The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, an Afghan woman surveys a barren scene, Chinese officers take a muddy dive, and more

An Afghan woman walks past at a local brick factory as she carries her son, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Jackie Friedman

Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.