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The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, an elephant gets a lift, sparks fly in China, and more

Picture of Kelly Gonsalves
by Kelly Gonsalves
February 23, 2018

Winter in Amden, Switzerland.

(WALTER BIERI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers load a tranquilized elephant onto a truck during a translocation exercise.

(REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)

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Two revelers celebrate Ash Monday by participating in a "flour war" in Galaxidi, Greece.

(REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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Japan's Kaori Sakamoto reacts after performing during the Women's Single Free Skating event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

(EPA-EFE/HOW HWEE YOUNG)

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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.

(REUTERS/Stringer)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students participate in a CNN town hall meeting on gun violence in Sunrise, Florida.

(REUTERS/Michael Laughlin/Pool)

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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.

(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.

(AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)

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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.

(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Yemeni children play on a trampoline at a market in the old quarter of Sana'a.

(YAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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Indigenous people from Brazil protest to demand land demarcation and better health service in Brasilia.

(Joedson Alves/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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

(REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)**See last week's best photojournalism**

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