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In some of the week's most eye-catching photos, Ganesh goes for a dip, Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe steals the spotlight, and more

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A devotee carrying an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, jumps into the Sabarmati river to immerse the idol on the last day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival i
A devotee carrying an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, jumps into the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amit Dave))

Fifth-grade students of the General Yermolov Cadet School wear gas masks during a military tactical exercise in Stavropol, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko))

Visitors make their way through the Flight 93 National Memorial on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jared Wickerham))

A staff member of the Royal Collection poses with a dress worn by Queen Elizabeth, in the Crimson Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, Britain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls))

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and teammate Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
(Image credit: (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports))

A koala soaked by floodwaters sits atop a fence to escape the deluge in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia.
(Image credit: (Russell Latter via REUTERS))

Wheelchair racer Marcel Hug of Switzerland celebrates winning the men's final 800-meter T54 athletics event during the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
(Image credit: (Simon Bruty/OIS, IOC via AP))

Men selling sheep wait for customers at a local livestock market in Lagos, Nigeria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye))

A herder sits on a sled at a reindeer camping ground in the Nenets region, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin))

A municipal worker sweeps around the charred remains of a truck that was set ablaze during protests in Bengaluru, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa))

Crew members of the Peruvian naval training vessel Union stand on the ship's masts as it docks in Havana, Cuba.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A dog named Darby leaps from the diving board to fetch a tennis ball at Sleepy Hollow Bath and Racquet Club in Falls Church, Virginia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)**See last week's best photojournalism.**)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.