The week's best photojournalism
In the week's most striking images, Turkey withstands turmoil, Christmas arrives early in Copenhagen, and more


A supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan climbs a flagpole during a pro-government demonstration at Taksim Square in Istanbul, amidst a thwarted military coup.
(REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

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A flock of sheep in Inner Mongolia's Gobi Desert. (PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Lightning strikes over the marina in Port Washington, Wisconsin.
(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Tom Pauken, a Republican delegate from Texas, before the start of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
(John Moore/Getty Images)

Competitors eat chili while bathing in ice water during a chili eating competition in Hangzhou, China.
(REUTERS/Stringer)

Villagers try to catch money during the Kasada ceremony, where villagers and worshippers throw offerings into the volcanic crater of Mount Bromo, in Probolinggo, Indonesia.
(REUTERS/Beawiharta)

Izabel Nascimento cares for a horse named Empezao at a shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Students at a soccer event in Dalian, China.
(REUTERS/Stringer)

People watch the flooded Jinsha River in Diqing, China.
(REUTERS/Stringer)

A man takes a selfie at the 59th World Santa Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark.
(Scanpix Denmark/Mathias Loevgreen Bojesen/via REUTERS)

A woman crosses a flooded street in Mumbai, India.
(REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui)

Gabriela Gomez poses for a photo before the start of a military parade celebrating Colombia's 206th anniversary of independence from Spain, in Bogota, Colombia.
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