The week's best photos

An endangered ape, a risky bike stunt, and more

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Maha Shivaratri festival

A performer dressed as the Hindu deity Shiva holds a snake ahead of the Maha Shivaratri festival in Amritsar, India

(Image credit: Narinder Nanu / Getty Images)

orangutan

A veterinarian holds a critically endangered orangutan baby, at Bandung Zoo in West Java, Indonesia

(Image credit: Septianjar Muharam / Xinhua / Alamy Live News)

A bubble

A man creates soap bubbles in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

(Image credit: Michael Probst / AP)

A bird

A warbling white-eye perches on the branch of a blossoming plum tree in Tokyo, Japan

(Image credit: Kazuhiro Nogi / Getty Images)

A memorial

Visitors gather at a memorial for Ukrainian and foreign fighters at Independence Square in Kyiv 

(Image credit: Roman Pilipey / Getty Images)

Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un visits the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea

(Image credit: KCNA / Reuters)

A bike stunt

A man performs a motorcycle stunt in Ahmedabad, India

(Image credit: Ajit Solanki / AP)

A carnival float

A carnival float featuring Donald Trump holding the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice on a leash in Cologne, Germany

(Image credit: Jana Rodenbusch / Reuters)

A turtle

A leatherback sea turtle hatchling swims off following its release at Lhoknga Beach in north-west Indonesia

(Image credit: Chaideer Mahyuddin / Getty Images)

A masked monk

A masked monk stands behind a curtain during the Gyalpo Losar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal

(Image credit: Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

A swimming festival

Swimmers participate in the Memphremagog Winter Swimming Festival in Newport, Vermont

(Image credit: Joseph Prezioso / Getty Images)

P.J. Washington

Dallas Mavericks' P.J. Washington dives for the ball during a basketball game in Dallas, Texas

(Image credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn images / Reuters)

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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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