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Photos of the Week: Alpine Swing, Disaster Simulation, Lumberjack Championship

A medieval full-contact-combat exhibition in France, celebrations in Spain after its World Cup win, scenes from the ongoing Tour de France cycling race, and much more

By · July 24, 2026 · 4 min read
This article was originally published by The Atlantic and is republished here under license.
Members of the press photograph a dead mouse caught by Larry the cat, who sits nearby.
Stefan Rousseau / PA Images / Reuters
Members of the press photograph a dead mouse caught by Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the U.K. Cabinet Office, during incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street, in London, on July 21, 2026.
A woman stands with her cat near an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike.
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A woman stands with her cat near an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in the town of Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on July 20, 2026.
Several people walk on a road past the smoke of a fire burning in the distance.
Tatyana Makeyeva / AFP / Getty
Local residents walk past the smoke of a fire at a logistics complex for the Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries, in the town of Elektrostal, outside Moscow, Russia, on July 18, 2026. A Ukrainian drone attack on two logistics centers in Russia killed eight people and injured 24, officials said on July 18, 2026.
A firefighting aircraft flies above a wildfire in a forest.
Thibaud Moritz / AFP / Getty
A French civil-security aircraft flies above a wildfire burning in a forest surrounding Cotignac, in southeastern France, on July 23, 2026.
Several groups of climbers, seen on snowpack atop a distant mountain
Denis Balibouse / Reuters
Rope parties climb the Breithorn from the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise on a warm summer day in Zermatt, Switzerland, on July 17, 2026.
Several tourists take pictures inside an artificial ice cave.
Chen Bin / VCG / Getty
Tourists visit Ice Curtain Cave, an artificial ice-and-snow attraction in in Jiaogang Lake Scenic Area on July 18, 2026, in Huainan, Anhui province, China.
People wearing wetsuits train for a disaster by walking out of a concrete structure through torrents of falling water.
Go Nakamura / Reuters
Participants practice evacuating an underground facility during a typhoon-survival training session at a disaster-simulation training center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on July 15, 2026.
A person uses a small pipe coming from a spring to fill one of dozens of large bottles set up in a narrow stream bed.
Bay Ismoyo / AFP / Getty
Villagers collect spring water with bottles at Gunung Batur village in Cilegon, Banten province, Indonesia, on July 17, 2026, after struggling to access groundwater at their homes in part due to the impact of El Niño, which has brought a prolonged dry season and triggered extreme drought, threatening food security in various regions of Indonesia. The country’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency has warned that the country’s dry season will be more intense and prolonged than average.
A speed-blurred view from behind, of bicycle racers speeding down a curved road past a tall hedge
Mosa’ab Elshamy / AP
Riders speed down a road during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, on their way to Voiron, France, on July 22, 2026.
Several players vie for the ball during a women’s amputee soccer clinic.
Juan Karita / AP
Players vie for the ball during a women’s amputee soccer clinic in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on July 17, 2026.
A runner celebrates on the track after setting a new world record in the mile.
Ali Habib / ZUMA Press Wire / Reuters
Josh Kerr of Great Britain celebrates after setting a world-record time of 3:42:66 to win the Emsley Carr Mile during the Novuna London Athletics Meet at London Stadium on July 18, 2026.
A soccer player celebrates, running on the pitch, after scoring a goal.
Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
During the World Cup Final at New York New Jersey Stadium, Spain’s Ferran Torres celebrates after scoring a goal against Argentina on July 19, 2026. Spain went on to win the match, 1-0.
Spain’s national soccer team celebrates their World Cup win on a stage, as President Trump appears to be ushered off stage by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
Dan Mullan / Getty
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (right) appears to urge Donald Trump to leave the stage as Spain’s national team prepares to lift the FIFA World Cup winner’s trophy, celebrating their victory against Argentina on July 19, 2026, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
A large crowd of supporters celebrate with Spain's national football team, who stand on a stage.
Bernat Armangue / AP
Players from Spain’s national soccer team celebrate with supporters at Cibeles Square in Madrid on July 20, 2026, after their World Cup win.
Protesters and police scuffle in India, pushing against fencing that separates them.
Vipin / AP
Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party scuffle with police as they attempt to march toward India’s Parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister, in New Delhi, India, on July 20, 2026.
An elevated view of a wildfire forming a long line of flames across a hillside
Ana Beltran / Reuters
A wildfire spreads over the Burgohondo mountains, in Ávila, Spain, on July 23, 2026.
People wade through muddy, fast-flowing floodwater.
Abdul Majeed / AFP / Getty
Residents wade through racing floodwater following heavy monsoon rains at Landi Kotal, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on July 20, 2026.
An aerial view of low water levels in the Danube River, with several people swimming at the bottom of the photo.
Nenad Mihajlovic / AFP / Getty
An aerial view of the low water level of the Danube River, captured near Bačka Palanka, Serbia, on July 19, 2026
A man jumps into a river on a hot day, leaping from a small rock outcropping with a tiny house-shaped building on it.
Djordje Kojadinovic / Reuters
A man jumps into the Drina River during a hot summer day near Bajina Bašta, Serbia, on July 18, 2026
Artwork seen near a harbor, featuring a large sculpture of a man's head attached to a ladder, with an umbrella-holding girl climbing on it.
Ramon Espinosa / AP
Artwork by the Cuban artist Osmany Betancourt stands on exhibit in Havana Bay, Cuba, on July 19, 2026.
A close view of a bicycle racer, wearing a large helmet with a broad mirrored visor
Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters
Nicolas Prodhomme rides during the Stage 16 individual-time trials at the Tour de France in Thonon-les-Bains, France, on July 21, 2026
A humanoid robot uses a camera to take photos during an exhibition.
Long Wei / VCG / Getty
A humanoid robot takes photos for visitors during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference on July 17, 2026, in Shanghai, China.
A person adjusts the medieval armor helmet they are wearing.
Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP / Getty
A member of the Béhourd Sport Carcassonne club adjusts their armor as they prepare to compete against one another in a “buhurt” medieval full-contact-combat exercise during a historical festival in Mirepoix, France, on July 18, 2026.
Four competitors in a lumberjack competition stand on planks wedged into tree trunks, swinging axes to cut through the trunks.
Ellen Schmidt / AP
The final springboard-chop event takes place during the Lumberjack World Championships on July 18, 2026, in Hayward, Wisconsin.
People ride on a giant swing set on the edge of a cliff high in the mountains.
Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty
Tourists enjoy the new BalancAIR, a giant swing at the top of the Grand Chamossaire peak, above Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, on July 20, 2026.
An aerial view of a large painting made on an alpine field, above a ski resort. The painting depicts a boy, kneeling, drawing on the ground.
Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty
An aerial photograph of a giant land-art fresco by the French artist Guillaume Legros, known as Saype, depicting a boy drawing, captured above Villars-sur-Ollon on July 20, 2026
An aerial view of a complex and looping highway interchange in a narrow valley
Wu Dongjun / VCG / Getty
An aerial view of the Qianchun Interchange in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China, captured on July 19, 2026. The five-layer interchange consists of 11 ramps and eight exits and entrances.
Plants in several paddy fields are painted with artwork that, seen from the perspective of a nearby tower, depicts a musician playing a stringed instrument.
VCG / Getty
An aerial view of a paddy-field painting at the Dao Meng Space Scenic Area, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, captured on July 21, 2026
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