The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most eye-catching photos, a Chilean volcano erupts, Brits prepare for the second royal baby, and more

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A Chilean volcano erupts.
(Image credit: (Reuters))
Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano, in southern Chile, which erupted for the first time in more than five decades.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rafael Arenas))

People use metal hooks to move a shark inside a house near a wholesale seafood market in Mahachai, Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj))

Participants wearing super hero costumes make adjustments before joining the World DC Comics Super Heroes gathering in Manila.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco))

Farmers work on the Longji terraced fields in Longsheng county, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un enjoys the dawn views from the summit of Mt. Paektu in North Korea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/KCNA))

Fans of the Royal family wait outside the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's hospital in London, where Kate Middleton is due to give birth to her second child soon.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton))

A child sleeps in a cloth hammock along a road in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amit Dave))

A member of the Baltimore Police Department stands guard outside the police station as men protest for Freddie Gray, who died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky))

A tree towers above a blooming grapeseed field in Vufflens-la-Ville, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse))

Students perform during celebrations to mark 35 years of Zimbabwe's independence, at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.
(Image credit: ( AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi))

An Israeli soldier stands in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amir Cohen))

A monkey dips its hand into a water receptacle at the Amazon Animal Orphanage in the Pilpintuwasi rainforest, Peru.
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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.