The week’s best photos
A fresh new feline, a town crier, and more
A white stork stands on the roof of a church as the moon rises over Dielsdorf, Switzerland
Models present creations from the Antonio Marras collection as part of the Spring Summer 2027 show at Milan Fashion Week in Italy
A tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo) is seen at the Senda Verde wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, after being the first new cat species to be formally identified in over a century
A firefighter is silhouetted against a blaze at the Intrade shopping centre following a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Adrian Basford takes part in the World Town Crier Tournament, which celebrates the tradition of making public announcements on behalf of civic authorities, in Chester, England
A mirror array focusses sunlight onto a molten salt power station in the desert near Golmud, China
Manchester City's Erling Haaland shoots during an English Premier League soccer match against Sunderland in Manchester, England
A small village is surrounded by vast, green fields of rice near Rajshahi, Bangladesh
A man is showered in embers during a fire performance as part of the autumn equinox celebrations in Vilnius, Lithuania
A massive Anatolian red deer stag roars during the annual rut, near Mount Uludağ in northwest Turkey
A pair of climbers stand atop the Cavall Bernat monolith in the Montserrat massif of northeast Spain
Max Fried #54 of the New York Yankees warms up in the bullpen before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York, United States
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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.