The week's best photojournalism
In this week's most striking images, an elephant gets a lift, sparks fly in China, and more
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Kelly Gonsalves
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Winter in Amden, Switzerland.
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Kenya Wildlife Service rangers load a tranquilized elephant onto a truck during a translocation exercise.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya))

Two revelers celebrate Ash Monday by participating in a "flour war" in Galaxidi, Greece.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis))

Japan's Kaori Sakamoto reacts after performing during the Women's Single Free Skating event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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A performer sprays molten iron against a wall to create sparks to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Zhangjiakou, China.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students participate in a CNN town hall meeting on gun violence in Sunrise, Florida.
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A girl sits on a couch after Israeli troops destroyed a Palestinian structure in the village of Al-Eizariya, West Bank.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ammar Awad))

Refugees and migrants wait to be rescued by aid workers after leaving Libya to reach Europe aboard an overcrowded rubber boat, 60 miles north of Al-Khums, Libya.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo))

A vendor salvaging her mannequin cries as she runs away from her burning stall during a massive fire at a clothing market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery))

Yemeni children play on a trampoline at a market in the old quarter of Sana'a.
(Image credit: (YAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

Indigenous people from Brazil protest to demand land demarcation and better health service in Brasilia.
(Image credit: (Joedson Alves/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

Israeli scientists participate in an experiment simulating a mission to Mars near Mitzpe Ramon.
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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.