money to good use, and want to give to Harvey victims? 5 things to consider first.

+ Bloomberg: Houston’s sudden labor crisis tests the politics of immigration. (Reality has a way of spoiling political arguments.)

+ Here are some more amazing photos from the storm, and at the end of a long week, a resident returning home to his flooded house found that his piano still played, so he found (and shared) some beauty in all the suffering.