The week's best photojournalism

In the week's most striking images, Niagara Falls freezes over, a couple wades into the new year, and more

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A squirrel in winter.
(Image credit: ALBA VIGARAY/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
A building at the base of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Canada.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Aaron Lynett))

A demonstrator gives a flower to a riot police officer during a protest against Bolivia's new health-care policies in La Paz.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David Mercado))

A flock of starlings fly over the Jordan Valley in Israel.
(Image credit: (ATEF SAFADI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

A couple hugs as they celebrate the new year in Rio de Janeiro.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Leo Correa))

School children attend a yoga class in Ahmedabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amit Dave))

A girl stands near the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji))

A child caresses the face of Pope Francis.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia))

A herd of buffalo drive across Hungary's Kiskunsag National Park.
(Image credit: (Sandor Ujvari/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

Workers at a fish farm in Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

A super moon rises behind the MesseTurm tower in Frankfurt.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach))

Rohingya children inside a classroom at a Bangladeshi refugee camp.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu))

A squirrel sits on a fence in New York's Battery Park.
(Image credit: (ALBA VIGARAY/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)**See last year'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.