The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, the British prime minister announces his resignation, a runaway emu gets an escort, and more

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Brixet and the end of Prime Minister Cameron's tenure.
British Prime Minister David Cameron announces his resignation after the Brexit vote in London.
(Image credit: (FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA))

The "Lavender Fest" festival in Chisinau, Moldova.
(Image credit: (DUMITRU DORU/EPA))

A border patrol agent tries to herd an emu off the highway as a wildfire rages north of the Mexican border near Potrero, California.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Blake))

Fans cheer during the Cavaliers' victory parade in Cleveland, Ohio.
(Image credit: (Mike Lawrie/Getty Images))

People walk on the installation "The Floating Piers," by Bulgarian-born artist Christo, on the Lake Iseo in northern Italy.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini))

A cat and dog show off their specialty haircuts at a pet shop in Taiwan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu))

World Yoga Day in New Delhi, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi))

A boy carries a toy gun next to destroyed houses during a vigil marking one year since a Saudi-led air strike on a residential area in Sanaa, Yemen.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah))

A fire crew takes shelter behind a truck as the Sherpa wildfire advances at El Capitan State Beach in Santa Barbara, California.
(Image credit: (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fires Department/Handout via Reuters))

Women in traditional South Korean "Hanbok" attire fix their makeup outside the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon))

A full moon rises behind the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Athens, on the eve of the summer solstice.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris))

The procession with the casket of Christopher Andrew Leinonen, one of the victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, enters the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Orlando, Florida.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Goldman))

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.