The week's best photojournalism
In some of the week's most striking images, Vladimir Putin sinks into the sea, a peacock roosts, and more
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Sarah Eberspacher
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A woman buys "rakhi," or traditional Indian sacred thread, in a Kolkata marketplace.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri))

The Columbian tall ship ARC Gloria is escorted by a slew of smaller boats as it arrives to participate in SAIL Amsterdam 2015, a festival celebrating the Dutch capital's maritime history.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Cris Toala Olivares))

Syrian refugee children look out from their tent at a makeshift settlement in Saadnayel, Lebanon.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir))

A peacock roosts in a tree in Crandon Park Gardens in Key Biscayne, Florida.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee))

People crowd onto a beach in Dalian, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

Bailie Key competes during the P&G gymnastics championships at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports))

An Afghan boy rides a bicycle across a dry lake in Kabul.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail))

Russian President Vladimir Putin sinks into the Black Sea inside a research bathyscaphe during an expedition near Sevastopol, Crimea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/Kremlin))

Migrants wait to depart aboard a train heading toward Serbia, at a railway station in Gevgelija, Macedonia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski))

An airplane flies past a bank of clouds as the sun sets over Encinitas, California.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Blake))

A man sits in front of a flock of pigeons resting on a pile of bricks in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

Surfer Arlen Macpherson sits on his board, which has an electronic shark repellent device installed, at Sydney's Bondi Beach in Australia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David Gray) **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.