The week's best photos

A school of tadpoles, a human tower, and more

Tadpoles

Toad tadpoles swim beneath a carpet of lily pads in Cedar Lake, Vancouver Island

(Image credit: Shane Gross, Wildlife Photographer of the Year award)

A human tower

Members of the "Colla de Castellers de Barcelona" team form a human tower during the biennial competition in Tarragona, Catalonia

(Image credit: Enric Fontcuberta / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock)

A monkey

A monkey receives a blessing during a mass in Brasília, Brazil

(Image credit: Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters)

Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Elon Musk jumps on stage alongside Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania

(Image credit: Jim Watson / Getty Images)

Rice

A woman separates rice grains in Amritsar, India

(Image credit: Narinder Nanu / Getty Images)

A man

A man lights his arm on fire near the white house in Washington, D.C.

(Image credit: Ting Shen / Getty Images)

A flood

A resident wades through a flooded convenience store in Chiang Mai, Thailand

(Image credit: STR / AFP via Getty Images)

A celebration

People splash themselves with water as they celebrate Irreecha in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

(Image credit: Michele Spatari / Getty Images)

A cosplay outfit

A cosplayer dressed as the Marvel character Ghost Rider at the Paris Manga Fair in Paris, France

(Image credit: Julien De Rosa / Getty Images)

A wave

A young man stands in front of a huge wave in Havana, Cuba

(Image credit: Yamil Lage / AFP via Getty Images)

Hot air balloons

Hot air balloons prepare for liftoff at the 52nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico

(Image credit: Roberto E. Rosales / AP)

A performer

A performer gets ready backstage in New Delhi, India

(Image credit: Priyanshu Singh / Reuters)

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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.