From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery features compelling images from around the world published by The Associated Press in March.
FILE - People walk among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)
FILE- A man walks away after watching as a black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse in the industrial area of Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026, following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
FILE - Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli military strike on a target next to a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
FILE- Sarah Mullally waves as she leaves after the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, England, March 25, 2026, the first woman ever to lead the Church of England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - A damaged living room is seen in a house that was affected when a nearby residential building was hit in an overnight strike during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)
FILE- A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
FILE- Law enforcement escort families away from the Temple Israel synagogue following an attack, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
FILE - Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)
FILE- A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
FILE- Snow geese take off to resume their northern migration after a stopover at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, March 6, 2026, in Kleinfeltersville, Pa. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari, File)
FILE- Jessie Buckley, left, winner of the award for best actress in a leading role for "Hamnet," and Michael B. Jordan, winner of the award for best actor in a leading role for "Sinners," pose in the press room at the Oscars. March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File))
FILE- Wang Chenyang, of China, crosses the finish line in the cross-country skiing men's 10Km interval start classic standing final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Demonstrators march near the Memorial Bridge during the No Kings protest in Washington, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE- Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned vehicle in Jupiter Island, Fla., March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jason Oteri, File)
FILE - Children play beside a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a schoolyard in the Israeli settlement of Peduel in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
FILE - Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter, Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang, File)
FILE - Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board investigate the site on March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, March 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - People work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE- Mourners take cover while air-raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Israel during the funeral of Sarah Elimelech and her daughter Ronit, who were killed in an Iranian missile attack, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
FILE - Savannah Guthrie visits the "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York, March 5, 2026. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - People eat cups of soup outside during a blackout in Havana, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - A sanitation worker picks up trash next to a mural of César Chavez in Bakersfield, Calif., March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
FILE - Muslims wait before Eid al-Fitr prayers in a sports hall in Bucharest, Romania, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
FILE - A boy tries to climb on an unexploded Iranian projectile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, March 4, 2026.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
FILE - A man stands atop the rubble as smoke rises from a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
FILE - President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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FILE - President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
FILE - People walk among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)
FILE- A man walks away after watching as a black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse in the industrial area of Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026, following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
FILE - Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli military strike on a target next to a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
FILE- Sarah Mullally waves as she leaves after the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, England, March 25, 2026, the first woman ever to lead the Church of England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - A damaged living room is seen in a house that was affected when a nearby residential building was hit in an overnight strike during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)
FILE- A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
FILE- Law enforcement escort families away from the Temple Israel synagogue following an attack, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
FILE - Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)
FILE- A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
FILE- Snow geese take off to resume their northern migration after a stopover at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, March 6, 2026, in Kleinfeltersville, Pa. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari, File)
FILE- Jessie Buckley, left, winner of the award for best actress in a leading role for "Hamnet," and Michael B. Jordan, winner of the award for best actor in a leading role for "Sinners," pose in the press room at the Oscars. March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File))
FILE- Wang Chenyang, of China, crosses the finish line in the cross-country skiing men's 10Km interval start classic standing final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Demonstrators march near the Memorial Bridge during the No Kings protest in Washington, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE- Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned vehicle in Jupiter Island, Fla., March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jason Oteri, File)
FILE - Children play beside a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a schoolyard in the Israeli settlement of Peduel in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
FILE - Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter, Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang, File)
FILE - Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board investigate the site on March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, March 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - People work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
FILE- Mourners take cover while air-raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Israel during the funeral of Sarah Elimelech and her daughter Ronit, who were killed in an Iranian missile attack, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
FILE - Savannah Guthrie visits the "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York, March 5, 2026. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - People eat cups of soup outside during a blackout in Havana, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - A sanitation worker picks up trash next to a mural of César Chavez in Bakersfield, Calif., March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
FILE - Muslims wait before Eid al-Fitr prayers in a sports hall in Bucharest, Romania, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
FILE - A boy tries to climb on an unexploded Iranian projectile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, March 4, 2026.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
FILE - A man stands atop the rubble as smoke rises from a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
FILE - President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
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For years, Susan watched her two children collapse without warning. Episodes of sudden, full-body muscle weakness that came and went — sometimes lasting minutes, sometimes hours. Between episodes, they looked like any other healthy kids. And that was the problem.
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Susan, a single mother in a small town in New Zealand, took her children to doctor after doctor. Blood panels came back normal. She was told the symptoms were stress-related. No referrals. No follow-up. No answers.
She was raising two children with a condition no one could name — and carrying the weight of that question alone.
"I watched my children go from running and playing to being unable to stand," Susan said. "Every time I brought them in, the tests said they were fine. I started to feel like the system had decided I was the problem, not their symptoms."
After her own research, Susan ordered Dante Labs Whole Genome Sequencing for both children. The reports identified pathogenic variants associated with periodic paralysis — an ultra-rare inherited condition affecting approximately 1 in 100,000 people. Standard panels test just a few genes. Whole genome sequencing reads the full DNA.
The variants had been there since birth. Undetected.
When Susan brought the reports to her children's medical team, everything changed. Neurologists accepted the findings. Geneticists followed. Her children now have access to the specialists they needed — clinicians working to confirm the findings, identify triggers, and build a management plan.
"For years, no one listened," Susan said. "Now the best specialists are paying attention. Now my kids have a name for what is happening to them — and a medical team that believes it."
"Behind every genome is a person living inside questions that traditional technologies have not yet answered," said Andrea Riposati, co-founder and CEO of Dante Labs. "The genome provides an unbiased view of every person’s code. We built this company for families like hers."
Susan's name has been anonymized to protect her family's privacy.
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