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The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most eye-catching photos, Rio dives into the Olympics, a mother gorilla cuddles her newborn, and more

Picture of Lauren Hansen
by Lauren Hansen
August 5, 2016

Tourists walk on a sightseeing platform in Zhangjiajie, China.

(REUTERS/Stringer)

A worker watches a diver practice before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(REUTERS/Michael Dalder)

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A nun walks among sleeping pilgrims at the Campus Misericordiae in Brzegi, Poland.

(Agencja Gazeta/Kuba Ociepa/via REUTERS)

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Gorilla Kira holds her baby at Moscow's zoo in Russia.

(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Fishing boats park in a port as Typhoon Nida approaches Guangzhou, China.

(China Daily/via REUTERS)

A disabled woman casts her vote at a polling station in Soweto, South Africa.

(AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

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Children ride in the trunk of a car on a flooded street in Sanaa, Yemen.

(REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Turkish soldiers help honor guards prepare for a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey.

(REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

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Boys jump into the Mediterranean Sea from the ancient wall surrounding the old city of Acre, Israel.

(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

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Butterflies congregate on the shore of the Igarape Mapi river near the community of Ceu do Mapia, Brazil.

(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Two girls pose for a picture during a wedding party in Gaza City.

(AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

A man takes a fishing boat for a spin in Shi'en, China.

(REUTERS/Stringer)**See last week's best photojournalism.**

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