The week's best photos

A daring leap, a plastic protest, and more

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One of the first images from a powerful new telescope in Chile shows the Virgo cluster of galaxies

More than 2,000 galaxies shine in the Virgo cluster, captured from a powerful new telescope in Chile

(Image credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)

A man jumps over a mattress

A man dressed as the devil leaps over babies during El Salto del Colacho, a baby-jumping festival in Spain

(Image credit: Cesar Manso / Getty Images)

A protest against Jeff Bezos in Venice

Greenpeace activists display a giant banner targeting Jeff Bezos at St Mark's Square in Venice, Italy

(Image credit: Stefano Rellandini / Getty Images)

Children dancing

Children dance during the summer solstice in Bucharest, Romania

(Image credit: Andreea Alexandru / Getty Images)

People throwing plastic bottles

People throw plastic bottles into the air during a protest in Bogotá, Colombia

(Image credit: Fernando Vergara / AP)

A protester reacts in front of a burning barricade in downtown Nairobi

A woman crosses her wrists in front of a burning barricade in Nairobi, Kenya

(Image credit: Luis Tato / AFP / Getty Images)

Hot foot festival

A reveller walks on burning embers during the San Juan festival in San Pedro Manrique, Spain

(Image credit: Cesar Manso / AFP / Getty Images)

People performing yoga

People practice yoga to mark the International Day of Yoga in Guwahati, India

(Image credit: Anupam Nath / AP)

Corpus Christi festival

Members of the Dancing Devils of Chuao attend the Corpus Christi festival in Chuao, Venezuela

(Image credit: Maxwell Briceno / Reuters)

Ivorian midfielder

Seattle Sounders midfielder Georgi Minoungou balances the ball during a training session in Seattle, Washington

(Image credit: Juan Mabromata / Getty Images)

Dancers

Dancers get ready to perform at the Eksotika Bromo cultural festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia

(Image credit: Juni Kriswanto / Getty Images)

An escape artist

An escape artists performs before a crowd in Somerset, England

(Image credit: Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

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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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