The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, sparks fly in China, dark clouds gather in Germany, and more

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Traditional Chinese molten iron performance.
A dirt road illuminated by lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Marco Garcia))

A performer throws molten iron against a cold stone wall in Zhangjiakou, China.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY))

A farmer rests in a wheat field south of Cairo.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh))

A student practices aerial yoga poses on a pole in Mumbai.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI))

Workers inspect power cables in Dongguan, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

People walk through a park in Copenhagen.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly))

A Free Syrian Army fighter prays in Dael, Syria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir))

A Buddha statue in Hanoi.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kham))

BMW headquarters in Munich.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/JOERG KOCH))

Restaurant patrons are reflected in a photograph in Rosario, Argentina.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko))

A pigeon flies over the court during the French Open in Paris.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Christophe Ena))

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.