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The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a taekwondo master breaks through concrete, a flock of birds appear ready for their Hitchcockian close-up, and more

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by Kelly Gonsalves
September 29, 2017

Andreas Kisser of Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura performs during the last day of the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro.

(EPA-EFE/ANTONIO LACERDA)

Birds vie for position on power lines at dusk in Kansas City, Kansas.

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Indian musicians perform ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Calcutta, India.

(EPA-EFE/PIYAL ADHIKARY)

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Roger Stone, a long-time associate of President Trump, speaks to the media after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on the Russia investigation in Washington, D.C.

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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A Rohingya refugee waits to receive aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

(REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea during a Tashlich ceremony in Herzeliya, Israel.

(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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South Korea's Special Warfare Command performs taekwondo ahead of the 69th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day in Pyeongtaek.

(REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TPX)

Autumn leaves at the Nagyerdo conservation area in Debrecen, Hungary.

(EPA-EFE/Zsolt Czegledi)

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A young girl rests on the remains of her family's home, which was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, in Hayales de Coamo, Puerto Rico.

(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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A monkey sits on top of the Jetavanaramaya stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

(REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)

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Alexia Paganini of Switzerland competes in the Figure Skating-ISU Challenger Series in Oberstdorf, Germany.

(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

An empty wheelchair stands on a beach in San Sebastian, Spain.

(AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)`**See last week's best photojournalism**

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