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A squirrel.
(Image credit: The Associated Press)
A soon-to-be rescued squirrel stuck in a manhole cover in Dortmund, Germany.
(Image credit: (Feuerwehr Dortmund/dpa via AP))

A boy cools off in an irrigation channel near Khartoum, Sudan.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Umit Bektas))

A boy sits against a wall in Kabul.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail))

A tourist during a Walking Dead tour in Haralson, Georgia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry))

A sand carver works on a sculpture in Ostend, Belgium.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Yves Herman))

People on a beach in Guaruja, Brazil.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Nacho Doce))

A scarecrow in a cornfield in Neurath, Germany.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay))

Russian marines train in Sevastopol, Crimea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak))

Baltimore Orioles centerfielder Keon Broxton tries to catch a home run during a game in Oakland.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu))

A pianist plays a "vertical piano" at a construction site in Geneva.
(Image credit: (MARTIAL TREZZINI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

Workers arrange crackers for drying in Indramayu, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (Antara Foto/Dedhez Anggara/ via REUTERS))

The coffin of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli during his funeral in Florence.
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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.