The week's best photojournalism
In the week's most striking images, a hurdler takes a nasty spill, a caped crusader runs through Los Angeles, and more
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Kelly Gonsalves
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Deborah John of Trinidad and Tobago crashes during a 100m hurdles event at the London 2017 IAAF World Championships.
(Image credit: (EPA/SEAN DEMPSEY))

Women wait in line to cast their votes in Kenya's general election in Iloodokilani.
(Image credit: (EPA/DAI KUROKAWA))

A man wearing a Superman costume runs along the Hollywood Walk of Fame to earn tips from tourists in Los Angeles.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong))

The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Darron Cummings))

A girl looks at a barbed-wire fence decorated with messages wishing for Korean unification near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji))

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in the city of Hasaka, Syria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rodi Said))

A girl looks out the window of a temple at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha))

Police officers walk among packages of seized cocaine at the Pacific port of Buenaventura, Colombia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara))

A one-week-old baby bonobo clings to its mother at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir))

A boy cleans his newly planted paddy in the Karbi Anglong District, India.
(Image credit: (EPA/STR))

A man practices fly-boarding near the village of Olenevka, Crimea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov))

A boy looks out of a tent used as a classroom at a camp for displaced families in the rebel-held city of al-Asha'ari, Syria.
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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.