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(Image credit: The Associated Press)
A police officer detains a protester in Hong Kong.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Aly Song))

Haitian Senator Ralph Fethiere fires a gun to disperse protesters in Port-au-Prince.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery))

A BASE jumper leaps from a skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng))

Destroyed cars after an earthquake in Tirana, Albania.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Florion Goga))

Busts of Mao Zedong dry outside a studio in Jingdezhen, China.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jason Lee))

An artisan works on a decorative ceiling in Kolkata, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri))

Soccer fans stand under a banner before a game in Mexico City.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme))

Scientists cross a glacier near Galtuer, Austria.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner))

A helicopter flies over a glacier in Aosta, Italy.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo))

The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov))

Military planes fly over Beijing.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jason Lee))

Children play near Paragominas, Brazil.
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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.