The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most eye-catching images, Santas ski, a pooch gets pampered, and more

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Queen Elizabeth meets with the High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and his wife at Buckingham Palace.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Victoria Jones))

Bobo, a British Bulldog, takes a shower at The Wagington luxury pet hotel in Singapore.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Edgar Su))

A flock of seagulls surrounds a fishing boat in Istanbul.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU))

A firefighter battles a wildfire in Ojai, California.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Noah Berger))

A paddle board competition on the river Seine in Paris.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Charles Platiau))

The "Running of the Brides" race in Bangkok.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT))

The 32th Geneva International Supercross event in Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/MARTIAL TREZZINI))

A bird market in Kabul, Afghanistan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail))

Migrants rest after arriving on a rescue boat at the Port of Malaga, Spain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jon Nazca))

A woman feeds her pig "Balu" at her home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez))

A fisherman on Dal Lake in Srinagar, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Ismail)**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.