The week's best photos

A breaching whale, soccer nuns, and more

Ultra-Orthodox Jews

Israeli mounted police officers disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway in Bnei Brak, Israel 

(Image credit: Ohad Zwigenberg / AP)

Anne Hidalgo

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine river in France

(Image credit: Michel Euler / AP)

King Charles III

Britain's King Charles III wears the Imperial State Crown in London, England 

(Image credit: Hannah McKay / POOL / Getty Images)

A man

A man dances to music while waiting for the arrival of the President of Rwanda in Kigali 

(Image credit: Luis Tato / Getty Images)

A whale

A humpback whale breaches near Iguana Island, Panama

(Image credit: Matias Delacroix / AP)

A golfer

Gary Woodland practices ahead of the British Open Golf Championships in Troon, Scotland 

(Image credit: Peter Morrison / AP)

Nuns

The Poor Clare Sisters show their support for Colombia's national soccer team in Montenegro, Colombia

(Image credit: Vladimir Encina / Reuters)

Boats

Boats set sail during the 8th Brest Maritime Festival in France 

(Image credit: Sebastien Salom-Gomis / Getty Images)

A volcano

A person watches Mount Etna erupt in Italy 

(Image credit: Etna Walk / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Reuters)

Toro de Fuego

A man dressed as the "toro de fuego" during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain

(Image credit: Miguel Riopa / Getty Images)

A flooded street

People commute through a flooded street in Dhaka, Bangladesh 

(Image credit: Munir Uz Zaman / Getty Images)

A person

A spectator sits on a suspended bicycle during the Tour de France cycling race between Gruissan and Nimes, France 

(Image credit: Marco Bertorello / 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.