The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a swimmer takes an icy dip, a snake enjoys his lunch, and more

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Swimmers warm-up during the U.S. Winter Nationals swimming event in Federal Way, Wash.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
A woman swims in a partially frozen lake at a park in Shenyang, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Sheng Li))

Palestinian girls take a ballet class in Gaza City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Suhaib Salem))

A green vine snake feeds on an Indian Forest Skink inside the Silent Valley national park in Kerala, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa))

New recruits for the People's Liberation Army stand in formation during a training session in cold winter temperatures at a military base in Heihe, China. Temperatures reached four degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/China Daily))

Refugees covered with blankets wait to be allowed to cross the Macedonian border in northern Greece.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris))

Swimmers warm up during the U.S. Winter Nationals swimming event in Federal Way, Washington.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson))

Men put on storm trooper costumes in the parking lot of the "For The Love of The Force" Star Wars fan convention in Manchester, England.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Phil Noble))

Pairs of shoes are symbolically placed on the Place de la Republique, after the cancelation of a planned climate march following shootings in the French capital, ahead of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21), in Paris.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Eric Gaillard))

History enthusiasts dressed as soldiers march near the village of Herspice, Czech Republic, marking the 210th anniversary of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David W Cerny))

A Japanese macaque jumps between rocks at a hot spring in Yamanouchi, Japan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yuya Shino))

Hundreds of people ride indoor bicycles during a campaign to promote exercising in Kunming, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Wong Campion)**See last week's best of 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.