The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most eye-catching images, a race competitor face-plants, thousands of train passengers get stranded, and more

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Train passengers stranded in China.
People wait to enter Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, China. More than 50,000 passengers traveling during the New Year rush were stranded due to weather.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lin Hongxian/Southern Metropolis Daily))

A participant competes in the extreme "Farinato Race" in Gijon, Spain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Eloy Alonso))

Police patrol as revelers take part in the traditional "Weiberfastnacht" (Women's Carnival) celebration in Mainz, Germany.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach))

A snowy scene in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Bill Sikes))

The cargo ship Modern Express is reflected in water on the dock in the port of Bilbao, Spain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Vincent West))

Giant panda Ximei plays with her 1-year-old cub at Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center in Wolong, Sichuan province, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

A giant tent city built for pilgrims attending the Magh Mela, a month-long Hindu festival, in Allahabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash))

Britain's Andy Murray eyes Serbia's Novak Djokovic in their final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Thomas Peter))

Young students close their hands in anticipation of "fist-bumping" President Obama after he spoke at the Islamic Society of Baltimore.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais))

Ethnic Dong women wearing traditional costumes rehearse for a Chinese New Year performance, in Liping county, Guizhou province, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

Artists of the American Circus perform for the pope in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Max Rossi))

Shan members of parliament leave from a meeting room after they attend the last day of the Union Parliament session in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun))

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.