The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most captivating images, competitors plunge into mud, a human hatchling greets the world, and more

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A newborn baby wearing a chicken costume to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rooster is pictured at the nursery room of Paolo Chockchai 4 Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand.
A competitor plunges into mud during the Tough Guy Challenge at South Perton Farm in Telford, England.
(Image credit: (Dan Mullan/Getty Images))

A newborn wearing a chicken costume, to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rooster, cries out in a hospital nursery in Bangkok, Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha))

A girl dances with an American flag while women pray during a protest against the travel ban imposed by President Trump's executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Laura Buckman))

Carnival participants, dressed like cowbells, in northern Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

Swimmers warm up on the bank of the Yenisei River in Siberia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

Vendors sell marigold garlands for a festival in Kolkata, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri))

The cast of Stranger Things celebrates their win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni))

Botanical horticulturalist Hannah Button completes an orchid display at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London.
(Image credit: (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images))

A cockfight, to celebrate the Lunar New Year, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jorge Silva))

A stylist trims a model's hair before the start of the Raf Simons' runway show during Men's Fashion Week in New York City.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson))

The annual Up Helly Aa, a viking-themed fire festival, is celebrated in Lerwick, Scotland.
(Image credit: (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images))

A woman walks in the snow at Times Square in New York City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)**See last week's best photojournalism.**)

Jackie Friedman
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.