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A Masai giraffe is loaded onto a truck by rangers during a wildlife relocation operation in Nakuru County, Kenya
A man walks through salt formations in the receding waters of Lake Tuz in Aksaray, Turkey
Indigenous peoples demonstrate outside the Cop30 conference in Belem, Brazil
Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City
A cleaner mops the floor near an art installation ahead of the Noor Riyadh light festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A vendor sells bubble toys on the Galle Face promenade in Colombo, Sri Lanka
American servicemen guard the construction of a section of US-Mexico border wall near Santa Teresa, New Mexico
A newborn two-toed sloth clings to its mother at Łódź Zoo in Poland
Cattle cross the Brahmaputra River on the outskirts of Guwahati, India
An artist sculpts a unicorn from solid ice at an ice bar in Edinburgh, Scotland
Devotees release oil lamps into the river during the Bala Chaturdashi Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal
A resident uses a makeshift raft to navigate the flooded streets of Naivasha, Kenya
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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.
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