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(Image credit: The Associated Press)
A panda bear gets a CT scan at a zoo in Lebniz, Germany.
(Image credit: (Berlin Zoo/Handout via REUTERS))

A worker comes through a Tunnel Boring Machine breakthrough point in Ahmedabad, India.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Amit Dave))

NFL prospect Darius Slayton jumps before running the 40-yard dash for scouts in Indianapolis.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Darron Cummings))

A fisherman holds a sack of crabs in Cairu, Brazil.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Nacho Doce))

A hot air balloon rises in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
(Image credit: (FAZRY ISMAIL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

A statue is removed from display at a museum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
(Image credit: (ROBIN UTRECHT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock))

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

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

A murmuration of starlings near Gretna Green, Scotland.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Phil Noble))

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

A "swamp soccer" game in Pogy village, Russia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky))

A tightrope walker performs in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
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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.