The week's best photojournalism
In some of the week's most striking images, scooters zip through a storm, a couple enjoys the seashore, and more
By
Sarah Eberspacher
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People drive scooters through heavy rainfall in Nanjing, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

A couple sits along the Promenade Des Anglais, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, in southeastern France.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Eric Gaillard))

Children eat ice cream cones at Appleby-in-Westmorland, Britain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Phil Noble))

A father plays with his daughter after Friday afternoon prayers at the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy))

Caribbean flamingos peek through their enclosure at Antwerp's zoo, in Belgium.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir))

A woman prays with her child during a Sunday church service in a Burundi village.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic))

A herdsman guides sheep and goats to their summer pasturing area, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

Two young men play basketball in New York.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson))

Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah nips at his groom's hat during a bath at Belmont Park, in Elmont, New York.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson))

Lightning strikes near grain elevators in Collyer, Kansas.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel))

Members of Japan's Self-Defense Force honor guard prepare for a ceremony, in Tokyo.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Toru Hanai))

A girl splashes into the river Ganges, on a hot summer morning in Allahabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash) **See last week's best photojournalism**)
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.