With every edition of the Weekly Update, we aim to strike a balance between the most entertaining stories to come out of our community over the past week, and the most exciting news that stole the headlines at OnePlus. As we uncover exciting new and different stories, the stories in the Weekly Update will continue to change and evolve. In this week’s update, we’re founding an academy, travelling around the world on the forums, and get a little paranoid.Starting with the launch of the OnePlus 3, the Lab has given us an exciting avenue to involve the OnePlus community in development and improvement of our new phones. As with last year’s reviews, this year’s recruits outperformed our expectations with their stunning photos Shot on OnePlus. But, we wanted to do a little more than dropping their photos in a gallery and calling it a day. That’s why we reached out to them to construct a series of feature articles to be shared on Medium. With their insights, stories, and tips, we’ve already managed to take some great pictures of our own. Make sure to read up on them now , and don’t forget to share your best shots.Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder. You better run, you better take cover… That’s right, Australian friends, OnePlus coming down under. It’s all happening later this, when the OnePlus 5 makes landfall in Australia through a soft launch program. In addition to our latest device, we’re also bringing our lovely mugs to Melbourne and Sydney in September. Please check out the thread for more info.Australia’s one of those tricky answers in a game of Atlas, as it starts and ends with the same letter. Good thing there’s plenty of locations that start with A (Austria, Amsterdam, just to name a few.) Why are we talking about Atlas? Because it’s all the rage on our off-topic board right now. Visit the thread by @jsb007 now and let’s have some fun.We’re serious when we say photography is a big deal to us. There’s a lot of talents hidden among our growing OnePlus family, but we want to go beyond showcasing the talents of today by unearthing the talents of tomorrow. That’s why we’re launching the ShotonOnePlus Academy, a series of workshops across the EU where attendees will receive a professional smartphone photography workshop. Check the page for more information.AOSPA has been a key player in the Android development scene for a long time now. Over the years, Paranoid Android has swayed many of us at OnePlus. The development of their latest builds and the stuff they’re working on, has us extremely excited. One of the members of their leadership team recently met up with XDA for an interview on everything Android. It’s definitely worth reading up on the latest and greatest to come out of this ambitious team. Check it out now. Have you ever shot a photo that was so beautiful it would make for a swell phone background? @MKBHD has . Few things are more exciting to us than hitting upon a great fan-shot photo while scrolling through Twitter. So if you’ve been hiding some fantastic shots of your own, don’t be shy and show us what you’ve got.This week, our friends in the UK were visited by the winners of our Student Competition. They’re joining us in our office for a month to implement their campaign idea. It’s been great fun having them around, but they’re better at describing their experiences than I am.“Working at OnePlus is surreal and it's been great to see behind the scenes and be part of the close-knit team that work so hard for the community!” – Adam John Reason“The atmosphere at OnePlus is really interesting, I can now say I've had a meeting at a ping-pong table. Everyone has been very welcoming, especially Fry (the office dog).” – Adam Ross HoskinAnd so another Weekly Update comes to a close. We’ve hit a rich vein of form, so this weekend the entire OnePlus is dedicated to harnessing power in elegance. Thanks for reading.