The week's best photojournalism
A tough judo hold, dramatic dives, and more
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Jacob Lambert
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Ash from the Dixie Fire blankets Crescent Mills, California.
(Image credit: REUTERS/David Swanson)

A bird walks through an empty train station during lockdown in Sydney, Australia.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Loren Elliott)

A balloon festival in Readington, New Jersey.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Hannah Beier)

A man carries a plastic drum across a bridge near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(Image credit: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

A church bell tower in Estacion Atlantida, Uruguay.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

An Olympic three-on-three basketball game in Tokyo.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Andrew Boyers)

Synchronized divers compete in Tokyo.
(Image credit: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Swimmers compete in Tokyo.
(Image credit: FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

A boy submerges himself at the site of a broken water main to cool down in Caracas, Venezuela.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A group thought to be Tunisian migrants floats near Lampedusa, Italy.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

A boxer falls during an Olympic match in Tokyo.
(Image credit: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)

A difficult judo hold during a match in Tokyo.
(Image credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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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.