The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, a monkey drums in Ukraine, traffic jams in China, and more

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A monkey playing the drums.
A light show projected on the facade of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV))

Designs projected on the facade of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH))

Vehicles jammed on an expressway in Zhengzhou, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Stringer))

Condominium balconies in Bangkok.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha))

A super typhoon as seen from the International Space Station.
(Image credit: (ESA/NASA-A.Gerst/via REUTERS))

Clouds enveloping Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/MARCELO SAYAO))

A migrant in a police van in Malaga, Spain.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jon Nazca))

A woman begs for money in Moscow.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY))

Onlookers at a crime scene in Mexico City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Carlos Jasso))

Spectators at a golf match in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani))

Revelers in traditional Bavarian clothing on a carousel in Munich.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND))

A circus monkey plays the drums in Kiev, Ukraine.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)**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.