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Resting elephants, a powerful punch, and more
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Jacob Lambert
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Rafael Nadal hits the ball during the French Open in Paris.
(Image credit: CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

Wrestlers compete during a match in Grimsby, Britain.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Lee Smith)

Jarrett Hurd hits Luis Arias during a boxing match in Miami Gardens, Florida.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Police in riot gear arrest environmental activists near Itasca State Park, Minnesota.
(Image credit: KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

A robin being released by a scientist in Cheverly, Maryland.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Asian elephants resting in Kunming, China.
(Image credit: China Daily via REUTERS)

Cyclists race near La Lechere-Les-Bains, France.
(Image credit: ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

People climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Loren Elliott)

A woman sits at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)

Sand art of the heads of G7 leaders at Newquay, England.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Jon Super)

Firefighters try to douse a fire in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)

A partial solar eclipse above Arbutus, Maryland.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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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.