The week's best photos
A tomato fight, painting behind bars, and more
Smoke and ash billow upwards after an eruption on Mount Etna in Italy
People throw tomatoes at each other during the annual Tomatina festival in Sutamarchán, Colombia
A Barbary macaque baby clings to its mother at Trentham Monkey Forest in Stoke-on-Trent, England
The latest graffiti artwork by British artist Banksy has appeared in Marseille, France
Students from a dance school stand outside the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania
Prison inmates paint a park in Bogotá, Colombia
A drag queen attends the Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California
A researcher from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute captures a bat in Gamboa, Panama
Sargassum seaweed surrounds a dock in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Architect and artist Franz Delgado paints a temporary flood gate at the Panama Canal in Panama City
Waste pickers climb over the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, Kenya
Muslim pilgrims pray at dawn on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
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.
-
Chile picks leftist, far-right candidates for runoff voteSpeed Read The presidential runoff election will be between Jeannette Jara, a progressive from President Gabriel Boric’s governing coalition, and far-right former congressman José Antonio Kast
-
The 8 greatest heist movies of all timethe week recommends True stories, social commentary and pure escapism highlight these great robbery movies
-
Ecuador rejects push to allow US military basesSpeed Read Voters rejected a repeal of a constitutional ban on US and other foreign military bases in the country
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures A greedy gull, the fall of AI, and more
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures A leap through the leaves, a typhoon's aftermath, and more
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures A monstrous parade, a hungry tortoise, and more
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures A fluffy hug, a toppled tower, and more
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures A monstrous pumpkin, a sumo showdown, and more
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures A celebration of peace, sheep on the streets, and more
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures A perching raven, a fearless climber, and more
-
The week’s best photosIn Pictures The heaviest onion, a massive sinkhole and more
