The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most riveting images, daredevils attempt a world record, a butterfly emerges from its cocoon, and more

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A Hindu girl has her face painted before taking part in a ritual.
People jump off of a bridge in Hortolandia, Brazil, in a world-record attempt.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker))

A girl has her face painted before taking part in a ritual as part of the annual Shiva Gajan festival in Agartala, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jayanta Dey))

Celebrations of the fourth anniversary of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's assumption, provided by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/KCNA))

Tourists float in the Dead Sea, Israel.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Oded Balilty))

A water fight at Songkran Festival in Bangkok, Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jorge Silva))

Runners cross the Danube river on Reichsbruecke bridge minutes after the start of the Vienna City Marathon in Vienna, Austria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader))

A soldier from Indonesia's Rapid Reaction Strike Force jumps out from the back of an Air Force transport plane during a training exercise in Tarakan, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Fadlansyah/Antara Foto))

Ethnic Yao minority women brush their long hair as part of a performance during the local Long Hair Festival in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A butterfly emerges from its cocoon during an exhibition of tropical butterflies at the botanical garden in Prague, Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David W Cerny))

Sheep graze beside a Roman arch near El Krib, Tunisia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra))

Flower fields in Yangzhou, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A carp is covered with cherry blossom petals in Tokyo, Japan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Toru Hanai)**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.