The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most incredible images, a painted holy man smokes, a primped dog waits his turn, and more

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A Palestinian man takes a photo of his friend in Gaza City as the sun sets over the Mediterranean.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Adel Hana))

Firefighters work the frozen scene of an overnight blaze in west Philadelphia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma))

Ace, a basset hound from Lithuania, wears a hood while he waits with a handler before competing in the Hound Group, at the 139th Westminster Kennel Club's Dog Show in New York City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Segar))

Members of the Breitling Wingwalkers perform during the Aero India 2015 air show at Yelahanka air base, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa))

A man makes a prayer offering with incense sticks in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Wally Santana))

Two mothers and their children grab a snack before participating in a Carnival parade in Gijon, Spain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Eloy Alonso))

A group of runners cross the Humber Bay Arch Bridge in Toronto, Canada.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mark Blinch))

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

Germany's Severin Freund is reflected as he jumps during a training session at the Nordic Skiing World Championships in Falun, Sweden.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader))

A man is pelted with oranges during an annual carnival battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Max Rossi))

A man rows a boat across the Dal Lake during a snowfall in Srinagar, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Ismail))

Novice Hindu priests play soccer in Kathmandu, during a break from Maha Shivaratri festivities.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar) **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.