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Received — 9 October 2026 ⏭

Photos of the Week: Sleep Competition, Foggy Landscape, Virtual Tae Kwon Do

✇The Atlantic
By: Alan Taylor
9 October 2026 at 15:00
A person stands close to a huge circular curved mirror, their face magnified and distorted in the reflection.
Kin Cheung / AP
A visitor looks into a mirror, the “Inverse Reverse Perverse” installation by Cerith Wyn Evans, during a media preview of “The 90s: Art and Fashion” exhibition at Tate Britain in London on October 6, 2026.
A gymnast leaps high in the air, their head tilted so far back. It appears to be missing.
Edgar Su / Reuters
Japan’s Mirano Kita competes in the women’s individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, on October 3, 2026.
A tennis player yells in celebration.
Achmad Ibrahim / AP
China’s Zheng Qinwen celebrates after defeating Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, during the third round of the women’s singles match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on October 5, 2026.
A stag lifts its head and bellows.
Alastair Grant / AP
A stag bellows during the rutting season in Bushy Park, London, on October 5, 2026.
A woman holds a small dog that barks as it is sprinkled with holy water.
Franklin Jacome / Agencia Press South / Getty
A woman holds a dog while a priest sprinkles holy water during a blessing-of-pets ceremony at Plaza de San Francisco on October 3, 2026, in downtown Quito, Ecuador.
A girl carries a large rabbit, holding it during a pet-blessing ceremony.
Esteban Felix / AP
A girl carries her rabbit for a pet-blessing ceremony at the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi in Santiago, Chile, on October 4, 2026.
A leashed dog sits on a sidewalk, its fur dyed in multiple bright colors.
Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty
A dog whose coat has been dyed using multiple colors sits on a street corner in central Paris on October 8, 2026.
A drone explodes in a fireball between two tall bridge supports.
Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters
A Russian jet-powered drone strikes a bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 2, 2026.
Ukrainian soldiers drive a truck down a road covered in anti-drone netting.
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Servicemen of the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces drive a vehicle on a road covered with anti-drone nets near the front line in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on October 2, 2026.
A long-lens view of a busy and crowded street in New York City.
Charly Triballeau / AFP / Getty
Pedestrians and cars move along Broadway in the Manhattan borough of New York City on October 7, 2026.
A woman looks out at the illuminated Petronas Twin Towers from a high-rise building.
I-Hwa Cheng / AFP / Getty
A woman looks out at the Petronas Twin Towers from a high-rise building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 6, 2026.
Two people hold traditional hand-held fireworks during a festival, with sparks raining down on them.
Yasuyoshi Chiba / Getty
Participants with traditional handheld tezutsu fireworks during the annual festival at Hada Hachimangu Shrine on October 3, 2026, in Toyohashi, Japan.
A demonstrator walks past burning trash cans during a protest.
Emilio Morenatti / AP
A person walks past burning trash cans in Barcelona, Spain, set ablaze by protesters after clashes with police during a demonstration over the country’s housing crisis, on October 5, 2026.
Waitstaff celebrate with sparklers at the Oktoberfest closing party.
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Waitstaff celebrate with sparklers at the Oktoberfest closing party in the Hofbräu Festzelt tent at the Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany, on October 4, 2026.
Two athletes wearing virtual reality goggles kick as they compete in a 'virtual taekwondo' event.
David Gray / AFP / Getty
Iran’s Amirsina Bakhtiari (left) competes against Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Jaysunov in the mixed individual virtual tae kwon do round of 16 at the 2026 Asian Games in Toyohashi, Japan, on October 2, 2026.
People watch as two humanoid robots fight.
Edgar Su / Reuters
EngineAI T800 robots fight during the ARC League’s humanoid combat competition in Singapore on October 7, 2026.
Three soldiers are seen in silhouette against a blue sky.
Mauro Pimentel / AFP / Getty
Army soldiers provide security at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the presidential election on October 4, 2026.
A small commuter train travels through a foggy landscape.
Michael Probst / AP
A regional train passes foggy valleys in Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on October 2, 2026.
A close view of a miniature scale model of a person looking under the hood of an older car.
Hendrik Schmidt / DPA / Getty
The Thuringia Plastic-Model-Building Club’s booth at a hobby fair in Leipzig, Germany, features a miniature display on everyday life in the former East Germany (including a Trabant parked next to a gas station) on October 2, 2026.
A protester dressed as an electronic voting machine holds up a placard reading 'I have been hacked.'
Francis Mascarenhas / Reuters
A person dressed as an electronic voting machine holds a placard at a protest in Mumbai, India, demanding the resignation of the country’s chief election commissioner, on October 4, 2026.
A six-rotor drone carries a takeaway delivery bag over residential buildings.
Cheng Xin / Getty
A drone carries a yellow takeout-food-delivery bag above residential buildings in Shenzhen, China, on October 4, 2026.
A helicopter chases a rally race car as it kicks up dust on a dirt road.
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Jon Armstrong competes in his Ford Puma Rally1 at Rally Italia Sardegna, FIA World Rally Championship, on October 4, 2026, in Olbia, Italy.
A man watches a storm sweep across a harbor.
Jeremy Piper / Reuters
A man watches a storm sweep across Narrabeen Beach in Sydney, Australia, on October 3, 2026.
An elevated view of a line of fire burning across fields and forest, with one burning palm tree prominent at center.
Edmar Barros / AP
Wildfires spread near the municipality of Iranduba, in Brazil’s Amazonas state, on October 2, 2026.
A small wildfire burns near residential buildings.
Ernesto Benavides / AFP / Getty
Firefighting vehicles at a fire on the Costa Verde cliffs, in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, on October 4, 2026
A gazelle walks through dunes near Dubai.
Fadel Senna / AFP / Getty
An Arabian sand gazelle walks through dunes in the Dubai suburbs on October 3, 2026.
People take photographs standing in a field of blooming pink grass.
Chen Haiwei / VCG / Getty
Tourists view blooming pink grass at Sanhewan Park on October 7, 2026, in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
More than a dozen people lie in individual numbered beds during a sleep competition.
Takashi Aoyama / Getty
Contestants at a sleep competition on October 5, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan. Participants’ sleep quality, depth, and stability were monitored during a 90-minute challenge, with the winner receiving 2.22 million yen ($14,100).

