The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most compelling images, thousands of rabbis attempt a selfie, a flock of sheep meanders, and more

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An honor guard prepares to be inspected by India's Prime Minister.
Hindu devotees hold up scarves and umbrellas to receive rice offerings during the Annakut festival in Kolkata, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri))

A baby chimpanzee sits in his sleeping box at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, east of Athens.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis))

Rabbis attempt a group photo in Brooklyn, New York, where some 4,400 Hasidic rabbis from around the world came together for an annual conference.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid))

Children perform the haka for Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Hagen Hopkins/Pool))

A vendor waits for customers at his firewood stall in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail))

Members of the Miao ethnic group wear ceremonial costumes while taking part in a parade during the traditional Lusheng Festival in Guizhou province, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily CHINA OUT))

A Donald Trump supporter holds a pumpkin painted in the likeness of the real estate mogul at a campaign event in Springfield, Illinois.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jim Young))

Rescue workers search for victims at the Bento Rodrigues district that was covered with mud after a dam burst in Mariana, Brazil.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes))

An honor guard prepares to be inspected by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his official visit, in London.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth))

A farmer winnows crops on the outskirts of Agartala, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jayanta Dey))

A car is surrounded by sheep as they return home from grazing fields outside Tbilisi, Georgia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili))

Human skulls are surrounded by offerings of coca leaves, flower petals, and cigarettes outside the Cementerio General chapel during the Natitas Festival in La Paz, Bolivia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Juan Karita)**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.