The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, Houstonians band together, Team USA prevails in wheelchair basketball, and more

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Flooding in Houston.
People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel))

A flock of alpine sheep kept in a traditional stone enclosure in Belalp, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD))

Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders perform before a preseason game between the Oakland Raiders and the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/LARRY W. SMITH))

Muslim worshippers pray during the Hajj pilgrimage on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM))

Planes are surrounded by flood waters at the West Houston Airport in Texas.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Adrees Latif))

Couples attend a group wedding ceremony in traditional Han Dynasty style during the Qixi festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, in Hengyang, Hunan province, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS))

A man jumps off a diving board at night at the Salthill resort in Galway, Ireland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne))

Team USA celebrates their win against Canada in the wheelchair basketball Americas Cup 2017 final in Cali, Colombia.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/ERNESTO GUZMAN JR))

A man removes mass amounts of fish, which likely died as a result of an extended heatwave, from the banks of the Keelung River in Taipei, Taiwan.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/DAVID CHANG))

Three woman called ''Las Mondidas'' prepare for a religious pilgrimage in honor of Saint Bartholomew, in the small village of Sarnago, northern Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

A man walks in a field sowed of lucerne and oat (the green strip) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

Two dogs undergo acupuncture in a pet clinic in Shanghai.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/XI LI)**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.