The week's best photos

An Olympic training session, a cleaning crustacean and more

Simone Biles

US gymnast Simone Biles trains in preparation for the Paris Olympic Games in Le Bourget, France  

(Image credit: Jeff Pachoud / AFP via Getty Images)

A row of cars

A man stands near a row of burnt vehicles after students set them on fire during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh 

(Image credit: K M Asad / AFP via Getty Images)

A surfer

Australian surfer Molly Picklum trains in Teahupo'o, Tahiti

(Image credit: Ben Thouard / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)

A dragonfly

A dragonfly lands on a branch in front of NASA's Artemis II rocket in Florida 

(Image credit: Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images)

A boy

An exerciser lifts cement blocks at a public gym in Caracas, Venezuela

(Image credit: Fernando Vergara / AP)

A traditional healer

A traditional healer performs on top of a heap of trash in Kampala, Uganda 

(Image credit: Kabir Dhanji / Getty Images)

An eel

A Stenopus spinosus cleans the teeth of a Mediterranean moray eel in the Aegean Sea near Turkey 

(Image credit: Serkan Gurbuz / AP)

A plane

A Saurya Airlines plane crashes during takeoff in Kathmandu, Nepal

(Image credit: Prakash Mathema / AFP via Getty Images)

Volleyball players

Norwegian and Australian players attend a practice beach volleyball session at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris, France 

(Image credit: Odd Andersen / AFP / Getty Images)

Divers

Female free divers swim with torches in Minamiboso, Japan

(Image credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters)

A landslide

Residents and volunteers search for survivors following a landslide in Gofa, Ethiopia 

(Image credit: Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images)

Fishermen

A group of fishermen sail out to sea in their makeshift rafts in Havana, Cuba 

(Image credit: Yamil Lage / 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.