The week's best photojournalism
In the week's most striking images, Syrian children head back to school, a bride and groom go for a dip, and more
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Kelly Gonsalves
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Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh into the Sabarmati river during the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival in Ahmedabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amit Dave))

Children attend their first class at a school in Hazema, Syria, which re-opened after years of closure due to the Islamic State.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra))

A man walks among debris in Nagua, Dominican Republic, after Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas))

Japanese honor guard members prepare for inspection at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko))

People protest President Trump's plan to rescind the DACA program at Trump Tower in New York City.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/ALBA VIGARAY))

A paraglider flies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND))

Royal officials attend the prayer ceremony for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Emerald Buddha temple in Bangkok.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/NARONG SANGNAK))

A Rohingya woman comforts her son after arriving from Myanmar to a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue))

The Eagle Creek wildfire burns in the Columbia River Gorge above Cascade Locks, Oregon.
(Image credit: (Tristan Fortsch/KATU-TV via AP))

The foot of a young girl dressed as the Living Goddess Kumari is painted red during the Kumari Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

A school girl jumps on a trampoline at the Alexandra Trampoline Club in Johannesburg, South Africa.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK))

Xu Jiaqian and Cao Ri get an underwater wedding portrait done in a pool in Beijing.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)**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.