The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, Bernie Sanders meets his tiny doppelganger, a show dog stays off its paws, and more

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, meets 3-month-old Oliver Lomas, of Venice, Calif., who was dressed as Sanders during a rally at Bonanza High School.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
Sen. Bernie Sanders meets a little fan, dressed as Sanders, during a rally at Bonanza High School in Las Vegas.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Evan Vucci))

Supporters of incumbent Nigerian President Mahamadou Issoufou attend a campaign rally in Niamey, Niger.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Joe Penne))

French bulldog Watson is wheeled to a ring for judging at the 2016 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Segar))

Nuns participate in a Mass led by Pope Francis at Venustiano Carranza stadium in Morelia, Mexico.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Max Rossi))

The seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is draped with black wool crepe in memoriam inside the Supreme Court.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Carlos Barria))

A worker carries a fresh parmesan wheel at a dairy cooperative in Modena, Italy.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi))

Hindu priests hold traditional incense lamps as they perform a ritual known as "Aarti" on the banks of Sangam during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash))

A man catches crabs at an estuary on Zikim beach near Ashkelon, Israel.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amir Cohen))

An orangutan drinks milk in Kunming, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Wong Campion))

Lady Gaga performs a medley of David Bowie songs as a tribute to the late singer during the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni))

A boy looks through a cloth backdrop to try to get a glimpse of Donald Trump as he arrives backstage for a rally with sportsmen in Walterboro, South Carolina.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst))

Australian dog trainer and former surfing champion Chris de Aboitiz rides a wave with his dogs off of Palm Beach in Sydney, Australia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jason Reed)**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.