The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most eye-catching images, Switzerland is dusted with springtime snow, a polar bear belly flops, and more

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New Washington State Patrol troopers bow their heads during a prayer at the Patrol's graduation ceremonies in the Capitol rotunda in Olympia, Washington.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
New Washington State Patrol troopers bow their heads during graduation ceremonies in Olympia, Washington.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson))

A girl does her homework at a temporary shelter in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
(Image credit: (EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA))

The snow-covered promenade of a lake in Zug, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA/ALEXANDRA WEY))

Workers and wine growers light heaters early in the morning to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, France.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Christian Hartmann))

Aurora, a 7-year-old female polar bear, jumps into a swimming pool at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

Two customers of the Hamam Alil spa south of Mosul, Iraq.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Bram Janssen))

Farmer Piet Warmerdam picks a yellow tulip from a red flower field in Den Helderin, Netherlands.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Cris Toala Olivares))

Palestinian beekeepers collect honey at a farm in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa))

Demonstrations against the Venezuelan government in Caracas, Venezuela.
(Image credit: (EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ))

Fruit bats inside a cave at Caesarea National Park, northern Israel.
(Image credit: (EPA/ABIR SULTAN))

A mirror at Khazer camp, Iraq.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed))

Brazilian indigenous people protest in Explanada dos Ministerios in Brasilia, Brazil.
(Image credit: (EPA/Joédson Alves)**See last week's best photojournalism**)

Kelly Gonsalves
Kelly Gonsalves

Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.