The week's best photojournalism
A child on a tank, a mermaid café, and more

Buffaloes walk near Basra, Iraq.
HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images

A cat is examined by a judge during a feline beauty contest in Bucharest, Romania.
AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru

A rescue worker and his search dog are transported on the shovel of an earthmover after a hotel explosion in Old Havana, Cuba.
AP Photo/Ismael Francisco

A motorcyclist rides past a bus burned by protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images

A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv, Ukraine.
REUTERS/Mikhail Palinchak

A man stands in the crater of an explosion after a Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

A refugee rests upon arriving at a reception center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
AP Photo/Francisco Seco

A house demolished by Israeli security forces in Silat al-Harithiya, the West Bank.
JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

Russia's ambassador to Poland is covered with red paint by protesters in Warsaw.
AP Photo/Maciek Luczniewski

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid wipes his face during a playoff game against the Miami Heat in Miami.
AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

A woman poses for photographs at a mermaid café in Pattaya City, Thailand.
MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images

Kyrgyz servicemen salute during Victory Day celebrations in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin