Obviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called slideshows. To do it in a little more organized way, though, I recently began this weekly feature called “Photo Galleries Of The Week.” This post is a “round-up” of online slideshows I’m adding to various “The Best…” lists:

The world’s strangest buildings is a BBC slideshow. I’m adding it to The Best Images Of Weird, Cool & Neat-Looking Buildings (& Ways To Design Your Own).

Japan: Tsunami Clean-Up is an MSNBC slideshow. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, Part Two.

Chile’s Ash Covers Argentine Towns is a Wall Street Journal slideshow. I’m adding it The Best Sites For Learning About The Puyehue Volcano Eruption in Chile.

World War II In Photos is the start of a twenty part series of photos about…World War II. I’m adding it to The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part Two).

Photo Essay: Syrians Escape to Turkey is a photo gallery from The PBS News Hour. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day. I’m also adding a special photo presentation recognizing sixty years of the United Nations Refugee Agency and UN report on refugees – in pictures from The Guardian to the same list.