The week's best photojournalism
In the week's most striking images, fog settles over Washington, a church emerges from the water, and more
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Kelly Gonsalves
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(Image credit: AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Catholic devotees rest during a procession of the venerated Black Nazarene statue in Manila, Philippines.
(Image credit: (MARK R. CRISTINO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

The Washington Monument pokes through morning fog in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO))

Protesters clash with riot police in Athens, Greece.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis))

The historic St. Lambertus church in Immerath, Germany, is demolished to make way for coal mining.
(Image credit: (SASCHA STEINBACH/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims attend a Christmas Eve celebration in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri))

Two racers from Russia work on their truck for the 2018 Dakar Rally in Arequipa, Peru.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Franck Fife/Pool))

A baby orangutan named Khansa clings to its mother at the Singapore Zoo.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Edgar Su))

The remains of a church usually covered by water inside the Sau reservoir in Vilanova de Sau, Catalonia, Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti))

A technician inspects Brunelleschi's dome of Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral.
(Image credit: (Claudio Giovannini/Opera del Duomo press office via AP))

Ukrainian army members fire a howitzer close to a frontline near Donetsk.
(Image credit: (MARKIIAN LYSEIKO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

A boy dressed as a "Guajiro" farmer travels in a vintage American car during an anniversary celebration of the arrival of Fidel Castro and his rebel army in Regla, Cuba.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa))
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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.