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

Bradford-on-Avon’s renowned Pancake Day Race took place over the weekend, as competitors and attendees took to a new location ...

After the double grand march at the conclusion of the Carnival season of almost two months, the monarchs of the Rex ...

A care home held a pancake flipping competition to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. Staff and residents at White Lodge care home in ...

Traditional Pancake Day festivities were enjoyed by pupils and staff at Newby and Scalby Primary School. Special assemblies ...

The celebration of Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday this week launched the solemn season of Lent, which is 40 days of reflection, ...

Residents and staff at a care home in Colchester celebrated Pancake Day by flipping more than 100 pancakes. Woodland View care home, in Turner Road, put on a day of activities for its residents to ...

St. Mary's Episcopal Church hosted its 70th annual Shrove Tuesday Oyster Supper on Tuesday at the Parish Hall.

Lucia Johnstone, 84, of Stonington took a break from prepping for the Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner late Tuesday afternoon to ...

On the night before Ash Wednesday, commonly referred to as Fat Tuesday, the parishioners of Christ Church gathered in their ...

The game starts at 14:00 GMT each Shrove Tuesday, when a ball is launched by someone known as a “turner up” from a ...