The week's best photos

A missile garden, a line of lava, and more

Storks

Oriental white storks perch in an artificial nest at Sanhuanpao National Nature Reserve in Fujin City, China

(Image credit: Xinhua / Shutterstock)

A Ukrainian farmer holds missile fragments

A farmer collects missile fragments and places them in his garden in Ruski Tyshky, Ukraine

(Image credit: Ivan Samoilov / Getty Images)

San Fermín Festival

Spectators watch the running of the bulls during the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain

(Image credit: Miguel Oses / AP)

A military vehicle

A woman blocks the path of a military vehicle during a federal immigration raid in Camarillo, California

(Image credit: Michael Owen Baker / AP)

A baby bird

A hatchling peeks out from beneath its mother's feathers on a farm in Wehrheim, Germany

(Image credit: Michael Probst / AP)

Tour de France

Professional cyclists pass spectators during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France race in Toulouse

(Image credit: Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP)

A volcanic eruption in Iceland

Lava spews upward as the Sundhnúkagígar volcano erupts on the Reykjanes Peninsula near the town of Grindavík, Iceland

(Image credit: Public Defense Dept. Police Iceland / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Plastic balloons

A balloon vendor pedals his bicycle to work in New Delhi, India

(Image credit: Arun Sankar / Getty Images)

Masai Russell and Grace Stark

Masai Russell and Grace Stark compete in the Wanda Diamond League in Monaco

(Image credit: Manon Cruz / Reuters)

Horses

Two foals play together in Wehrheim, Germany

(Image credit: Michael Probst / AP)

A man

A man dives into the Tigris river during a heatwave in Baghdad, Iraq

(Image credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye / Getty Images)

A blue crane

A worker interacts with an endangered blue crane at the World of Birds wildlife sanctuary in Hout Bay, South Africa

(Image credit: Esa Alexander / 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.