The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most eye-catching images, an eagle fights a drone, Westminster's top dog dines at Sardi's, and more

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A golden eagle grabs a flying drone during a military training exercise at Mont-de-Marsan French Air Force base, France.
Members of a carnival group dance during the Llamadas parade in Montevideo, Uruguay.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Andres Stapff))

Valentine's Day in Bucharest, Romania.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda))

Rumor, a German shepherd and winner of Best in Show at the 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, is fed steak at Sardi's in New York.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton))

Ethnic Miao people perform a dance during a local festival in Kaili, China.
(Image credit: (Reuters/China Stringer))

Newlyweds, who fled Mosul, are showered in foam during their wedding party at Khazer refugee camp in Iraq.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra))

Children play in Madureira Park in Rio de Janeiro.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Pilar Olivares))

A golden eagle grabs a flying drone during a military training exercise at a French Air Force base near Mont-de-Marsan, France.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Regis Duvignau))

Indian women wait to cast their votes at a village in Uttar Pradesh, India.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Manish Swarup))

A baby gorilla and her mother, Kibara, at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jens Meyer))

A child sits on a chair in his home during a flood in Tegal, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (Antara Foto/Oky Lukmansyah/ via REUTERS))

Wildfires threaten a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mark Hannah))

Girls walk past a playground in the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the West Bank.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)**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.