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Native Brazilians sing and dance, during the Indigenous Youth Games of Pataxos nation.
Native Brazilians sing and dance during the Indigenous Youth Games of Pataxos nation in Santa Cruz de Cabralia, Brazil.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio))

A chimpanzee screams after escaping from Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Japan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kyodo))

Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia celebrates after winning the Boston Marathon.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Elise Amendola))

Greek actress Katerina Lehou lights a torch during the dress rehearsal for the Olympic flame lighting ceremony at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis))

A rowing team practices on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/J. David Ake))

Louis Marquez carries his dog through floodwaters in Houston, Texas.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David J. Phillip))

A Buddhist monk sleeps while other monks and novices gather to receive alms at Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jorge Silva))

Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, pose in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Money Sharma/Poo))

Wild bluebells form a carpet in the Hallerbos, also known as the "Blue Forest," near Halle, Belgium.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yves Herman))

An abandoned breakfast is seen in a tea shop after a suicide bombing at a nearby government building in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail))

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers stack elephant tusks, part of an estimated 105 tons of confiscated ivory to be set ablaze at Nairobi National Park in Kenya.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya))

Prince's star adorns a wall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the pop super star often performed.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jim Mone)**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.