The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, lion cubs make their debut in Belgium, cherry blossoms bloom in Tokyo, and more

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Women try to comfort a mother who lost her son in bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 28, 2016.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
A woman looks at cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Issei Kato))

Women try to comfort a mother who lost her son in a bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary))

A child scoops up colored powder from the ground during the Holi Festival of Colors in Qormi, Malta.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi))

Delivery men attend a training session in Shanghai, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A sugar cane worker in Ratchaburi, Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jorge Silva))

Men throw water on a woman as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Szenna, Hungary.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh))

Supporters of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh climb pillars of the Unknown Soldier Monument during a rally marking a year of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah))

Three Asian lion cubs are presented to the public at the Planckendael Park in Mechelen, Belgium.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yves Herman))

A laborer carries honeycomb briquettes at a coal processing factory in Shenyang, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Sheng Li/Files))

People wearing traditional costumes wait for a parade on the back of camels during "Temeenii bayar," the Camel Festival, in Dalanzadgad, Umnugobi aimag, Mongolia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj))

A boy plays in foam at Newhaven beach in southern Britain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Neil Hall))

A farmer dries newly harvested corn cobs near her field in Shandong, China. (REUTERS/China Daily/Files)**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.