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The week’s best photos

Servicemen of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces embrace after returning from half a year positioned on the frontline, in Donetsk, Ukraine

Servicemen of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces embrace after returning from half a year positioned on the frontline, in Donetsk, Ukraine (Image credit: Serhii Korovainyi / Reuters)

An aerial photograph shows rapeseed fields in bloom in Warrington, United Kingdom, as global food production continues to be affected by conflict in the Middle East (Image credit: Adam Vaughan / EPA / Shutterstock)

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe poses with his new world record time written on his running shoe at the finish of the 2026 London Marathon, breaking the two-hour mark for the first time in history (Image credit: Justin Tallis / AFP / Getty Images)

An oil vessel is silhouetted at sunset in the Caribbean Sea, near Santa Marta, Colombia (Image credit: Ivan Valencia / AP Photo)

A Basra Oil Company employee is seen at the Nahr Bin Umar oil field on the outskirts of Basra, Iraq (Image credit: Hussein Faleh / AFP / Getty Images)

King Charles III is greeted by attendees after addressing a Joint Meeting of Congress in the House Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC (Image credit: Kylie Cooper / Pool / AFP / Getty Images)

A wall of smoke rises as wildfire spreads across a military training ground near Veluwe in the Netherlands (Image credit: Bram Van De Biezen / ANP / AFP / Getty Images)

Police spray a group of Ultra-Orthodox Jews with a water cannon during a protest against compulsory military service in Jerusalem, Israel (Image credit: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters)

Revellers in costume take part in Alardo’day celebrations, recreating skirmishes between the Moors and Christians using muzzle-loading arquebuses, in Alcoi, Spain (Image credit: Pablo Miranzo / EPA / Shutterstock)

A stork flies over its nest on an electricity pylon near Frankfurt, Germany (Image credit: Michael Probst / AP Photo)

A large crowd of demonstrators gather to protest against undocumented migrants in Johannesburg, South Africa (Image credit: Wikus de Wet / AFP / Getty Images)

A group of girls sing as they mimic the flight of missiles with their hands during a rally celebrating the birthday of Imam Reza, in Tehran, Iran (Image credit: Vahid Salemi / AP Photo)

A warm embrace, a record-breaking shoe, and more

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