The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, giant heads get painted in India, the sun rises in Switzerland, and more

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Indian artists prepare effigies of the mythical demon King Ravana.
(Image credit: EPA-EFE/JAIPAL SINGH)
A musician hides as a riot breaks out in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
(Image credit: (EPA/Jean Marc Herve Abelard))

A protester stands in front of a fire in Srinagar, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Danish Ismail))

A frozen fish on display in an agricultural exhibition in Moscow.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV))

A baby kiwi being weighed at a bird park in Alphen aan de Rijn, The Netherlands.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/Robin van Lonkhuijsen))

A polar bear blows bubbles in the water at a zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Martin Meissner))

Swimmers race in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Marco Garcia))

A motorcyclist jumps in Moscow.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV))

A regatta in Trieste, Italy.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO))

The sun rises in Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse))

A defendant arrives in a courtroom in Duesseldorf, Germany.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH))

Workers at the construction site of the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, India.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI))

Artists prepare effigies of a mythical king for a festival in Jammu, India.
(Image credit: (EPA-EFE/JAIPAL SINGH)**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.