The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a beluga whale plants a smooch, monks trek across a mountainside, and more

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Wingsuit flyer contestants practice ahead of a competition in Zhaotong, China.
Beluga whales kiss their trainers during a performance at an aquarium in Harbin, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

Monks and nuns walk along a steep hill back to their dormitory after attending a daily chanting session during the Utmost Bliss Dharma Assembly in Sichuan province, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj))

The sun streaks through the fall foliage at sunrise along the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/J. David Ake))

A migrant child passes time on the beach near Cesme, Turkey, as his family considers their route to the Greek island of Chios.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul))

Tibetan prayer flags flutter above the Larung valley and the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute, located in Sichuan province, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Damir Sagolj))

Indigenous women from the Kamayura tribe take part in a demonstration of the Huka Huka fight at the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino))

People gather to place floral tributes at the foot of the Alexander Column at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky))

Breeder Siegfried Marth rounds up a gaggle of geese in a pasture in Strem, Austria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader))

A woman stands while working in a brick factory at the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jorge Silva))

A great white pelicans eats fish in the Mishmar HaSharon reservoir, Israel.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit))

Wingsuit flyer contestants practice ahead of a competition in Zhaotong, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

Belgian priest Philippe Goosse blesses Bloodhound dogs during a religious and blessing ceremony for animals, outside the Basilica of St. Peter and Paul in Saint-Hubert, Belgium.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yves Herman)**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.