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

Pancake Day 2025 is officially upon us, when eating piles of pancakes is almost compulsory and videos of disastrous ‘ ...

Shrove Tuesday always falls on the seventh week before ... Get your ingredients ready (Credits: Getty Images) Pancakes are traditionally eaten because they were a way to use the rich foods people ...

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

He works at the Historical Centre in Ashbourne, where Royal Shrovetide Football features heavily. One of the repainted balls ...

You'll flip over its much-loved stereo modulation doodad – but be sure to grab this one-day-only offer while it's hot ...

If you’re planning on making pancakes today (as you should be), there has been an urgent warning issued that you won’t want ...

Getty Images Yes, Shrove Tuesday is also known as Fat Tuesday, particularly in the United States. However, Fat Tuesday (or Mardi Gras) typically involves more raucous celebrations: street parties ...

Professor Emmanuela Gakidou, of the University of Washington in the US, who led the research, said that the “unprecedented ...

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