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The Philadelphia Phillies' Roman Quinn after trying to catch a home run during a game in Philadelphia.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson))

A motorcyclist crashes during a practice session in Portimao, Portugal.
(Image credit: (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images))

Swimmers compete in Berlin.
(Image credit: (RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images))

A woman walks beneath cherry trees in Bonn, Germany.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay))

People walk through a state park in Chino Hills, California.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))

A storage lot of disused bicycles in Shenyang, China.
(Image credit: (STR/AFP via Getty Images))

People observe slow-moving lava near a volcano in San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Moises Castillo))

A helicopter hovers above smoke near Cape Town, South Africa.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht))

A farmer plants potatoes in Tilloy-lez-Cambrai, France.
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol))

People practice yoga on a rooftop in Caracas, Venezuela.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix))

A kinetic sculpture atop the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
(Image credit: (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images))

A sculpture in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland.
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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.