The week's best photojournalism
In this week's most striking images, a roadster tours the cosmos, wannabe goddesses await judgment, and more
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Kelly Gonsalves
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(Image credit: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

Athletes from North and South Korea wave unification flags as they arrive during the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel))

A SpaceX spacesuit in Elon Musk's red Tesla sports car, which was launched into space during the Falcon Heavy rocket's first test flight.
(Image credit: (SpaceX via AP))

A girl sleeps on a suitcase as she waits with her family for a travel permit to cross into Egypt from the southern Gaza Strip.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa))

People in animal costumes take part in pre-carnival festivities in Cameta, Brazil.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino))

A cafe in Athens.
(Image credit: (ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

A Chinese Opera performer smokes backstage before a performance at a school in Bangkok.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT))

Workers remove stalks from red chili peppers on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amit Dave))

A Free Syrian Army fighter relaxes in al Bab, Syria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi))

Performers at a parade for the Montevideo Carnival in Uruguay.
(Image credit: (RAUL MARTINEZ/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

Young candidates await the selection of the new living goddess, locally known as "Kumari," outside a Hindu temple in Patan, Nepal.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha))

A dog plays along the beach near Rossbeigh, Ireland.
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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.