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The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most revealing images, a beauty queen tearfully surrenders her crown, Buddhist monks sprint, and more

Picture of Lauren Hansen
by Lauren Hansen
December 25, 2015

Other contestants comfort Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez after she was briefly crowned Miss Universe, and then declared the first runner-up, in Las Vegas.

(AP Photo/John Locher)

Buddhist monks carrying kettles run toward the monastery to serve tea to attendees of the Jangchup Lamrim teachings conducted by the Dalai Lama in Bylakuppe, India.

(REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa)

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A man carries a portrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during a rally to mark Stalin's birthday in his hometown of Gori, Georgia.

(REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili)

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A man dressed as Santa takes part in the traditional Christmas bath during an unusually warm winter day in Nice, France.

(REUTERS/Eric Gaillard)

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Hillary Clinton at the end of the Democratic presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

(REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

The International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, China.

(REUTERS/China Daily)

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People celebrate in Villanueva de la Concepcion, where several families won a portion of the top prize in Spain's Christmas Lottery "El Gordo" (The Fat One), near Malaga, Spain.

(REUTERS/Jon Nazca)

People stroll under festive holiday lights in central Moscow.

(REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)

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Vehicles and buildings destroyed by a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, China.

(REUTERS/Stringer)

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A motor boat sails along the Yenisei River, outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

(REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin)

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A ski run made with artificial snow at a western German ski resort southeast of Dortmund, Germany.

(REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

A woman walks on the Smetovi mountain range near Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)**See last week's best photojournalism**

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