See 11 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

For $2 a go, tourists can purchase sticks of dynamite and experience them exploding in the “nightmarish” subterranean world ...

Britain’s most delicious race is back! Find out why people have been running with frying pans since the 1400s.

Luc Gnago / Reuters Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday ... Hector Quintanar / Getty Images On Tuesday, people of African descent get ready for the Carnival ...

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The sun came out in Wiltshire this week and the county has welcomed rare wildlife and also pancakes and spring re-openings.

A historic sport which dates back centuries has taken to the streets of a town in the Scottish Borders once more. Jedburgh's ...

Royal Shrovetide is a centuries-old ball game played in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It looks nothing like the world's most popular ...

Salisbury City Council Flipping fun: Shrove Tuesday led to some racing in the centre of Salisbury. Raising money for the local foodbank, people competed to win the Golden Frying Pan in the pancake ...

Photo: Lucy Young The Leadenhall Market pancake race is much of a Shrove Tuesday staple as lemon and sugar, with local workers and visitors going head-to-head on a 20-metre cobbled course ...

Chickens lay eggs through their cloaca, also known as the vent. It is a multi-purpose exit where chickens poop from, where ...