See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Time was running out for Asiwa, a Rothschild’s giraffe in western Kenya. For years, she and seven other giraffes had been living on a peninsula that reached out into Lake Baringo. But rising ...

Nortjié says they did not see any other giraffe suffering from the same affliction. This skin disease, where huge lumps are formed on the skin, is caused by the papillomavirus. The photographs ...

A New York Zoo offered a sneak preview of some of the artwork that will be available at its upcoming gala auction: creations ...