The week's best photojournalism

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A girl displaced by a Boko Haram attack rests her head on a desk at Maikohi secondary school, at a camp for internally displaced persons, in Yola, Nigeria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde))

A man walks his dog near the village of Glenravel in northern Ireland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton))

Soccer team Lazio's mascot, a white-headed eagle called Olimpia, lands in the stands before the start of a match against Napoli, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi))

Devotees take a holy bath during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

A policeman releases a wild goose in Linghai, China. About eight wild geese that were found injured were set free after having their wounds treated by a team of paramilitary policemen.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

Glow-in-the-dark blue waves, caused by the phenomenon known as harmful algal bloom or "red tide," crash near Sam Mun Tsai beach, in Hong Kong.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu))

Villagers celebrate the end of pagan winter holiday Kolyada in the village of Martsiyanauka, Belarus.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko))

''Tamborilleros'' march in the traditional "La Tamborrada," during San Sebastian feasts, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

A baby squeals as it is baptized during a Mass ceremony on Epiphany Day in Tbilisi, Georgia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili))

Artists wait for their turn to perform during a media preview for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee))

A woman laughs as her dog licks the hyssop after a priest blessed the pup outside Madrid's San Anton Church.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Sergio Perez))

Women dressed in traditional Chinese costumes hold onto a ski lift during a promotional event at a resort in Sanmenxia, China.
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A girl pulls her goat along through Islamabad.
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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.