The Week in Photos

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A weekly photo essay featuring images from one of the week’s most noteworthy events.

Floods Strand Thousands in Myanmar (in Photos)

Heavy rains flooded Myanmar this week, displacing 150,000 people and killing at least 12.

Smoke from the fire has created dangerous air-quality conditions in Yosemite Valley.

Since the countries' leaders signed a peace agreement on July 9th, Ethiopia and Eritrea have withdrawn troops and re-opened travel.

A spate of deadly bombings has killed more than 100 people at election rallies across the country.

Economic inequality and unregulated carbon emissions are predicted to continue to exacerbate damage in an already-vulnerable region of the world.

Maryland resident Jarrod Ramos opened fire in the Capital Gazette newspaper offices in Annapolis, shooting and killing five employees.

Saudi Arabia is set to lift its decades-old ban on women driving on Sunday.

Marches occur across the country while, simultaneously, children and families are detained at the U.S. border.

Guatemala struggles to recover from its most severe volcanic eruption in 45 years.

Campaigns against single-use plastic waste are picking up steam.