The week's best photojournalism
An alien in the sky, newborn panda cubs, and more
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Jacob Lambert
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Counterfeit cigarettes discovered at a smuggling site near Brussels.
(Image credit: JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Flamingos in a pen in Aigues-Mortes, France.
(Image credit: PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images)

Sheep gather during a wildfire near Limni, Greece.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Thodoris Nikolaou)

A burnt house after a forest fire in Manavgat, Turkey.
(Image credit: -/AFP via Getty Images)

An alien-shaped kite at an astronomy festival in Villa de Leyva, Colombia.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

A caretaker takes one of two newborn cubs from a panda at a zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France.
(Image credit: GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP via Getty Images)

The Netherlands' Irene Van Der Reijken reacts after competing in the steeplechase at the Tokyo Olympics.
(Image credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

A tightrope walker performs in Ceresole Reale, Italy.
(Image credit: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

A woman asks for donations on a street in Kabul.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A cyclist trains in Tokyo.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

An artistic swimmer competes in Tokyo.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Marko Djurica)

Artistic swimmers compete in Tokyo.
(Image credit: OLI SCARFF/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.