The week’s best photos
A Halloween dragon, a moonlit angel, and more
An enormous skeleton sculpture sits in a field of marigold flowers, with the Popocatépetl volcano visible in the distance, ahead of Day Of The Dead celebrations in Atlixco, Mexico
A cotton candy vendor pushes his cart through the empty streets of Gaza City, Palestine
A Komodo dragon investigates a Halloween pumpkin stuffed with meat at Cali Zoo in Cali, Colombia
A farmer hangs freshly harvested red cockscomb flowers to dry in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The flowers are harvested, dried and crushed into a powder to produce a natural coloring agent used in signature Kashmiri cuisine
The Milwaukee Brewers celebrate after winning baseball's World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Florida
A full moon rises behind an angel statue on the top of a column at Piazza Venezia in Rome, Italy
A member of the Greek navy stands in formation ahead of a military parade marking Ochi Day, commemorating Greece's entry into World War II, in Thessaloniki, Greece
The sails of Sydney Opera House frame a group of tourists ascending Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia
Police officers survey the damage after an anti-government protest by people displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Aircraft fly alongside a wall of brightly colored smoke during the National Day celebrations in Vienna, Austria
An Afghan samosa vendor looks on as people fly kites at the Nadir Khan hilltop overlooking the city of Kabul, Afghanistan
Supporters of the Student List movement gather at Slavija Square to celebrate after winning Serbia's snap parliamentary elections, in Belgrade, Serbia
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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.


