The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most eye-catching images, a climber scales an ice wall, Turkish lawmakers scuffle, and more

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A man climbs up an artificial ice wall in Liberec, Czech Republic.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
A man climbs up an artificial ice wall in Liberec, Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Petr David Josek))

President Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas))

Researchers hold giant panda cubs during celebrations for China's Lunar New Year at a research base in Sichuan province, China.
(Image credit: (China Daily via REUTERS))

Boats in the Chabaish marsh in southern Iraq.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani))

Lawmakers scuffle during a debate on changing the constitution at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey.
(Image credit: (REUTERS))

Zoo employee Daria Cherepanova walks with Mykh, an 8-month-old great gray owl, during a training session in a forest near Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

Ethiopian Orthodox choir members perform during an Ethiopian Christmas celebration in Bete Maryam church in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri))

Bulgarian men jump to catch a wooden crucifix during Epiphany day celebrations in Sofia, Bulgaria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov))

Hindu women keep warm before taking holy baths in the Saali River in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

Vice President-elect Mike Pence, his wife Karen, and daughter Charlotte arrive on Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Carlos Barria))

A man and his dog stop to look at a mural depicting Princess Leia in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne))

Members of the military wait for an Army carry team to move a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Isiah L. Booker at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)**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.