Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2026
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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Clouds form over pumpjacks and power transmission towers on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
The Barroso family travels by horse-drawn carriage as they head to school for their two daughters' first day back to classes in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Vincent Tabat smokes a waterpipe inside a nightclub in Sokoto, Nigeria, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
President Donald Trump arrives at an event to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II crew members, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Lithuanian pilot Jurgis Kairys flies through a circle of smoke at the end of the BIAS International Air Show, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Argentina's Victoria Miranda, left, and Brisa Bruggesser celebrate after winning a shootout at the end of the World Cup Field Hockey final match in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
Dale Sanders, 91, climbs a section of Mt. Katahdin, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Ben Shelton, of the United States, returns the ball to Hubert Hurkacz, of Poland, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A partial lunar eclipse is seen on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
The body of driver, after a Russian attack struck a warehouse, followed by an explosion, in the village of Myla, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
A woman walks on a sidewalk at Islamic Revolution street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Greg Metzger, lead field biologist for SOFO's shark research and education program, catches a sand tiger shark off the coast of Hampton Bays, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Amadeo Fusca, winner of the Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest, reacts with the crowd, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
South Africa's Pieter-Steph du Toit, top, misses a high ball during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
Girls stand with their hands clasped as they sing during a street celebration marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Mourners prepare Palestinian Israa al-Hissi, 10, who was killed in an Israeli army strike east of Deir al-Balah, for her funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A firetruck passes as a wildfire called the Plaskett Fire burns towards Highway 1 on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Big Sur, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Golfer Tiger Woods, right, leaves with Vanessa Trump, left, after Woods' plea conference hearing in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida in March, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Stuart, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
A rescued Vietnamese scam worker shows how he exercises using improvised weights made of a wooden stick and water jugs as he waits to be repatriated at the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission temporary detention center, a former scam compound in Pasay, Philippines, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Dancers perform in a tango exhibition during the salon category competition at the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A participant falls while taking part in the horse-riding competition during the World Nomad Games in Kyrchyn Gorge, 240 km (150 miles) southeast of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Great Park in Irvine, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
George Clooney, left, recipient of the golden lion for lifetime achievement and Laura Dern pose for photographers during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
A Palestinian scans a valley with a flashlight as cars move on the top of a hill during a volunteer night watch to help prevent Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank town of Sinjil, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Demonstrators take photos with a cardboard cut out of President Donald Trump near the Lincoln Memorial before the March on Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, meets with Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Residents pull a newly installed zipline to help people commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Clouds form over pumpjacks and power transmission towers on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
The Barroso family travels by horse-drawn carriage as they head to school for their two daughters' first day back to classes in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Vincent Tabat smokes a waterpipe inside a nightclub in Sokoto, Nigeria, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
President Donald Trump arrives at an event to present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II crew members, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Lithuanian pilot Jurgis Kairys flies through a circle of smoke at the end of the BIAS International Air Show, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Argentina's Victoria Miranda, left, and Brisa Bruggesser celebrate after winning a shootout at the end of the World Cup Field Hockey final match in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
Dale Sanders, 91, climbs a section of Mt. Katahdin, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 in Baxter State Park in Piscataquis County, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Ben Shelton, of the United States, returns the ball to Hubert Hurkacz, of Poland, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A partial lunar eclipse is seen on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
The body of driver, after a Russian attack struck a warehouse, followed by an explosion, in the village of Myla, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
A woman walks on a sidewalk at Islamic Revolution street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Greg Metzger, lead field biologist for SOFO's shark research and education program, catches a sand tiger shark off the coast of Hampton Bays, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Amadeo Fusca, winner of the Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest, reacts with the crowd, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
South Africa's Pieter-Steph du Toit, top, misses a high ball during a second Test rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand, in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)
Girls stand with their hands clasped as they sing during a street celebration marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Mourners prepare Palestinian Israa al-Hissi, 10, who was killed in an Israeli army strike east of Deir al-Balah, for her funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A firetruck passes as a wildfire called the Plaskett Fire burns towards Highway 1 on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Big Sur, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Golfer Tiger Woods, right, leaves with Vanessa Trump, left, after Woods' plea conference hearing in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida in March, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Stuart, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
A rescued Vietnamese scam worker shows how he exercises using improvised weights made of a wooden stick and water jugs as he waits to be repatriated at the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission temporary detention center, a former scam compound in Pasay, Philippines, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Dancers perform in a tango exhibition during the salon category competition at the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A participant falls while taking part in the horse-riding competition during the World Nomad Games in Kyrchyn Gorge, 240 km (150 miles) southeast of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Great Park in Irvine, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
George Clooney, left, recipient of the golden lion for lifetime achievement and Laura Dern pose for photographers during the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
A Palestinian scans a valley with a flashlight as cars move on the top of a hill during a volunteer night watch to help prevent Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank town of Sinjil, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Demonstrators take photos with a cardboard cut out of President Donald Trump near the Lincoln Memorial before the March on Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, meets with Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Residents pull a newly installed zipline to help people commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
