The week's best photojournalism
In this week's most striking images, Merkel rolls out the red carpet, a knife masseuse works on a face, and more
![Angelina Hsiao (unseen), a knife therapy practitioner, conducts knife therapy massage on a woman at the Ancient Art of Knife Therapy Education Center in Taipei, Taiwan, 17 April 2018.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MW2fFvfUmfXThPbCbxnp7S-415-80.jpg)
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