The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, lavender blooms in France, festival-goers party at a silent disco, and more

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Women swim outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.
Iranian women take part in an Eid-al Fitr prayer ceremony celebrating the end of Ramadan in Tehran.
(Image credit: (EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH))

Tourists take pictures of a lavender field in Valensole, southern France.
(Image credit: (EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER))

Women swim in the Yenisei River outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

A couple kisses as they celebrate German parliament legalizing same-sex marriage in Berlin.
(Image credit: (EPA/FELIPE TRUEBA))

An indigenous man from the Torres Strait Islands wears traditional dress as he performs in Sydney.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David Gray))

Festival-goers dance at the silent disco stage during Open'er Music Festival in Gdynia, Poland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Matej Leskovsek))

A child sleeps in a hammock outside a construction site in Bengaluru, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa))

Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm over the City of Bern, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA/ANTHONY ANEX))

A displaced Iraqi man rescued from a battle site eats bread in Mosul, Iraq.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Erik De Castro))

People get drenched as pigeons fly during a monsoon-season high tide in Mumbai, India.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade))

Women dressed as handmaids from the novel The Handmaid's Tale protest against cuts for Planned Parenthood in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts))

Runners and riders compete during a race on the beach in Carrowniskey, Ireland.
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Kelly Gonsalves
Kelly Gonsalves

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.