The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a woman rides her horse through an emerald field, two cubs playfully nip, and more

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Anja Mueller rides her horse "Dreamer" through blooming fields near Idstein, Germany.
(Image credit: (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP))

Ballerinas perform during Dance Day in Pamplona, Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

A man cries as he walks by a damaged statue of the Buddha, one day after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

A couple kisses on the steps of an abandoned building in Cartago, Costa Rica.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate))

Three-month-old bear cubs play together at a wild animal park in Kunming, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Wong Campion))

Red Star Belgrade fans cheer amidst smoke during their Serbian Superliga soccer match against Partizan Belgrade, in Belgrade.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Marko Djurica))

Relatives of Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Jhiesha, 21, mourn during his funeral in Ithna village, near the West Bank city of Hebron.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma))

French climber Alain Robert, also known as "Spiderman,” holds the flag of Nepal as he scales the Tour Montparnasse, in Paris, to show support for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes))

An elderly protester yells in front of a barricade of policemen during a rally in central Seoul, South Korea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji))

Students comfort each other during an event marking the one-year anniversary of the #BBOG (Bring back our girls) advocacy group's call for the release of the 219 abducted Chibok schoolgirls in Abuja, Nigeria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde))

A reveler carries his dog during a Holi Festival in Madrid, Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki))

A Palestinian woman collects barley on a farm in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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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.