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Photos of the Week: Beach Cow, Snow Cat, Blessed Honey

The aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar, snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics, a partially-submerged church in Spain, an eruption of Mount Etna in Italy, and much more

By Alan Taylor
A helicopter dumps water over a smoky hillside, with firefighters standing in the foreground.
Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP

The aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar, snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics, a partially-submerged church in Spain, a mudslide in Colombia, an eruption of Mount Etna in Italy, a performance at the the Brit Awards in London, a camel market in Sudan, skateboarding in Los Angeles, and much more

About the Author

Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.