The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, a giant child is painted in Switzerland, a squirrel is frozen in time in Germany, and more

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Landart painting entitled 'Message From Future' by French artist Saype in Geneva, Switzerland.
Masked motorbike racers look on during a meet in Johannesburg.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK))

A mummified squirrel on display at a museum in Mannheim, Germany.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK))

A horse stands on display at a museum in Jiangyin, China.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/ALEKSANDAR PALEVSKI))

Elephants being transported to a sanctuary in Gerik, Malaysia.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL))

A Garfield balloon hovers during a parade in Brussels.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Francisco Seco))

A painting depicting artist Marina Abramovic on a building facade in Milan.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Luca Bruno))

An artist paints on a park's grass in Geneva.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD))

People walk along Tynemouth Beach in England.
(Image credit: (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP))

A slackliner balances on a wire in the Swiss Alps.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD))

Fans light fireworks before a soccer match in Thessaloniki, Greece.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis))

An ibex stands on a mountain in Flaesch, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/GIAN EHRENZELLER))

Devotees carry a Ganesha idol into the sea in Mumbai.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)**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.