The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most memorable photos, a mountain lion feasts, Villanova and UConn celebrate, and more

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A mountain lion eats his kill.
A farmer works in a paddy field in Bhubaneswar, India.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout))

A mountain lion eats its kill in the Santa Susana Mountains in southern California.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jeff Sikich/National Parks Service/Handout via Reuters))

A tulip field in Zhumadian, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

Priests attend a mass celebrated by Pope Francis for the the Holy Year of Mercy in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino))

A horse's mane is tied with ribbons for the "Ghodejatra" Horse Race festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

Villanova players celebrate after winning the NCAA men's basketball championship game against North Carolina on Monday night.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David J. Phillip))

The University of Connecticut's women's basketball team celebrates Tuesday after beating Syracuse for their record fourth straight championship.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Darron Cummings))

Ethiopian women chat after receiving aid distributed under a European Union-funded project in Shinile Zone, Ethiopia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene))

A Kashmiri farmer watches his sheep beside a flooded paddy field in Srinagar, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Ismail))

People dressed as Hungarian Hussars and Austrian soldiers of the Habsburg dynasty take part in the re-enactment of the battle in Tapiobicske, Hungary.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh))

A dog sits in front of a Sphinx replica in Shijiazhuang, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer)**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.