The week's best photos
A daring leap, a plastic protest, and more

More than 2,000 galaxies shine in the Virgo cluster, captured from a powerful new telescope in Chile
A man dressed as the devil leaps over babies during El Salto del Colacho, a baby-jumping festival in Spain
Greenpeace activists display a giant banner targeting Jeff Bezos at St Mark's Square in Venice, Italy
Children dance during the summer solstice in Bucharest, Romania
People throw plastic bottles into the air during a protest in Bogotá, Colombia
A woman crosses her wrists in front of a burning barricade in Nairobi, Kenya
A reveller walks on burning embers during the San Juan festival in San Pedro Manrique, Spain
People practice yoga to mark the International Day of Yoga in Guwahati, India
Members of the Dancing Devils of Chuao attend the Corpus Christi festival in Chuao, Venezuela
Seattle Sounders midfielder Georgi Minoungou balances the ball during a training session in Seattle, Washington
Dancers get ready to perform at the Eksotika Bromo cultural festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia
An escape artists performs before a crowd in Somerset, England
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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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