The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most captivating images, a wild leopard prowls Kathmandu, students practice a dragon dance, and more

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Students learn to perform a dragon dance.
Brides and grooms arrive for a mass wedding ceremony in Mumbai, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui))

U.S. Army soldiers embrace as they visit graves on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson))

Students learn to perform a dragon dance in Chongqing, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

Members of the Bar Palestine team practice in Gaza City, Palestine.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem))

A wrestler practices in Allahabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash))

Graduating students of the City College of New York at the commencement ceremony in Manhattan, New York.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Segar))

A wild leopard runs up the stairs as it tries to escape from a compound of a house in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

Models dressed in Khakas national costumes climb over a wooden fence during a photoshoot in preparation for the Tun-Pairam traditional holiday in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

A farmer collects wheat in Zaozhuang, China.
(Image credit: (China Daily/via REUTERS))

A decked-out cat rests at a parade in central Kiev, Ukraine.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich))

Smoke billows from a fire at a chemical company in Yichang, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

A surfer walks on Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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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.