The week's best photojournalism
A fiery ride, a bad day for hamsters, and more
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Jacob Lambert
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A woman swims in an icy lake near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Igor Dudkovskiy)

The Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid is fouled by the Orlando Magic's Robin Lopez during an NBA game in Philadelphia.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Kwon Soon-woo serves during a match at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

Camel-mounted soldiers stand in formation in New Delhi.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

People ride horses through a ritual bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A fire drill near Kuwait City.
(Image credit: YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

A family keeps warm on a rainy day in the Gaza Strip.
(Image credit: MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Officers leave a pet shop after a hamster cull in Hong Kong.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Lam Yik)

A man sweeps in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
(Image credit: PAWAN SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

A worker secures a statue of Theodore Roosevelt after its removal from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs)

A long-exposure photo shows a train near Frankfurt, Germany.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Michael Probst)

The aurora borealis above Kolari, Finland.
(Image credit: Lehtikuva/Irene Stachon/via REUTERS)
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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.