The week's best photojournalism
In some of the week's most moving images, a Syrian boy is saved from the rubble, UConn celebrates, and more

Participants at a "monofin workshop" practice floating in a private pool in the city of Paranaque in central Philippines. (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco)
Men free a boy from rubble after explosive barrels were dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in the Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo. (REUTERS/Hosam Katan)
Britain's Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and their son Prince George disembark from their plane in Wellington, New Zealand. (REUTERS/Phil Noble)
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Elderly Hungarian women cast their ballots inside a polling station in Veresegyhaza, near Budapest. (REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh)
A tourist squirms as an elephant sprays her with water at the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
A masked member of a Christian militia adjusts the scarf of his female comrade before they patrol the village of Zawa, in Central African Republic. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
Fago and rider Barry Fehilly tumble to the ground at the Grand National horse racing meeting in Aintree, England. (REUTERS/Russell Cheyne)
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Connecticut players Amida Brimah (35) and Lasan Kromah (20) celebrate their NCAA basketball championship in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A plane casts a shadow over flower fields near Keukenhof Park, also known as the Garden of Europe, in Lisse, Holland. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
An Afghan boy carries election materials on his back to polling stations that are not accessible by road in Shutul, Panjshir province. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood)
Gary Player kicks the air following a birdie putt at the Masters golf tournament, in Augusta. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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.
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