The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, a rocket blasts off, an elephant gets a pedicure, and more

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Aerial shot of bicycles.
(Image credit: EPA-EFE/WU HONG)
A helicopter takes off from Mont Gond in Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD))

Gulls fly around a young boy at the Yangon river in Myanmar.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/LYNN BO BO))

Zookeepers give a pedicure to an elephant at the Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (FILIP SINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock))

A man carries plastic balls on his motorcycle in Delhi, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton))

Youth create a human tower during the Newroz celebrations, which mark the start of spring in Istanbul, Turkey.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis))

New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist loses his mask during a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, in New York.
(Image credit: (Julie Jacobson/AP/REX/Shutterstock))

Spanish Formula One driver Carlos Sainz sits in his car during a practice session in Melbourne, Australia.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/DIEGO AZUBEL))

Hungarian Minister of Interior Sandor Pinter passes between rows of patrol cars in Budapest.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/ZOLTAN MATHE))

Rental bicycles at an outdoor parking ground in Beijing, China.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/WU HONG))

Penguins climb a mountain on Danco Island, Antarctica.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini))

A man swims in the polluted water of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi))

A Soyuz MS-08 space ship blasts off from Kazakhstan.
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Jacob Lambert
Jacob Lambert

Jacob Lambert is the art director of TheWeek.com. He was previously an editor at MAD magazine, and has written and illustrated for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Weekly, and The Millions.