Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.

Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Elon Musk said Tuesday he was exploring a presidential pardon for “Bitcoin Jesus,” who was ...

Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE While it is too early to determine how the public will respond to Biden's warning, the experts who spoke with ABC News contended that history has shown that ...

Brandon Bell / Getty Images Writing on social media, he said: “I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol ...

Multiple wildfires across Los Angeles have caused widespread devastation and killed 25 people. The fires have burned over 40,000 acres with high winds making them difficult to contain. Photos show ...

Donald Trump blasts Michelle Obama at Georgia rally, says she was ‘nasty’ to him (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP, photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP ...

As wind-whipped fires turned the L.A.-area neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades and Altadena from sunny Southern California paradise into smoky hellscape, photojournalists who captured the blazes ...

Multiple wildfires across Los Angeles have caused widespread devastation and killed 25 people. The fires have burned over 40,000 acres with high winds making them difficult to contain. Photos show ...

Valero Energy Corp. is scheduled to release third quarter earnings later this week. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Gas prices saw a notable increase in December 2024, with the gasoline index rising 4.4 ...

AFP/Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Republican-led House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 218–206 in favor of barring transgender students from playing on female sports teams at federally funded ...

Pictures: Darrin Phegley, Kayla Bartkowski, Brandon Bell / Getty Images via AFP, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images While representatives of the Albanese government Ambassador to the United States ...

Musk will lead the new Department of Government Efficiency alongside former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) In a post to X responding to the SEC, Musk ...