The week’s best photos
A day at the beach, a misty morning, and more
Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard of Team Visma–Lease a Bike is showered in confetti after the 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2026 cycling race in Andalo, Italy
A woman walks through a smoke-filled neighbourhood scattered with debris following intense Russian bombardment, in Kyiv, Ukraine
Morning mist clings to the forested hills surrounding a section of the Great Wall in Zunhua City, northern China
Football fans coated in red powder celebrate Arsenal FC's first Premier League title win in 22 years, in Nairobi, Kenya
A woman arrives at Parede Beach during a heatwave in Cascais, Portugal
A blacksmith sharpens a knife ahead of the Eid al-Adha celebrations in Karachi, Pakistan
A supervisor at the Kigonze camp for internally displaced persons urges residents to wash their hands as fears grow over the spread of Ebola, in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo
A farmer gestures while harvesting green wheat used to produce freekeh, a roasted grain widely used in Levantine cuisine, on the outskirts of Taftanaz, Syria
View of the "Pont Neuf's cave" installation by French artist JR, on the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, France
Muslim devotees perform the evening prayer around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Roman Andres Burruchaga of Argentina returns to Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada during the second round men's singles tennis match at the French Open tournament in Paris, France
A group of people walk past the cloud-wrapped Washington Monument on Memorial Day in Washington, D.C.
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Stephen Kelly is a photo editor and illustrator for The Week Digital, creating original artwork to accompany articles and social media, as well as curating photography and cartoons. Before joining the team in 2023, Stephen managed the photographic archive for multimedia publisher Future, working on everything from picture editing and content licensing to directing photo shoots. He has also been a freelance illustrator, contributing editorial artwork to magazines and websites including T3, Rock Sound, Tom’s Guide, Property Week and Cycling Plus, while also writing about music for Total Guitar and MusicRadar. Stephen studied illustration at the University of Dundee and Ontario College of Art and Design, specialising in narrative art (he once self-published his own comic, it was weird), and loves to incorporate storytelling and humour into his work.
