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Cloud sweeps across the Mont Blanc massif near Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France
(Image credit: Laurent Cipriani / AP Photo)
A group of women in colourful suits stand and watch US President Donald Trump speak during the Midterm Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
(Image credit: Jeff McWhorter / EPA / Shutterstock)
A shepherd guides his sheep along an alpine road near Shigatse in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China
(Image credit: Tingshu Wang / Reuters)
A Sumatran tiger cub receives a vaccination during its first veterinary examination at Attica Zoological Park in Spata, Greece
(Image credit: Stelios Misinas / Reuters)
A man wearing a traditional fabric outfit poses in Nairobi's Kibera neighborhood in Kenya
(Image credit: Donwilson Odhiambo / Getty Images)
Members of the Colombian Civil Defense cross a hillside scorched by wildfire in Abrego, Colombia
(Image credit: Mario Caicedo / EPA / Shutterstock)
A teddy bear-shaped kite flies overhead during the Festival du Vent in Portiragnes, France
(Image credit: Gabriel Bouys / AFP / Getty Images)
A traditional fishing boat is seen on the Tonle Sap River at sunset in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
(Image credit: Tang Chhin Sothy / Getty Images)
A bee lands on a firebush shrub in San Antonio, United States
(Image credit: Eric Gay / AP Photo)
Han Xu of China and Imani McGee-Stafford of Puerto Rico compete in the opening tip-off of the qualification to quarter-finals match at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Berlin, Germany
(Image credit: Xinhua / Shutterstock)
A young girl lights a candle during a day of mourning for victims of the recent floods in Kathmandu, Nepal
(Image credit: Dar Yasin / AP Photo)
Workers harvest a salt pan in the early morning sun in Thoothukudi, India
(Image credit: R. Satish Babu / AFP / Getty Images)
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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.
