The week's best photos

A flooded town, snakes on parade, and more

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Indonesia volcano

Cold lava cascades down the side of Mount Marapi in Indonesia 

(Image credit: Devi Rahman / AFP / Getty Images)

The aurora borealis

The aurora borealis illuminates the night sky above the desert near Las Vegas

(Image credit: David Becker / ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock)

A woman

A woman wades through floodwaters in the town of Garissa, Kenya

(Image credit: Luis Tato / AFP / Getty Images)

A crowd of soldiers

Members of Israel's coed Search and Rescue Brigade rest after a march in Latrun, Israel 

(Image credit: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters)

A boat

A boat with a sign that reads "Modi is in all the hearts" near Varanasi, India

(Image credit: Adnan Abidi / Reuters)

A snake

A paratrooper holds a snake during the 113th Independence Day parade in Asunción, Paraguay

(Image credit: Jorge Saenz / AP)

A ship

A controlled demolition is conducted on a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore 

(Image credit: Roberto Schmidt / Getty Images)

A building

People participate in the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building in Djenné, Mali 

(Image credit: Moustapha Diallo / AP)

A statue

A worker cleans a Buddha statue at a temple in Mojokerto, Indonesia 

(Image credit: Juni Kriswanto / AFP / Getty Images)

An insect

A carnivorous plant eats an insect at the botanical garden in Bogotá, Colombia

(Image credit: Raul Arboleda / Getty Images)

A bird

A group of sick pelicans rest on a storage shed in Newport Beach, California 

(Image credit: Jae C. Hong / AP)

A tennis player

Russia's Daniil Medvedev returns the ball during the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Italy

(Image credit: {photographer / 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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