The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a prima ballerina protests, a dinosaur cleans up, and more

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A ballerina in Rio de Janeiro.
The Houston Astros celebrate their Game 7 win in the World Series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matt Slocum))

A Comic-Con attendee uses the bathroom at the ExCel exhibition center in London.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls))

Prima ballerina Deborah Ribeiro performs during a protest of the economic crisis in Rio de Janeiro.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes))

A man prepares a hot air balloon during the 2nd Hot Air Balloon Carnival in Nanjing, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS))

Mariachis wait for the bathroom before a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Edgard Garrido))

Stag deer pause during a rutt at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, England.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Darren Staples))

People try to put out a fire in Kawangware slums in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya))

Women in replica Red Army uniforms pose in Fragrant Hills Park, Beijing.
(Image credit: (REUTERS))

Members of the Australian Light Horse Association perform a World War I re-enactment in Beersheba, Israel.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun))

Derwentwater, the Lake District National Park, in northern England.
(Image credit: (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP))

A Celtic Football Club fan gets into the stadium early before a match in Glasgow, Scotland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Russell Cheyne)**See last week's best photojournalism**)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.