The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, Kung Fu students practice on a cliff, a pianist turns a field into her stage, and more

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A Kashmiri man walks through a mustard field during a rainy day on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
Students from a martial arts school practice Shaolin Kung Fu on cliffs in Dengfeng, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A man walks through a mustard field during a rainy day on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan))

A sea lion eats sardines in the Marineland theme park in Antibes, France.
(Image credit: (VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images))

Indian army cadets celebrate after their graduation ceremony at The Officers Training Academy in Chennai, India.
(Image credit: (ARUN SANKAR K/AFP/Getty Images))

Demonstrators attend a protest against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker))

A dancer from Indonesia waits to perform during the last day of World Culture Festival in New Delhi, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi))

Musician Frilal Ortiz carries a double bass in downtown Havana, Cuba.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini))

A woman sun dries red chilis in Ahmadabad, India.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki))

Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei (right) helps protect Syrian pianist Nour Al Khzam from the rain as she plays the piano at the Idomeni refugee camp on the Greek Macedonia border in Idomeni, Greece.
(Image credit: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images))

A man paddles his boat along the weed-covered interiors of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Ismail))

A woman helps erect a tent at a campsite built to relive the experiences of pilgrims who traveled to Jerusalem during medieval times in the West Bank, East of Jerusalem.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Baz Ratner))

A dog barks at his owner before he jumps into the sea at the seafront Malecon in Havana, Cuba.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini)**See last week's best photojournalism**)

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.