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The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most eye-catching images, a race competitor face-plants, thousands of train passengers get stranded, and more

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by Lauren Hansen
February 5, 2016

People wait to enter Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, China. More than 50,000 passengers traveling during the New Year rush were stranded due to weather.

(REUTERS/Lin Hongxian/Southern Metropolis Daily)

A participant competes in the extreme "Farinato Race" in Gijon, Spain.

(REUTERS/Eloy Alonso)

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Police patrol as revelers take part in the traditional "Weiberfastnacht" (Women's Carnival) celebration in Mainz, Germany.

(REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

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A snowy scene in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

(AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

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The cargo ship Modern Express is reflected in water on the dock in the port of Bilbao, Spain.

(REUTERS/Vincent West)

Giant panda Ximei plays with her 1-year-old cub at Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center in Wolong, Sichuan province, China.

(REUTERS/China Daily)

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A giant tent city built for pilgrims attending the Magh Mela, a month-long Hindu festival, in Allahabad, India.

(REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash)

Britain's Andy Murray eyes Serbia's Novak Djokovic in their final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia.

(REUTERS/Thomas Peter)

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Young students close their hands in anticipation of "fist-bumping" President Obama after he spoke at the Islamic Society of Baltimore.

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Ethnic Dong women wearing traditional costumes rehearse for a Chinese New Year performance, in Liping county, Guizhou province, China.

(REUTERS/Stringer)

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Artists of the American Circus perform for the pope in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome.

(REUTERS/Max Rossi)

Shan members of parliament leave from a meeting room after they attend the last day of the Union Parliament session in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

(REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)

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