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A visitor looks into a mirror, the “Inverse Reverse Perverse” installation by Cerith Wyn Evans, during a media preview of “The 90s: Art and Fashion exhibition” at Tate Britain in London on October 6, 2026.
Received — 7 October 2026 ⏭

Photos: The Student Protests in France

✇The Atlantic
By: Alan Taylor
7 October 2026 at 18:09
People gather on and around a large statue in Paris during a student protest.
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People gather on and around a statue in the center of Place de la République at the end of a demonstration on a day of nationwide protests organized by high-school students and joined by unions and teachers, who for days have been demanding better learning conditions, in Paris, on October 6, 2026.
A large crowd of protesting students carrying many hand-made signs
Stephane Mahe / Reuters
French high-school and university students attend a demonstration on a nationwide day of protests and blockades, in Nantes on October 6, 2026. Demonstrators are voicing their anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, underinvestment, dilapidated school buildings, recent police actions, and more.
Riot police watch a fire at a makeshift barricade set up by protesters in a city street.
Olivier Chassignole / AFP / Getty
Riot police watch a fire at a makeshift barricade set up by protesters during a demonstration organized by high-school students in Lyon on October 6, 2026.
A group of riot police in full gear run down a street. One hurdles a toppled garbage bin.
Philippe Lopez / AFP / Getty
Riot police charge protesters at the end of a student demonstration in Bordeaux on October 6, 2026.
Student protesters, including one wearing a pigeon mask, push on the shields of several riot police.
Lou Benoist / AFP / Getty
Riot police face protesting students who carry out a blockade outside Lycée Le Corbusier, in Aubervilliers, Paris, on October 1, 2026.
A riot police officer in full gear, holding a baton, stands much taller than a young person they are detaining.
Jean-Christophe Verhaegen / AFP / Getty
A youth is detained by a riot police officer in Nancy on October 5, 2026.
Student protesters stand together in a street behind a makeshift barricade of garbage bins and scaffolding.
Tom Nicholson / Getty
Students block the road outside Sciences Po during a protest on October 7, 2026, in Paris.
Protesting students gather and hold placards as they blockade part of a school.
Lou Benoist / AFP / Getty
Protesting students gather and hold placards as they blockade part of Lycée Turgot in Paris on October 5, 2026.
A high-school principal stands outside a school building beside damaged doors and debris, after a protest.
Yves Herman / Reuters
Carole Zerbib, the principal of Lycée Vauquelin, talks with journalists in front of the school’s damaged entrance doors and a pile of bicycles and garbage bins set on fire by protesters, in Paris, on October 5, 2026.
Students protesters tear down a traffic light.
Jean-Francois Badias / AP
Students tear down a traffic light next to Lycée César Baggio, which was blocked in protest of the government’s release of next year’s draft budget, in Lille, on September 29, 2026.
A police officer, one of three officers in riot gear, aims a riot-control weapon.
Christophe Archambault / AFP / Getty
A police officer aims a riot-control weapon during a demonstration in Bordeaux on October 6, 2026.
Protesters walk away from a cloud of tear gas.
Yves Herman / Reuters
Protesters walk through tear gas amid clashes at Place de la Nation during a demonstration in Paris on October 6, 2026.
Police officers spray protesting students with pepper spray.
Thibault Camus / AP
Police officers spray students with pepper spray near Sciences Po as they protest under-resourced schools, in Paris on October 7, 2026.
A protesting student reacts beside a burning barricade in a street.
Ed Jones / AFP / Getty
A student protester stands beside a barricade near Lycée Déodat de Séverac in Toulouse on October 1, 2026.
A student protester falls as they are detained by many riot police officers surrounding them.
Sarah Meyssonnier / Reuters
Riot police detain a protester on the Boulevard Saint-Germain during a demonstration outside Sciences Po in Paris on October 7, 2026.
Riot police officers stand in a street as fireworks go off above them.
Olivier Chassignole / AFP / Getty
Riot police officers stand as fireworks go off above them during a demonstration in Lyon on October 6, 2026.
A student protester wearing a face mask walks, holding their head; cloud of tear gas is in the background.
Ed Jones / AFP / Getty
Protesters shield themselves from tear gas fired by riot police during a demonstration in Toulouse on October 6, 2026.
A large crowd of protesters marches on a tree-lined avenue.
Ed Jones / AFP / Getty
Protesters march during part of a nationwide protest movement, in Toulouse, on October 6, 2026.
Protesters march while chanting. One, at the center, holds a megaphone.
Ed Jones / AFP / Getty
Protesters rally in Toulouse on October 6, 2026.
Protesting students raise their hands in front of riot police officers.
Tom Nicholson / Getty
Students raise their hands in front of riot police officers as they demonstrate outside Sciences Po on October 7, 2026, in Paris.
Protesting students chant in front of a blockaded high school.
on Thibault Camus / AP
Students chant in front of a blockaded high school as they protest against under-resourced schools, in Paris, on October 7, 2026.

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People gather on and around a statue in the center of Place de la République at the end of a demonstration on a day of nationwide protests organized by high-school students and joined by unions and teachers, who for days have been demanding better learning conditions, in Paris, on October 6, 2026.
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