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The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most eye-catching images, a daredevil takes a graceful dive, a Brooklyn rat makes a surprise appearance, and more

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by Jackie Friedman
October 21, 2016

North Korean traffic police chat next to a residential building while off duty in Pyongyang.

(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A rat pokes its head through an opening in the bottom of a garbage can in Brooklyn.

(REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

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Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic dives from a 28-meter platform during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Shirahama, Japan.

(Dean Treml/Red Bull via Getty Images)

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A massive demonstration against gender violence at Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires.

(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Gavin Sheehan falls during the Juvenile Hurdle Race at Kempton Park in Sunbury, England.

(Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

An Amish boy stands at a clothesline in Canajoharie, New York.

(AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Students cover themselves in foam as they take part in the traditional "Raisin Weekend" at St. Andrews University in Scotland.

(REUTERS/Russell Cheyne)

Loch Faskally in Pitlochry, Scotland.

(REUTERS/Russell Cheyne)

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Iraqi army soldiers raise their weapons in celebration on the outskirts of Mosul.

(AP Photo)

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A farmer rests at a wholesale grain market in Chandigarh, India.

(REUTERS/Ajay Verma)

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Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Sukkot.

(REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

A stray dog and a puppy peer from behind a fence in Bucharest, Romania.

(AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)**Check out last week's best photojournalism.**

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