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

In December the 24-year-old freelance photographer traveled to Israel ... During the 15-minute swim, salt water stung the eyes and dried the mouths of Braz and Öhrman. Neither had brought ...

Did you know that there are some birds that can swim and fly? Did you also know that birds are descendants of a group of dinosaurs called theropods? Theropods are characterized by hollow bones ...