The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most eye-catching images, the Northeast digs out, India explodes in color, and more

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Prayers for the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Israel.
(Image credit: (EPA/ABIR SULTAN))

Holi festival in Bangalore, India.
(Image credit: (EPA/JAGADEESH NV))

The day after winter storm Stella in Weehawken, New Jersey.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz))

The third day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, Britain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Darren Staples))

Displaced Iraqis wait to move to a safe place in western Mosul, Iraq.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Suhaib Salem))

Malaysia's Peng Soon Chan (left) and Liu Ying Goh (right) at the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships Final, Birmingham.
(Image credit: (Reuters/Andrew Boyers))

The final stretch of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska.
(Image credit: (Mike Kenney/Iditarod Trail Committee via AP))

A massive spring wildflower bloom in Lake Elsinore, California.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))

The St. Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, England.
(Image credit: (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP))

A sandstorm in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
(Image credit: (EPA/RAED QUTENA))

A re-enactment of the first landing of Saint Patrick, in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.
(Image credit: (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images))

Chinese military band members during the closing of the fifth session of the 12th National People's Congress in Beijing.
(Image credit: (EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG)**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.