The week’s best photos
Falling flowers, a surfer in silhouette, and more
Poppies fall around an Armed Forces of Malta soldier guarding the War Memorial cenotaph during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Floriana, Malta
Senegal's Ibrahima Sarr and Ablaye Diouf warm up ahead of their wrestling matches during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Saly, Senegal
A woman walks through Atocha train station during a nationwide general strike in Madrid, Spain
Bright red maple leaves frame a snow-capped Mount Fuji in Kawaguchiko, Japan
Pope Leo XIV watches dancers perform at the Gran Teatro Nacional, in Lima, Peru, the third and final leg of the pontiff's apostolic journey to South America
A lone surfer looks out at the ocean after sunset on the Encinitas coastline, California
First responders search the rubble after a building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York
British cyclist Cameron Mason of 777TV CX Team smiles through a faceful of mud during the 2026 Superprestige Niel cyclocross event in Niel, Belgium
A visitor looks at works by US artist Dan Flavin on display in the 'Dan Flavin: Some Light' exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain
A roseate spoonbill surveys the water for small fish and crustaceans in Delray Beach, Florida
A delegate from Bolivia wearing traditional dress poses for a photograph as she arrives on the opening day of the COP31 UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey
A cloud of pink smoke from dozens of flares envelops the National Independence Day march in Warsaw, Poland
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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.