The week's best photos

A pond harvest, a surfing dog, and more

Farmers

Farmers harvest "gorgon fruit" from a pond in Taizhou, China

(Image credit: STR / AFP / Getty Images)

The men's 100m final

Noah Lyles wins the men's 100m final by .005 seconds at the Olympic Games in Paris, France 

(Image credit: Jewel Samad / Getty Images)

A bee

A bee flies towards a flower in Frankfurt, Germany

(Image credit: Michael Probst / AP)

Pope Francis

Pope Francis greets members of Danza Prehispánica Tonatiuh at the Vatican

(Image credit: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP / Getty Images)

Kyrgyz hunters

Kyrgyz hunters compete during the Traditional Eagle Hunting Festival Salbuurun in Kyrgyzstan

(Image credit: Vladimir Voronin / AP)

An athlete

An athlete clears the water jump during the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at the Olympic Games in Paris, France 

(Image credit: Adam Pretty / Pool Photo via AP)

A dog

A dog called "Charlie Surfs Up" participates in the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California 

(Image credit: Eakin Howard / AP)

A robot

A man carries a robot made out of EVA foam in Java, Indonesia

(Image credit: Timur Matahari / Getty Images)

Wrestling

Serbia's Mate Nemeš wrestles against Kyrgyzstan's Amantur Ismailov at the Olympic Games in Paris, France 

(Image credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters)

A gorilla

Ukraine's only gorilla "Tony" celebrates his 50th birthday at Kyiv Zoo

(Image credit: Gleb Garanich / Reuters)

A fire

A crew of Plumas Hotshots firefighters walk from a fire line in California 

(Image credit: Josh Edelson / Getty Images)

A car

A man stands next to a car wedged between two buildings in Palestine's West Bank

(Image credit: jaafar Ashtiyeh / Getty Images)

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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.