The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, a football prospect leaps in Indianapolis, a car drives on ice in Russia, and more

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NFL prospect Darius Slayton jumps before running the 40-yard dash for scouts in Indianapolis.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Darron Cummings))

Synchronized swimmers practice in Beijing.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill))

A military conductor leads his band in Beijing.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File))

A holy man celebrates the birthday of Lord Shiva in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A carnival reveler in Cameta, Brazil.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Raimundo Pacco))

People dressed as penguins at a playground in Cologne, Germany.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen))

A winter carnival performer looks through a window in Rumsiskes village, Lithuania.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis))

A boy in Baghouz, Syria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/ Rodi Said))

People walk through snow in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
(Image credit: (GHULAM MUSTAFA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

Women reflected on ceiling panels at a store in Beijing.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File))

People reflected in the facade of a building in Bonn, Germany.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay))

A car drives along an ice-covered road near Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
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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.