The week's best photojournalism

In some of the week's most striking images, a cow takes a helicopter ride, Santa water skis, and more

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The 'Peak Walk' suspension bridge in Switzerland.
Tourists walk on the "Peak Walk" suspension bridge in Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT))

Somali refugees study the Quran at a school in Kenya.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Baz Ratner))

A cow is transported by a helicopter after a mudslide in Chile.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alvaro Vidal))

Newborns are dressed for the holidays at Paolo Memorial Hospital Chokchai in Bangkok.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT))

A white horse on a snow-covered paddock in Saxony, Germany.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER))

A Sri Lankan Air Force member attempts to control an eagle during a ceremony in Colombo.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte))

Workers remove snow during a heavy snowfall in Kiev, Ukraine.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko))

The Karen National New Year celebrations in Myanmar.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/HEIN HTET))

Firefighters keep watch on the Thomas wildfire outside Montecito, California.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Gene Blevins))

A member of a Spanish rescue team holds a migrant child in the Mediterranean near Libya.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Darrin Zammit))

A young seal is spooned by its mother on Heligoland island, Germany.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/FOCKE STRANGMANN))

A festive water skier on the Yenisei River outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin)**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.