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

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Hindu devotees hold up scarves to receive rice offerings being distributed by the temple authority on the Annakut festival in Kolkata, India.
A displaced Iraqi boy leads his animals to safety after escaping from an Islamic State-controlled village near Mosul, Iraq.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah))

Chicago Cubs celebrate after Game 7 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians.
(Image credit: (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.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri))

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

A snail sits on oranges in Jizeen, Lebanon.
(Image credit: (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.
(Image credit: (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.
(Image credit: (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.
(Image credit: (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.
(Image credit: (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.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Feisal Omar))

Sandy Beach clears the water jump before winning a steeple chase in Newbury, England.
(Image credit: (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.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Ismail)**See last week's best photojournalism.**)

Jackie Friedman
Jackie Friedman

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.