The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a toxic cloud hovers above Barcelona, a tiger chomps on a monk's head, and more

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Voters in India
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Women stand in line to cast their votes for the state assembly election at a polling station in New Delhi.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee))

Team Bota Bota competes in the Quebec Winter Carnival's ice canoe race on the St. Lawrence River.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger))

Palestinians herd sheep through the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ammar Awad))

People who had worked for Petrobras march on Rio-Niteroi bridge, toward the oil company's headquarters, during a protest against recent layoffs in Rio de Janeiro.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes))

A man walks through the morning fog in Spring, Texas.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David J. Phillip))

A woman cries as she removes debris in front of her house, which was damaged during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government forces, in the town of Horlivka.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov))

Brides arrive to take their wedding vows at a mass marriage ceremony in the village of Bahirkhand, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri))

A toxic cloud hangs over the town of Igualada, near Barcelona, following an explosion at a chemical plant.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alba Aribau))

A man takes a selfie as a wave crashes behind him onto Beirut's Corniche, a seaside promenade, in Lebanon.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir))

A Buddhist monk plays with a tiger at the Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua, otherwise known as the Tiger Temple, in Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha))

Surfers make their way into the ocean in Encinitas, California.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Blake))

An elderly patient from the Nise de Silveira mental health institute dances during the center's carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro.
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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.