The week's best photos

Dancing for tradition, the World's Ugliest Dog, and more

The Sturgeon Moon, the old US Farmer's Almanac name for the full moon in the month of August, rises over Galata Tower in Istanbul

The Sturgeon Moon rises over the Galata Tower in Istanbul

(Image credit: Yasin Akgul / AFP via Getty Images)

Migrants board a boat

Migrants attempt to board a smuggler's boat off the coast of Gravelines, northern France

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

Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze

Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze kicks the ball during a soccer match in London

(Image credit: Dave Shopland / AP)

A crane fly

A crane fly is spotted in Pont-Audemer, France

(Image credit: Joel Saget / Getty Images)

People releasing balloons

Employees of the attorney general's office release balloons to honor Sen. Miguel Uribe after he was killed, in Bogota, Colombia

(Image credit: Ivan Valencia / AP)

A dancer

A traditional dancer participates in the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples festival in San Salvador, El Salvador

(Image credit: Jose Cabezas / Reuters)

A waterfall

People compete in the annual international waterfall jumping competition in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(Image credit: Amel Emric / Reuters)

Flowers

A farmer carries floral arrangements during the Flower Festival in Medellín, Colombia

(Image credit: Jaime Saldarriaga / Getty Images)

The World's Ugliest Dog winner, Petunia, and her owner Shannon Nyman

A hairless English-French bulldog mix was crowned the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest in Santa Rosa, California

(Image credit: Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Image)

A man wearing a costume

A man dressed in an animal costume takes a break on a street in Madrid, Spain

(Image credit: Manu Fernandez / AP)

People running

Runners take off at the starting line of the annual City to Surf fun run in central Sydney, Australia

(Image credit: David Gray / Getty Images)

A gorilla

A gorilla eats ice cream during a heatwave in Prague, Czech Republic

(Image credit: David W Cerny / 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.