The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, a swimmer dazzles, women protest, and more

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Chicago Cubs player Jason Heyward.
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A member of Team Switzerland performs in a synchronized swimming event during the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
(Image credit: (EPA/Zsolt Czegledi))

A Russian Yak-130 Combat Trainer plane flies through a curtain of flares during an air show in the city of Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.
(Image credit: (EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY))

Participants cross a bridge over the river Waal during the 101st annual Four Days March of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
(Image credit: (EPA/PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW))

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell looks down as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republicans discussing health care in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque))

An Egyptian woman cleans her mirrors for sale on the street near the Nile island of al-Warraq in Egypt.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh))

Indonesian workers sort bananas at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (EPA/MAST IRHAM))

A member of the Royal Malaysian Police Special Tactical Unit takes part in a drill to prepare for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Vincent Thian))

Women protesters shout slogans during a demonstration over inequality and corruption in El Hoceima, Morocco.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Therese Di Campo))

Flamingos relax in their enclosure at a zoo in Munich, Germany.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader))

Employees from a bamboo industry company dry semi-finished bamboo chopsticks in a village in Xingan county, Jiangxi province, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A member of a sniper force loyal to the Houthi rebels takes part in a military parade in downtown Sanaa, Yemen.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah))

The Chicago Cubs' Jason Heyward prepares for an at-bat in the ninth inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles.
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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.