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A giraffe walks beneath a railway line, a soccer player celebrates, and more

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A giraffe walks near an elevated railway line in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi))

Russia's Denis Cheryshev celebrates a goal during a soccer match in Nicosia, Cyprus.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias))

A man sets up upside-down paintings ahead of a protest in Bilbao, Spain.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos))

A nun walks along a street in Krakow, Poland.
(Image credit: (Jakub Porzycki/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS))

Circus members perform at the Vatican.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Remo Casilli))

Protesters set up a statue in Hong Kong.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Kin Cheung))

Syrian opposition fighters fire a heavy machine gun in Manbij, Syria.
(Image credit: (AP Photo))

A bullet train rail yard is flooded in Nagano, Japan.
(Image credit: (Kyodo/via REUTERS))

A train drives across the bed of a drained lake near Yevpatoria, Crimea.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak))

Drivers near Bad Soden, Germany.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Michael Probst))

The moon rises above New York City.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/J. David Ake))

A melted traffic light after demonstrators' clashes in Barcelona.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)**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.