The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a snowboarder performs while on fire, a veterinarian bonds with a sea lion, and more

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The week's best photojournalism
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A woman works in a mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Ismail))

A serviceman runs to his children at a farewell ceremony at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, before the troops departed for Afghanistan to join a NATO-led mission called Resolute Support.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili))

A trio of couples enjoy the spring equinox sunset from Beluga Point in Anchorage, Alaska.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dan Joling))

An aerial view of houses outside the town of Diffa in Niger.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Joe Penney))

People watch a partial solar eclipse at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, England.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Darren Staples))

A boy dives into a pool in Santiago, Chile.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado))

Girls watch soldiers from Niger and Chad move through the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, which was under siege from Boko Haram militants.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun))

A Basenji puppy peeks out from under a soldier's arm at Hyde Park in London.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth))

A snowboarder performs during the Red Bull Jump and Freeze competition at Kazakhstan's Shymbulak ski resort.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov))

Students complete their morning exercises with soccer balls on a playground in Linhai, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

A veterinarian works to acclimate a sea lion to his presence during a training session at the Paris Zoological Park.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer))

A Syrian refugee girl practices her martial arts skills at the Korean Taekwondo Academy For Syrian Children in Jordan's Al Zaatari refugee camp.
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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.