The week's best photojournalism
A child on a tank, a mermaid café, and more
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Jacob Lambert
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Buffaloes walk near Basra, Iraq.
(Image credit: HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)

A cat is examined by a judge during a feline beauty contest in Bucharest, Romania.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A rescue worker and his search dog are transported on the shovel of an earthmover after a hotel explosion in Old Havana, Cuba.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)

A motorcyclist rides past a bus burned by protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
(Image credit: ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)

A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv, Ukraine.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Mikhail Palinchak)

A man stands in the crater of an explosion after a Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A refugee rests upon arriving at a reception center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A house demolished by Israeli security forces in Silat al-Harithiya, the West Bank.
(Image credit: JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia's ambassador to Poland is covered with red paint by protesters in Warsaw.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Maciek Luczniewski)

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid wipes his face during a playoff game against the Miami Heat in Miami.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

A woman poses for photographs at a mermaid café in Pattaya City, Thailand.
(Image credit: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Kyrgyz servicemen salute during Victory Day celebrations in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
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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.