The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, a butterfly gets into trouble, a ballerina twirls, and more

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A crocodile and a butterfly.
A man with actor Rajinikanth painted on his back in Mumbai.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade))

A priest looks out from a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File))

A butterfly flies into the jaws of a crocodile in Tarcoles, Costa Rica.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/JEFFREY ARGUEDAS))

A bird flies in front of a rocket booster in Kazakhstan.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky))

Workers atop offshore wind engines in Cuxhaven, Germany.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/FOCKE STRANGMANN))

An area near the Volcan de Fuego in Escuintla, Guatemala.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd))

Children playing in Divnogorsk, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

A dancer performs in Cape Town, South Africa.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA))

Lorde performs in Porto, Portugal.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/MANUEL FERNANDO ARAUJO))

A worker collects asparagus from a field in Pamplona, Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

A feather on burnt ground near Sderot, Israel.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amir Cohen))

A rider and a thoroughbred train at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)**See last week's best photojournalism**)

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.