The week's best photojournalism
In the week's most striking images, Turkey withstands turmoil, Christmas arrives early in Copenhagen, and more
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Jackie Friedman
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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.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ammar Awad))

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

Tom Pauken, a Republican delegate from Texas, before the start of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
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Competitors eat chili while bathing in ice water during a chili eating competition in Hangzhou, China.
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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.
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Izabel Nascimento cares for a horse named Empezao at a shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo))

Students at a soccer event in Dalian, China.
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People watch the flooded Jinsha River in Diqing, China.
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A man takes a selfie at the 59th World Santa Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark.
(Image credit: (Scanpix Denmark/Mathias Loevgreen Bojesen/via REUTERS))

A woman crosses a flooded street in Mumbai, India.
(Image credit: (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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Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.
