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Photos of the Week: Sound Battle, Stork Center, Gorilla Puppet

The Grand National horse race in Liverpool, a Nepali New Year festival in Kathmandu, a stranded parachutist in France, an anti–Elon Musk event in London, and much more

By Alan Taylor
A Greek monastery, perched atop a narrow rock spire with steep cliffs all around.
Michael Probst / AP

The Grand National horse race in Liverpool, deadly flooding in Kinshasa, racing pigeons in England, a Nepali New Year festival in Kathmandu, a stranded parachutist in France, a target-jumping competition in Poland, an anti–Elon Musk event in London, and much more.

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.