July 24 - July 30, 2026
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anne Marie Belgrave highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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People bathe in the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People gather outside the Brandenburg Gate for a demonstration in support of LGBTQ+ after a car rammed into a crowd at the Pride March in Berlin, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin's annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A child rests his head on the coffin of a Popular Mobilization Forces fighter draped in the Iraqi flag during a funeral for Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on PMF bases in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Mahasen Faqih is seen through a shattered glass door as she checks her home, destroyed during the Israeli military operation, after returning to it in Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A house destroyed by a wildfire is photographed near Almorox, Toledo province, Spain, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
A group hold a firehose and try to suppress a fire near Lacanau, as wildfires rage outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
The sun rises as Shiite pilgrims march on their way, to Karbala, to observe Arbaeen that marks the end of a 40-day mourning period following the Day of Ashura, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
With a backdrop of the Space Needle, candles are seen lighted during the vigil for victims the day after a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival, Monday, July 27, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Douglas Johnson grabs a pile of shirts from his home after a tornado struck, Monday, July 27, 2026, in Menasha, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Vehicles are crushed under collapsed buildings in Yatsushiro, southwestern Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, the day after an earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Haidar Darwish, a Syrian belly dancer with the Berlin-based LGBTQ collective Queens Against Borders, performs during an open-air show in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Indian laborers carry saplings for planting as part of government's tree planting campaign at Gadha Katra Village Shankargarh, on the outskirts of Prayagraj, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A child pets a cat during a visit to the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People dressed in costumes perform during the mask festival in Porto-Novo, Benin, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Peru's President Keiko Fujimori walks to the presidential palace after her inauguration in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Firefighters work to suppress a fire near Ares, during wildfires in the area of southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides past the Arc de Triomphe during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Alia Leat of England competes in the Women's Balance Beam final of Artistic Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Britain's Anthony Joshua arrives for the heavyweight title fight with Albania's Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Issa)
A fetal figure is displayed in an installation by artist Jonathan Elkies in the Resilience Department during the "Hospital of Emotions" exhibition inside a former hospital building in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
The Washington Monument is seen in the background of the now drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
President Donald Trump speaks about Dulles International Airport modernization, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
An Armed Forces Body Bearer Team moves the casket of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., upon arrival for a Congressional tribute in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
Family of Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad, aunt Judy Rackal, left, mother Carol Acevedo, center, and sister Laura Tamby, right, attend a candlelight vigil outside her home in Ozone Park, Monday, July 27, 2026, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians evacuate an injured man following an Israeli military strike, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
People bathe in the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People gather outside the Brandenburg Gate for a demonstration in support of LGBTQ+ after a car rammed into a crowd at the Pride March in Berlin, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin's annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A child rests his head on the coffin of a Popular Mobilization Forces fighter draped in the Iraqi flag during a funeral for Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on PMF bases in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Mahasen Faqih is seen through a shattered glass door as she checks her home, destroyed during the Israeli military operation, after returning to it in Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A house destroyed by a wildfire is photographed near Almorox, Toledo province, Spain, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
A group hold a firehose and try to suppress a fire near Lacanau, as wildfires rage outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
The sun rises as Shiite pilgrims march on their way, to Karbala, to observe Arbaeen that marks the end of a 40-day mourning period following the Day of Ashura, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
With a backdrop of the Space Needle, candles are seen lighted during the vigil for victims the day after a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival, Monday, July 27, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Douglas Johnson grabs a pile of shirts from his home after a tornado struck, Monday, July 27, 2026, in Menasha, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Vehicles are crushed under collapsed buildings in Yatsushiro, southwestern Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, the day after an earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Haidar Darwish, a Syrian belly dancer with the Berlin-based LGBTQ collective Queens Against Borders, performs during an open-air show in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Indian laborers carry saplings for planting as part of government's tree planting campaign at Gadha Katra Village Shankargarh, on the outskirts of Prayagraj, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A child pets a cat during a visit to the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People dressed in costumes perform during the mask festival in Porto-Novo, Benin, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Peru's President Keiko Fujimori walks to the presidential palace after her inauguration in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Firefighters work to suppress a fire near Ares, during wildfires in the area of southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides past the Arc de Triomphe during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Alia Leat of England competes in the Women's Balance Beam final of Artistic Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Britain's Anthony Joshua arrives for the heavyweight title fight with Albania's Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Issa)
A fetal figure is displayed in an installation by artist Jonathan Elkies in the Resilience Department during the "Hospital of Emotions" exhibition inside a former hospital building in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
The Washington Monument is seen in the background of the now drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
President Donald Trump speaks about Dulles International Airport modernization, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
An Armed Forces Body Bearer Team moves the casket of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., upon arrival for a Congressional tribute in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
Family of Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad, aunt Judy Rackal, left, mother Carol Acevedo, center, and sister Laura Tamby, right, attend a candlelight vigil outside her home in Ozone Park, Monday, July 27, 2026, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians evacuate an injured man following an Israeli military strike, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
