The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most compelling photos, a monkey keeps himself warm, bikers race through the desert, and more

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An Afghan army officer participates in a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Center in Afghanistan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood))

A pet orangutan wraps himself with a sack in Korek, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jessica Helena Wuysang/Antara Foto))

Bandmates weep during the funeral of Bryan Sandoval, a mudslide victim in Santa Catarina Pinula, on the outskirts of Guatemala City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jose Cabezas))

An Afghan refugee jumps into the sea at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen))

A farmer harvests crops in the northern reaches of China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

A reporter takes pictures of a soldier during the annual Han Kuang military exercise in Kinmen, Taiwan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang TPX))

An Indian farmer dries an abundant maize crop in Rajasthan.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma))

The pack pedals along desert dunes, during the first stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour in the United Arab Emirates.
(Image credit: (Claudio Peri/ANSA via AP))

Horry County police officer Jeff Helfinstine patrols the edge of flood waters along Lee's Landing Circle in Conway, South Carolina.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Randall Hill))

Indonesian soldiers shout as they run during a rehearsal for a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Indonesia's military in Cilegon, Banten province.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Beawiharta))

Window washers use cables to lower themselves from a skyscraper while working on a polluted day in Beijing.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein))

Dancers perform during a traditional festival of "ngarot" to welcome the rice planting season in Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)**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.