The week's best photojournalism
In the week's most eye-catching images, an elephant takes a dip, a rainbow of paragliders float down to Earth, and more
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Lauren Hansen, Kelly Gonsalves
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An 8-year-old elephant dives with a mahout inside a swimming pool at Khao Kheow Zoo, Thailand.
(Image credit: (EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT))

The Swiss Open Paragliding Championships in Engelberg.
(Image credit: (EPA/URS FLUEELER))

Pope Francis meets members of Cirque du Soleil at the Vatican.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Tony Gentile))

Displaced by Cyclone Mora, survivors walk with their belongings to a safer area near Chittagong, Bangladesh.
(Image credit: (EPA/STR))

A vigil for the victims of the Manchester attack, outside the arena, in Britain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Andrew Yates))

A Filipino congresswoman arrives for a meeting of the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Philippines.
(Image credit: (EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA))

A woman learns how to scythe grass in Stromovka Park in Prague, Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK))

South African surfer Jeremy Johnson rides a wave at Dungeons offshore reef outside Cape Town.
(Image credit: (EPA/NIC BOTHMA))

A Muslim boy learns to read the Koran during Ramadan on the outskirts of Agartala, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jayanta Dey))

Demonstrators run during clashes with security forces at a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Carlos Barria))

A woman puts on a bubble show at SeaWorld in San Diego.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Blake))

A boy cools off in Karachi, Pakistan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)**See last week's best photojournalism**)
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Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.