The week's best photojournalism
Mermaids bask in the sun, a bear smiles for a photo and more
Marko Leszczuk walks along the salt flats at Badwater Basin as the sun sets in Death Valley National Park.
(Image credit: AP Photo / John Locher)
A man cools off in a public water playground in eastern Tokyo.
(Image credit: Richard A. Brooks / AFP via Getty Images)
A man runs along a road on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Michael Probst)
A fireman douses flames on a wildfire at Panorama settlement near Agioi Theodori, west of Athens.
(Image credit: Valerie Gache / AFP via Getty Images)
A bonfire burns as Israelis in Tel Aviv protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Ariel Schalit)
Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a helicopter.
(Image credit: Alexander Kazakov / Sputnik / AFP via Getty Images)
A child takes a photo of a bear at the Bioparco zoo during a heat wave in Rome.
(Image credit: Tiziana Fabi / AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the Israeli Mermaids Community swim with their mermaid tails at the Mediterranean Sea in Bat Yam, Israel.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Oded Balilty)
China competes in the preliminary of the women's team technical artistic swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.
(Image credit: Manan Vatsyayana / AFP via Getty Images)
Philadelphia Phillies' Brandon Marsh slides toward third base during the second inning of a baseball game in Philadelphia.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Matt Slocum)
A dragonfly sits on a Lotus flower during the Lotus and Water Lily Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
A racoon family take a walk on rails on a regional railroad in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Michael Probst)
