The week's best photos

A bird on a mission, clowns on parade, and more

A woman and child

A woman carries a child past buildings damaged by cyclone Remal in Patuakhali, India.

(Image credit: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP via Getty Images)

South African inmates

Inmates wait to receive ballots at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria, South Africa 

(Image credit: Phill Magakoe / Getty Images)

Dorothea Barron

Dorothea Barron, who served during D-Day, waves from a Spitfire fighter aircraft in Kent, England 

(Image credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc jumps into the marina after winning the Grand Prix in Monaco 

(Image credit: Benoit Tessier / Reuters)

A ship.

Children play on a sunken ship in Basra, Iraq

(Image credit: Hussein Faleh / Reuters)

A mirror

A vendor carries a mirror through a neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru 

(Image credit: Rodrigo Abd / AP)

A tennis match

Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves during the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France 

(Image credit: Anne-Christine Poujoulat / Getty Images)

Clowns

Clowns celebrate The Day of the Peruvian Clown in Lima, Peru 

(Image credit: Martin Mejia / AP)

A volcano spews lava in Grindavik, Iceland

A volcano spews lava in Grindavik, Iceland

(Image credit: AP Photo / Marco di Marco)

A bird

An eastern bluebird gathers pine needles for nesting material in Freeport, Maine 

(Image credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP)

A stick fighting club

Members of an Irish stick fighting club participate in a fencing show in St. Petersburg, Russia

(Image credit: Dmitri Lovetsky / AP)

A surfer

Brazil's Yago Dora rides a wave while surfing in Tahiti, French Polynesia

(Image credit: Thomas Bevilacqua / Reuters)

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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.