The week’s best photos – Velvet classic

The Beas River in India

Two residents run across a bridge as the Beas River floods beneath them in Kullu, India (Image credit: Aqil Khan / AP)

A pack of corgis compete in a 50-meter race during the 2025 Corgi Race in Vilnius, Lithuania (Image credit: Petras Malukas / Getty Images)

A dancer from the Romanian National Opera’s Ballet Studio dances on the street in Bucharest, Romania (Image credit: Andreea Alexandru / AP)

A man dressed as flames attends the Notting Hill Carnival in west London (Image credit: Carlos Jasso / Getty Images)

British soldiers line up in front of an ice cream truck in England (Image credit: Henry Nicholls / Getty Images)

A pack of Arctic wolves captured by photographer Amit Eshel on Ellesmere Island, Canada (Image credit: © Amit Eshel / Wildlife Photographer of the Year)

A dog sleeps on a reclining chair while people rest at a bus terminal in Lucknow, India (Image credit: Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

A crowd hurls tomatoes at each other during the 78th annual La Tomatina Festival in Buñol, Spain (Image credit: Pablo Garcia / Anadolu via Getty Images)

A migrant swims towards a boat near Calais, France (Image credit: Hannah McKay / Reuters)

A silver-painted boy portraying Mahatma Gandhi seeks donations in Hyderabad, India (Image credit: Noah Seelam / Getty Images)

An Israeli air strike hits a building in Sanaa, Yemen (Image credit: Stringer / Reuters)

A farmer collects raisins in Kandahar, Afghanistan (Image credit: Sanaullah Seiam / Getty Images)