The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, an arctic weasel blends in, rugby players get scrappy, and more

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Hindu women collect water from the Pushkar lake to pour on idols of Lord Shiva, on occasion of Mahashivratri festival in Pushkar, India.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
Hindu women collect water for the Mahashivratri festival in Pushkar, India.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh))

An arctic weasel runs on the snowy beach of Unstad in the Arctic Circle.
(Image credit: (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images))

Maryoly Gamez of Venezuela battles for the ball against Victoria Rios of Uruguay during a test event for the Rio 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
(Image credit: (Buda Mendes/Getty Images))

French President Francois Hollande passes French Spahis soldiers during an official funeral ceremony for French politician Yves Guena in Paris.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Charles Platiau))

A partial solar eclipse is seen behind passenger capsules of the Singapore Flyer in Singapore.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E))

Migrants gather around a truck to receive essentials at a makeshift camp near Idomeni, Greece.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov))

A sunbather lays out by a pool in Atlanta, Georgia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Goldman))

Afghan children play on a swing in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood))

A photograph of Cuba's former President Fidel Castro decorates a wall inside a state-run market in Havana, Cuba.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini))

A performer dressed in costume prepares to participate in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David Gray))

A polar bear cub snuggles up against her mother at Bremerhaven's Zoo by the Sea in Germany.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Carmen Jaspersen/Pool))

Members of the panther men of Liabo village, an Ivorian traditional dance group, prepare to perform at the Market for African Performing Arts at the culture palace of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Luc Gnago)**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.