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In the week's most striking images, student Santas prepare for the holiday season, locals mourn beached whales, and more

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Two beached whales in Indonesia.
Members of the Ministry of Fun Santa School, which trains professional Santas, gear up for the holidays in east London.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matt Dunham))

Heavy fog obscures the new Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/CORNELIUS POPPE))

The United Arab Emirates Air Force team performs during the Dubai Airshow.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Satish Kumar))

A woman demonstrates against Brazil's congressional move to criminalize all cases of abortion in Rio de Janeiro.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes))

A worker carries clam shells from India's Murinjapuzha River.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Sivaram V))

A window washing platform hangs precariously from a skyscraper in New York City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson))

Women wearing traditional costumes take part in a parade in Gulong, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

An Israeli Navy soldier participates in a drill in the Mediterranean Sea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amir Cohen))

Two workers descend from a giant crane in Pamplona, Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

A Rohingya boy gets a haircut at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

A boy runs in shallow water on a beach in Cyprus.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou)**See last week's best photojournalism**)

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.