The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most eye-catching photos, a solar-powered airplane flies over San Francisco, a newborn gorilla gets a snuggle, and more

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People practice yoga at a park.
People practice yoga at a tea culture park in Enshi, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A woman wraps a scarf around her neck during an Orthodox Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda))

A solar-powered airplane, called Solar Impulse 2, flies over San Francisco, California, in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Noah Berger))

A western lowland gorilla holds her newborn baby at the Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David W Cerny))

A worker adjusts lanterns for the upcoming celebration of Buddha's birthday on May 14 at the Bongeun temple in Seoul, South Korea.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon))

Representatives of Liverpool and Everton soccer clubs lay a single red rose beside each of the 96 candles in memory of the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster in Liverpool, England.
(Image credit: (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images))

A woman and a boy walk past a whale carcass at a popular surfing spot in San Clemente, California.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi))

Racka sheep are gathered during celebrations of the start of the new grazing season in Hortobagy, Hungary.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh))

A woman and a child walk on a muddy field during a heavy rainstorm at a makeshift camp in Idomeni, Greece.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia))

A woman crosses a field of yellow flowers in Unzue, Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel test virtual reality glasses at the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair in Hanover, Germany.
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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.