The week’s best photos
A Viking festival, an inky fingerprint, and more
A Viking longship is set ablaze during the Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Scotland
Indo-Tibetan Border Police on parade during India's 77th Republic Day festivities in New Delhi
A voter inks their finger after casting a ballot at a polling station during Myanmar's general election in Mandalay
A model presents a creation by Rahul Mishra as part of the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026 show during Paris Fashion Week in France
A male Northern Cardinal perches on a branch during heavy snowfall in Nyack, New York
Homes teeter on the edge of a muddy cliff after days of heavy rainfall caused a landslide in Niscemi, Sicily
A woman visits the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day in Berlin, Germany
Balkan truck drivers block an EU border crossing terminal to protest the new exit/entry system, near Gevgelija, North Macedonia
A vigil takes place in Minneapolis for Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection agents in the city last week
The peloton passes through a rocky landscape during Stage 2 of the 2026 AlUla Tour, near AlManshiyah, Saudi Arabia
A woman shops for books during the 57th Cairo International Book Fair in Cairo, Egypt
Soldiers march with torches to mark the 173rd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero José Martí in Havana, Cuba
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