The week's best photos

A volcano stirs, a deathly flower blooms, and more

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The Klyuchevskoy volcano

The Klyuchevskoy volcano erupts following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Kamchatka, Russia

(Image credit: Yury Demyanchuk / RAS Vulcanology Institute / AP)

A Palestinian woman searches the sand for grains of rice or legumes

A Palestinian woman searches the sand for fallen grains of food in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip

(Image credit: Eyad Baba / AFP / Getty Images)

a corpse flower

A titan arum, also known as a corpse flower, blooms for the first time in four years in Warsaw, Poland

(Image credit: Kuba Stezycki / Reuters)

A woman uses a flyboard

A woman soars on a flyboard during the Canal Parade in Amsterdam, Netherlands

(Image credit: Dingena Mo / Getty Images)

A dancer

A dancer performs during the annual mask festival in Porto-Novo, Benin

(Image credit: Sunday Alamba / AP)

A dog on a surfboard

A dog balances on a surfboard during the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California

(Image credit: Eakin Howard / AP)

Fireworks light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China

Fireworks light up the sky over Chengdu during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Games in China

(Image credit: Yang Qitian / VCG / Getty Images)

A firefighter

A firefighter battles the Gifford Fire in Los Padres National Forest, California

(Image credit: Noah Berger / AP)

Children

Children play inside of inflatable bubbles at a park in Bucharest, Romania

(Image credit: Andreea Alexandru / AP)

A clothing store

A man searches for fabric at a garment manufacturing facility in Noida, India

(Image credit: Adnan Abidi / Reuters)

A plane

A plane drops fire retardant over a wildfire near Fontjoncouse, France

(Image credit: Lionel Bonaventure / Getty Images)

Robots

Robots play soccer at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China

(Image credit: Pedro Pardo / Getty Images)

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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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