The week's best photojournalism
A plane extinguishes a fire, a rocket launches into space, and more
A man stands in a fountain during a heat wave in Bucharest, Romania.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A person stops to look at a 22-foot King Kong sculpture at the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Revere, Massachusetts.
(Image credit: Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images)
Children play in the water at the beach in Gaza City.
(Image credit: Mohammed Abed / AFP via Getty Images)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children read by candlelight from the book of Eicha during the annual Tisha B'Av in Jerusalem.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Ohad Zwigenberg)
A boy whose body is painted black and red prepares to portray a demon in an annual religious performance of Taazieh in Nushabad, Iran.
(Image credit: Atta Kenare / AFP via Getty Images)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen lifting off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
(Image credit: AP Photo / John Raoux)
Tourists and locals visit the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Francisco Seco)
A firefighting plane sprays water to extinguish wildfire at Ciovo Island, Croatia.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Miroslav Lelas)
A fireman holds a cat and two rabbits after rescuing them from a fire on the Greek island of Rhodes.
(Image credit: Spyros Bakalis / AFP via Getty Images)
The "voodoo" wrestler known as Panthère poses for a photograph in his shrine in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
(Image credit: Alexis Huguet / AFP via Getty Images)
The U.S.' Katie Ledecky, top, competes in a women's 1500-meter heat at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
(Image credit: AP Photo / David J. Phillip)
Kevin Peraza competes in the Men's BMX Park during the X Games in Ventura, California.
(Image credit: AP Photo / Ryan Sun)
