Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2026
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Jon Orbach, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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FILE - Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - A tribal Bodo woman works in a mustard field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
FILE - Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Sanz Hasidic dynasty prepare a table with fruit to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, or the "New Year of the Trees," in Netanya, Israel, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
FILE - Fisherman Mauricio Contreras removes a fish from his net aboard his boat as night falls near Los Arrecifes, Mexico, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)
FILE - Carlos Alcaraz of Spain reacts after winning the men's singles final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
FILE - An aerial view of waste clogging the Drina river in Visegrad, Bosnia, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut, File)
FILE - Stefania Terre, who is blind, uses a small light on her fingers while touching a life-size reproduction of the head of Michelangelo's David as she poses for a long-exposure photograph at the Omero Tactile Museum in Ancona, Italy, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
FILE - A woman holds up a cell phone flashlight as she chats with a friend during a scheduled power outage as part of energy rationing in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba's largest thermoelectric plants, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - Yuliia Dolotova pulls her son in a stroller up apartment stairs during a power outage caused by Russia's repeated air strikes on the country's power grid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergey Grits, File)
FILE - Former Syrian Democratic Forces members line up at a government-run reconciliation center to obtain official clearance documents stating they have left the group, a move aimed at avoiding further legal prosecution, in Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
FILE - Mahmoud Abu Ishaq, 14, who is suffering vision loss due to a corneal condition, has his eye shown to the camera by his father as they await permission to travel outside the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, in Khan Younis, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
FILE - Sumo wrestlers train during a morning practice at Ajigawa stable in Tokyo, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
FILE - Razed homes are seen days after an attack that left dozens dead in the Muslim-majority village of Woro, Nigeria, Feb. 5, 2026, that officials said was targeted for refusing extremist ideology. (AP Photo/Musa Salim, File)
FILE - Meghna Rani, wife of Dipu Chandra Das who was beaten to death by a mob, his body hung from a tree and set on fire, for alleging making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, weeps inside her home in Tarakanda, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)
FILE - A PDVSA worker of the state-owned oil company carries a cutout of former President Nicolas Maduro dressed as an oil worker during a rally to back an oil reform bill proposed by acting President Delcy Rodriguez to loosen state control and open the industry to private and foreign investment in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
FILE - Chappell Roan arrives at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Feb. 1, 2026. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP File)
FILE - People take part in the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, to come out and make his prediction during the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)
FILE - Christian Stoinev performs with his chihuahua, Scooby, during the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - An aerial view of the Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Ill., on a snowy Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
FILE - Press secretary Karoline Leavitt and chief of staff Susie Wiles check their phones as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE - China's Eileen Gu practices during a freestyle skiing slopestyle training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
FILE - Residents film and yell at federal agents to leave their neighborhood while agents conduct immigration enforcement operations in a neighborhood in Minneapolis, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)
FILE - A person is detained by federal agents in Minneapolis, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)
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FILE - Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - A tribal Bodo woman works in a mustard field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
FILE - Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Sanz Hasidic dynasty prepare a table with fruit to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, or the "New Year of the Trees," in Netanya, Israel, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
FILE - Fisherman Mauricio Contreras removes a fish from his net aboard his boat as night falls near Los Arrecifes, Mexico, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)
FILE - Carlos Alcaraz of Spain reacts after winning the men's singles final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
FILE - An aerial view of waste clogging the Drina river in Visegrad, Bosnia, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut, File)
FILE - Stefania Terre, who is blind, uses a small light on her fingers while touching a life-size reproduction of the head of Michelangelo's David as she poses for a long-exposure photograph at the Omero Tactile Museum in Ancona, Italy, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
FILE - A woman holds up a cell phone flashlight as she chats with a friend during a scheduled power outage as part of energy rationing in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba's largest thermoelectric plants, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - Yuliia Dolotova pulls her son in a stroller up apartment stairs during a power outage caused by Russia's repeated air strikes on the country's power grid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergey Grits, File)
FILE - Former Syrian Democratic Forces members line up at a government-run reconciliation center to obtain official clearance documents stating they have left the group, a move aimed at avoiding further legal prosecution, in Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
FILE - Mahmoud Abu Ishaq, 14, who is suffering vision loss due to a corneal condition, has his eye shown to the camera by his father as they await permission to travel outside the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, in Khan Younis, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
FILE - Sumo wrestlers train during a morning practice at Ajigawa stable in Tokyo, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
FILE - Razed homes are seen days after an attack that left dozens dead in the Muslim-majority village of Woro, Nigeria, Feb. 5, 2026, that officials said was targeted for refusing extremist ideology. (AP Photo/Musa Salim, File)
FILE - Meghna Rani, wife of Dipu Chandra Das who was beaten to death by a mob, his body hung from a tree and set on fire, for alleging making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, weeps inside her home in Tarakanda, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)
FILE - A PDVSA worker of the state-owned oil company carries a cutout of former President Nicolas Maduro dressed as an oil worker during a rally to back an oil reform bill proposed by acting President Delcy Rodriguez to loosen state control and open the industry to private and foreign investment in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
FILE - Chappell Roan arrives at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Feb. 1, 2026. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP File)
FILE - People take part in the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, to come out and make his prediction during the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)
FILE - Christian Stoinev performs with his chihuahua, Scooby, during the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - An aerial view of the Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Ill., on a snowy Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
FILE - Press secretary Karoline Leavitt and chief of staff Susie Wiles check their phones as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
FILE - China's Eileen Gu practices during a freestyle skiing slopestyle training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
FILE - Residents film and yell at federal agents to leave their neighborhood while agents conduct immigration enforcement operations in a neighborhood in Minneapolis, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)
FILE - A person is detained by federal agents in Minneapolis, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)
