The week's best photojournalism
In the week's most striking images, a horse flees blazing grasslands, synchronized swimmers flip underwater, and more
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Lauren Hansen, Kelly Gonsalves
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A horse runs from the Long Valley fire near Doyle, California.
(Image credit: (Lassen County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS))

Women stand inside an overcrowded ladies' train coach in Mumbai, India.
(Image credit: (EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI))

Bikers ride through a field of sunflowers in the 2017 Tour de France.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Christian Hartmann))

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) takes questions from the media before walking into the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais))

Indian laborers sort onions at a wholesale market in Bhopal, India.
(Image credit: (EPA/SANJEEV GUPTA))

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel during the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer))

Police officers stand at attention as the funeral procession for slain officer Miosotis Familia leaves the funeral service in the Bronx, New York.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer))

A kite festival in Bali, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (EPA/MADE NAGI))

Kortney Ross of the U.S. performs the pole vault at the International Athletics Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER))

A herd of elephants crosses a road that passes through the flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika))

Children use their mobile phones outside rental houses in a soon-to-be-demolished area of rural Beijing's Changping District.
(Image credit: (EPA/WU HONG)**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.