The week's best photojournalism
Christ the Redeemer gets disinfected, lightning strikes in Shanghai, and more








Lightning strikes in Shanghai, China. (REUTERS/Aly Song)


A veterinarian in Kenya outfits a tranquilized elephant with a tracker. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

Workers mask a statue in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A woman protests in Belarus, wearing a white bracelet as a symbol of resistance. (SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)**See last week's best photojournalism**
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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