The week's best photojournalism

In this week's most striking images, a woman walks a tightrope in Prague, trucks wait in line in Mexico, and more

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A tightrope walker.
A horse decorated for a racing festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A Greenpeace protest balloon in Brussels.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Francisco Seco))

A plastic sculpture in Ascona, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (SAMUEL GOLAY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A Tesla factory under construction in Shanghai.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Aly Song))

Visitors mirrored in artwork at a museum in Weimar, Germany.
(Image credit: (FILIP SINGER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A tightrope walker performs in Prague.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David W Cerny))

A boy stands on the roof of a damaged house near Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha))

A car drives on a highway in Havana.
(Image credit: (Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

Motorcyclists compete in Cape Town, South Africa.
(Image credit: (NIC BOTHMA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

Trucks wait to cross into the United States in Tijuana, Mexico.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jorge Duenes))

Offerings for ceremonial rites for the dead on sale in Mibeizhuang, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jason Lee))

Scenery for an opera in Bregenz, Austria.
(Image credit: (DANIEL KOPATSCH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)**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.