The week's best photos

The Tour de France on horseback, a watery wedding, and more

Swimming synch

Austrian athletes compete in the final of the women's duet artistic event at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore

(Image credit: Francois-Xavier Marit / AFP)

A plane crash

Emergency crews launch a search and rescue operation after an Air Force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, Bangladesh

(Image credit: Jubair Bin Iqbal / Getty Images)

A couple stands in knee-deep water as they share a kiss during their wedding

Newlyweds share a kiss during their wedding at the flooded Barasoain Church in Malolos, Philippines

(Image credit: Aaron Favila / AP)

Surfers

Surfers paddle out into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Carcans, France

(Image credit: Christophe Archambault / Getty Images)

A broken bat

Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh breaks his bat mid-swing during a baseball game in Seattle, Washington

(Image credit: Lindsey Wasson / AP)

Butterflies

Butterflies circle around a blooming flower in San Antonio, Texas

(Image credit: Eric Gay / AP)

A man on horseback

A man on horseback rides alongside cyclists during the Tour de France near Bollène

(Image credit: Loic Venance / Getty Images)

A group of men

A group of men return home after completing the Koma rite of passage in Moletjie, South Africa

(Image credit: Lucas Ledwaba / Getty Images)

People holding photos

People hold up photos of the victims of the 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association community centre bombing in Buenos Aires

(Image credit: Mariana Nedelcu / Reuters)

Mario Barrios and Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao punches Mario Barrios during their welterweight title match in Las Vegas

(Image credit: John Locher / AP)

A yellow-headed vulture

A zookeeper uses a puppet resembling an adult bird to feed a yellow-headed vulture at Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic

(Image credit: Petr David Josek / AP)

An effigy of Ghanta Karna

Hindu devotees set an effigy of Ghanta Karna on fire during the Gathemangal festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal

(Image credit: Prakash Mathema / 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.