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In the most striking images of the week, Australian swimmers brace for a splash, a fox strolls past Number 10, and more

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Two swimmers brave hazardous surf conditions at a pool in Sydney, Australia.
(Image credit: GLENN CAMPBELL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
Artisan Karl Kersten adjusts hats to be worn by Carnival of Binche performers in Binche, Belgium.
(Image credit: (STEPHANIE LECOCQ/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

A man rides a horse through flames during the annual Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Juan Medina))

A man enters a sauna on the peak of Mount Lagazuoi in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini))

Villagers take shelter at a temporary evacuation center near the rumbling Mayon Volcano in the Philippines.
(Image credit: (FRANCIS R. MALASIG/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

People wave at Pope Francis as he leaves the shrine of St. Alberto Hurtado in Santiago, Chile.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino))

A man walks on an overpass above the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California, at sunset.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong))

Muslims return home in an overboarded train after the Biswa Ijtema prayer congregation in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(Image credit: (ABIR ABDULLAH/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

Orthodox Christian pilgrims perform baptisms on the Jordan River near Jericho, West Bank, on the feast of the Epiphany.
(Image credit: (ATEF SAFADI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

A couple watches television powered by a generator in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alvin Baez))

Spectators sit in the shade at Rod Laver Arena on day five of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara))

A fox walks past 10 Downing Street in London.
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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.