Your photos of the week

"I had the great chance to work alongside a farrier whilst he changed the shoes on a number of horses," writes Your Shot photographer Matthew Mallett. "The specialised expertise he has in his field put the horses at such ease that some were literally asleep on their feet as he worked."

"I'm sitting in the observer's seat of an A319, enjoying a smooth colorful approach into Guayaquil airport," writes Your Shot photographer Santiago Borja. "The city lights match the cockpit lights perfectly and we're just seconds from touchdown."

"Watching the sunset over the Grand Canyon is a spiritual experience," writes Your Shot photographer Ashley de la Rosa. "It is so beautiful, and everyone should see it at least once."

Your Shot photographer Joako Mendonça made this long-exposure stormy scene of a cabin on the beach in Rocha, Uruguay.

Your Shot photographer Amy Murgatroyd visited the Museum of Islamic Art on a quiet day in Doha, Qatar with her family where she had the opporunity to make this photograph.

Your Shot photographer Uryadnikov Sergey made this image of a great white shark while it breached.

"This is an image from a large series of self-portraits that I have been creating for two years," writes Your Shot photographer Rachel Heimerman. "It started as a way to celebrate turning 30 but has since grown into a funny project where in my spare time I go to beautiful locations and take a self portrait upside down."

"Dominique realized from a young age that although she was biologically male, she was truly a woman," writes Your Shot photographer Jenn Terrell. "She recalled being stared at and bullied often. She said that she refused to use the bathroom because she couldn't use the women's so she would limit her water intake and wait until she got home."

"After an unexpected snowfall in the Arizona desert, surrounding areas of Phoenix were blanketed in snow, "writes Your Shot photographer Dana Hubbard. "I managed to capture a jaw dropping scene of the desert after the storm, dusted in a blanket of snow with a rainbow peeking out in the distance."

"Young Inuit hunters learn the necessary skills for trapping animals and ice safety from elders in the Iqaluit community in Canada's Nunavut territory," writes Your Shot photographer Lisa Milosavljevic. "Constant temperature fluctuations due to climate change inhibits the consistent cooling from fall to winter to create strong bonds in ice formation. Hunters, the community's food providers, are losing their expensive gear or their lives due to weak ice."

Your Shot photographer Gabi Potocka captured this expressive moment between two pallas cats in the Wrocław Zoological Garden in Poland.

Your Shot photographer Tara Kerzhner photographed a woman as she rock climbs in Rifle, Colorado.

"Nico Devine and Madeline Ray Greeson share a snack after their baseball game in Chattanooga, Tennessee," writes Your Shot photographer Kathleen Greeson. "Both play together on a seven year old all-star team in Tennessee where youth baseball is an all-consuming way of life during the summer."

Your Shot photographer Sachin Chauhan photographed children as they played volleyball in Haryana, India. He writes, "They all are so energetic. These scenes remind me of my childhood days, how I played for hours after completing my homework."