The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, a man stares down a cobra in Egypt, bombs explode in Romania, and more

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Cobra in Egypt.
Crocodiles rest at a farm in the Jordan Valley, West Bank.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic))

A turtle peers out of a pond in Chavornay, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD))

A man looks into a cobra's eyes in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh))

A worker examines a rotary dredge near Sharypovo, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin))

Men look at their cell phones in Beijing.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY))

A man in a mask looks at a robotic cat in Tokyo.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon))

A woman swims among seagulls near Lisbon, Portugal.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/RODRIGO ANTUNES))

People float on Lake Lucerne in Sisikon, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse))

A diver competes near Hrimezdice, Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Petr David Josek))

Military helicopters perform in a competition outside Ryazan, Russia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov))

Pyrotechnic effects are deployed during an air show in Bucharest, Romania.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda))

Artist Ai Weiwei's studio is demolished in Beijing.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)**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.