The week's best photos

A flooded island, a ballistic missile, and more

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Dust blown from the Sahara desert covers the city of Athens, Greece, in an orange haze

(Image credit: Milos Bicanski / Getty Images)

An island

An island is flooded after a heavy downpour in Qingyuan, China

(Image credit: STR / AFP via Getty Images)

A missile

A photojournalist stands near an intercepted ballistic missile that fell near the Dead Sea in Israel 

(Image credit: Ohad Zwigenberg / AP)

A woman's thumb

A woman displays her inked thumb after casting her ballot at a polling station in Kalamati village, India 

(Image credit: Dibyangshu Sarkar / Getty Images)

The Biur Chametz ritual

Ultra-Orthodox Jews burn leavened items during the Biur Chametz ritual in Mea Sharim, Israel 

(Image credit: Ronaldo Schemidt / Getty Images)

A boat

Wreck of the MS World Discoverer sits in shallow water at Roderick Bay in the Solomon Islands 

(Image credit: Saeed Khan / Getty Images)

Humanitarian aid packages

Humanitarian aid packages fall over the northern Gaza Strip 

(Image credit: - / AFP via Getty Images)

Astronauts

Astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 space mission seen during a departure ceremony at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China 

(Image credit: Greg Baker / Getty Images)

A power plant

Workers clean debris at a damaged power plant in Ukraine 

(Image credit: Genya Savilov / Getty Images)

Peres Jepchirchir

Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya crosses the finish line at the London Marathon

(Image credit: David Cliff / AP)

A soccer game

Children play a game of soccer in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

(Image credit: Ramon Espinosa / AP)

A vehicle

Harvested yerba mate leaves are unloaded in Argentina's Misiones Province

(Image credit: Rodrigo Abd / AP)

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Anahi Valenzuela, The Week US
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.

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