The week's best photos

A sea of kites, a game of sand hockey, and more

Man has his faced smeared with red vermillion powder

A man has his faced smeared with red vermillion powder while celebrating the Nepali new year in Thimi, Nepal

(Image credit: Prakash Mathema / AFP / Getty Images)

An elephant

An African elephant extends her trunk to touch a sculpture in Buenos Aires, Argentina

(Image credit: Agustin Marcarian / Reuters)

A grain worker

A farmer tosses grain in Jalandhar, India

(Image credit: Shammi Mehra / Getty Images)

A tapir calf

The first tapir calf to be born in Spain is seen at the Bioparc zoo in Fuengirola

(Image credit: Jorge Guerrero / Getty Images)

A prisoner

A family is reunited after 5,000 prisoners are released as part of an amnesty to celebrate the Buddhist New Year in Yangon, Myanmar

(Image credit: Sai Aung Main / AFP / Getty Images)

Kites

An array of whale-shaped kites during the 38th International Kite Festival on the shore of Berck-sur-Mer, France

(Image credit: Sammer Al-Doumy / Getty Images)

Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk celebrates after scoring a second goal during a soccer match at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England

(Image credit: Paul Ellis / Getty Images)

Sand hockey

Men play sand hockey during the Nomads Festival in M'Hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco

(Image credit: Abdel Majid Bziquat / Getty Images)

A net

A worker manages a container ship net as it docks in Montevideo, Uruguay

(Image credit: Eitan Abramovich / Getty Images)

Gaza Circus School

A member of the Gaza Circus School relief team performs for a child at a hospital in Gaza, Palestine

(Image credit: Omar Al-Qattaa / Getty Images)

Children

Children jump into the Solimões River in Brazil

(Image credit: Michael Dantas / Getty Images)

A hockey game

Dylan McIlrath and Mathieu Olivier exchange blows during an NHL hockey match in Washington, D.C.

(Image credit: Nick Wass / AP)

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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.