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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Jackie Friedman
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(Image credit: The Associated Press)

North Korean traffic police chat next to a residential building while off duty in Pyongyang.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E))

A rat pokes its head through an opening in the bottom of a garbage can in Brooklyn.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson))

Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic dives from a 28-meter platform during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Shirahama, Japan.
(Image credit: (Dean Treml/Red Bull via Getty Images))

A massive demonstration against gender violence at Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano))

Gavin Sheehan falls during the Juvenile Hurdle Race at Kempton Park in Sunbury, England.
(Image credit: (Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images))

An Amish boy stands at a clothesline in Canajoharie, New York.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mike Groll))

Students cover themselves in foam as they take part in the traditional "Raisin Weekend" at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Russell Cheyne))

Loch Faskally in Pitlochry, Scotland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Russell Cheyne))

Iraqi army soldiers raise their weapons in celebration on the outskirts of Mosul.
(Image credit: (AP Photo))

A farmer rests at a wholesale grain market in Chandigarh, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ajay Verma))

Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Sukkot.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Baz Ratner))

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