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A statue cries, a rat races, and more

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A crying statue.
A doll's eye in a workshop in Bordeaux, France.
(Image credit: (CAROLINE BLUMBERG/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A crying, 3D-printed statue of the Dutch AIDS foundation in Amsterdam.
(Image credit: (ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A swimmer competes in Glasgow, Scotland.
(Image credit: (ROBERT PERRY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A rat runs across a sidewalk in New York City.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri))

Buffaloes in an enclosure in Rautahat, Nepal.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar))

A diver dressed as Santa Claus swims in a Seoul aquarium.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji))

Security forces eye a protester dressed as Santa Claus in Baghdad.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban))

Riot police officers gather during a demonstration in Paris.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh))

A man pulls a cartful of merchandise in Mexico City.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell))

History enthusiasts re-enact the battle of Austerlitz near Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/David W Cerny))

A soldier throws a practice hand grenade at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Bryan Woolston))

Navy Marine Commandos perform a rescue demonstration in Mumbai.
(Image credit: (Divyakant Solanki/EPA/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.