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A balloon pilot and a child in Bristol, United Kingdom.
(Image credit: (Simon Chapman/LNP/Shutterstock))

A protester is detained in New Delhi.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis))

Members of an honor guard stand at attention in Beijing.
(Image credit: (ROMAN PILIPEY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A screen shows a rugby match in Lima, Peru.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Moises Castillo))

A flock of starlings in Minsk, Belarus.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Sergei Grits))

A beach in Scheveningen, the Netherlands.
(Image credit: (SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A monkey keeps cool in Tiazhou, China.
(Image credit: (Sipa Asia/Shutterstock))

Street artists perform in Nyon, Switzerland.
(Image credit: (SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

An effigy of a demon burns in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

Lightning flashes in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
(Image credit: (Melvin Nicholson/Bav Media/Shutterstock))

A forest fire in Muarojambi, Indonesia.
(Image credit: (Antara Foto/Wahdi Septiawan/ via REUTERS))

A partially burned electric pole near Cardigos, Portugal.
(Image credit: (Sergio Azenha/AP/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.