The week's best photojournalism
A spy balloon, a lonely Santa statue, and more
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Brigid Kennedy
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A member of Ukraine's Dnipro Opera talks on her phone backstage during a performance in the U.K.
(Image credit: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Celebrants take part in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium.
(Image credit: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Revellers dressed in costume for the Carnival parade in Dusseldorf, Germany.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A drum queen performs during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A Tokyo cast performs Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot."
(Image credit: REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The Eiffel Tower lit in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
(Image credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)

In Brussels, toys on the ground represent the children abducted after the war in Ukraine.
(Image credit: NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

A silent candlelight vigil for Ukraine in New York City.
(Image credit: REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Santa mannequin stands inside a building destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A devotee in the Philippines receives their ashes for Ash Wednesday.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Bikers ride in Abu Dhabi during the UAE cycling tour.
(Image credit: GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

A U.S. pilot looks down on the alleged Chinese spy balloon.
(Image credit: U.S. Air Force/Department of Defense/Handout via Reuters)
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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.