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A woman sorts through piles of plastic bottles at the Mubone landfill while searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in the local market, in Bujumbura, Burundi
Staff care for a rescued harbor seal pup at the Wadden Sea World Heritage Centre in Lauwersoog, Netherlands
(Image credit: Em Van Der Wal/ EPA / Shutterstock)
Plumes of black smoke rise during a violent anti-government protest by students in Tirana, Albania
(Image credit: Florion Goga / Reuters)
A woman stands beside caskets bearing the remains of fallen soldiers at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Funeral rites for more than 700 war dead were held in an effort to identify those missing from decades of conflict
(Image credit: Nhac Nguyen / AFP / Getty Images)
Waves from post-tropical cyclone Storm Rachel crash into beachfront homes in Long Beach, California
(Image credit: Jae C. Hong / AP Photo)
Competitors in the Men's Open Bodybuilding category strike a pose during the 2026 Body Fuel International Fitness Championship in Nairobi, Kenya
(Image credit: Luis Tato / AFP / Getty Images)
Sunlight illuminates the exhaust plume of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to create a "jellyfish" effect in the sky over Cape Canaveral in Florida
(Image credit: USA TODAY Network / Reuters)
An anhinga flips a fish into the air before swallowing it whole at Green Cay Wetlands in Boynton Beach, Florida
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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.
