The week's best photos

A pair of swans, a flooded street, and more

Breast cancer survivors

Breast cancer survivors take part in "Una pincelada por la vida" ("A brushstroke for life"), in Zapopan, Mexico

(Image credit: Ulises Ruiz / AFP via Getty Images)

Swans

Two black swans paddle across a river in Beijing, China

(Image credit: Wang Zhao / Getty Images)

A man

A man carries a figure of the Hindu god Ganesha into the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India

(Image credit: Rafiq Maqbool / AP)

Line Fire

Firefighters monitor the advancing Line Fire in Angelus Oaks, California

(Image credit: Eric Thayer / AP)

A protester

A protester raises his fist in front of police officers outside the Land Forces 2024 arms fair in Melbourne, Australia

(Image credit: William West / Getty Images)

Men covered in grease

Men covered in black grease attend the Fiesta de Cascamorras in Baza, Spain

(Image credit: Jorge Guerrero / Getty Images)

A flower

A bee lands on a sunflower near Lawrence, Kansas

(Image credit: Charlie Riedel / AP)

A dog

A border collie named Floki plays with a ball in Rio de Janeiro

(Image credit: Bruna Prado / AP)

A man

A man wades through floodwaters outside his home in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam

(Image credit: Huu Hao / Getty Images)

Mud Bowl

Players scramble for the ball during the Mud Bowl in North Conway, New Hampshire

(Image credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP)

A street vendor

A street vendor wearing a flower ornament looks at himself in a mirror in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

(Image credit: Michele Spatari / Getty Images)

Students

Students cross a flooded street in Ajmer, India

(Image credit: Deepak Sharma / AP)

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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.