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Officers stand guard before a legislative session in Olympia, Washington.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson))

Troops rest inside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Alex Brandon))

A rocket case in a field outside Stepanakert in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Caucasus.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov))

A biathlon athlete shoots in Oberhof, Germany.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader))

A penalty shot during a soccer game in Blackpool, Britain.
(Image credit: (Action Images via Reuters/Molly Darlington))

The Washington Football Team's Taylor Heinicke dives for a touchdown during a game in Landover, Maryland.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez))

The Dakar Rally near Alula, Saudi Arabia.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed))

The remains of an elementary school one year after a volcanic eruption in Batangas province, Philippines.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Aaron Favila))

A flooded village near Tirana, Albania.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina))

Gray mullet which froze to death at a farm in Muan, South Korea.
(Image credit: (Yonhap/via REUTERS))

Voters queue outside a voting center in Kampala, Uganda.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Baz Ratner))

A worker dries fabrics at a dye factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)**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.