The week's best photos

Playful goslings, an exploding snowman, and more

Copenhagen fire.

Flames engulf the Børsen stock exchange building in Copenhagen, Denmark

(Image credit: Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images)

Goslings

Goslings run in a meadow in Frankfurt, Germany 

(Image credit: Michael Probst / AP)

A gate

Yellow ribbons are displayed on the main gates where the salvaged Sewol ferry stands in Mokpo, South Korea 

(Image credit: Anthony Wallace / Getty Images)

Prisoners.

Prisoners from Myanmar's Insein Prison en route to be released for the Buddhist New Year in Yangon, Myanmar

(Image credit: Str/ AFP via Getty Images)

Hindu devotees

Hindu devotees pray to the Sun God in Guwahati, India 

(Image credit: Biju Boro / Getty Images)

Roosters

A cock fight at a local fair in Katekalyan, India 

(Image credit: Idrees Mohammed / Getty Images)

A kite festival

People attend a kite festival on Ao Manao beach in Thailand 

(Image credit: Madaree Tohlala / Getty Images)

A snowman

A snowman filled with explosives waits to be set on fire in Zurich, Switzerland 

(Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini / Getty Images)

A horse race

Two jockeys fall off their horses during the Grand National Festival in Liverpool, England 

(Image credit: Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

A volcano

The Mount Ruang volcano erupts in Indonesia 

(Image credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo / Hendra Ambalao)

Donald Trump

Donald Trump attends the first day of his trial in New York City 

(Image credit: Michael Nagle / Getty Images)

A restaurant

A chef stands in the kitchen of a restaurant in Shanghai, China

(Image credit: Hector Retamal / Getty Images)

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Anahi Valenzuela, The Week US

Anahi Valenzuela has worked as an editorial assistant at The Week since 2022, where she assists with magazine content and covers the week's best photos. She started her career as a media producer at The Daily Californian and a writer for College Magazine.