The week's best photojournalism
In some of the week's most striking images, a boy leads his animals to safety, the Cubs break their curse, and more


A displaced Iraqi boy leads his animals to safety after escaping from an Islamic State-controlled village near Mosul, Iraq.
(REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)

Chicago Cubs celebrate after Game 7 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians.
(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Hindu devotees hold up scarves to catch rice offerings distributed by the temple authority on the Annakut festival in Kolkata, India.
(REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

Nuns stand next to a partially collapsed wall following an earthquake in Norcia, Italy.
(REUTERS/Remo Casilli)

A snail sits on oranges in Jizeen, Lebanon.
(REUTERS/Ali Hashisho)

A young Hindu priest offers prayers to a cow during a religious ceremony celebrating the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)

Veterans and members of the public pay tribute to those who died in war at the opening of the Garden of Remembrance in Edinburgh, Scotland.
(Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Veiled women carry censers during a procession honoring the Lord of Miracles in the Plaza de Armas in Santiago, Chile.
(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

The Italian Air Force acrobatic squad "Frecce Tricolori" (three-color arrows) maneuver above Rome's skyline during the celebrations for the Armed Forces Day, which marks the anniversary of the end of World War I for Italy.
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A Somali fisherman carries a swordfish from his vessel on the shores of the Indian Ocean on Lido beach, in Mogadishu, Somalia.
(REUTERS/Feisal Omar)

Sandy Beach clears the water jump before winning a steeple chase in Newbury, England.
(Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

A woman carries a basket on her head through a field of vegetables on a foggy morning on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.
(REUTERS/Danish Ismail)**See last week's best photojournalism.**