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 September.
A child dressed as an angel runs during an event dubbed the Little Angels' Parade, a Christian-themed street performance featuring dozens of children wearing angel costumes, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)
Tarek al-Salami, 7, who was displaced from the city of Mokha and is showing symptoms of malnutrition, sits on a bed while receiving treatment at a therapeutic feeding center in Buraiqa, on the western outskirts of Aden, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
Nayef uses a flashlight after spotting Israeli settlers outside his Palestinian-Bedouin family's house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Protesters demand answers over the alleged illegal extradition of Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Henry Naminde)
Rescuers carry the remains of victims of the recent fire on the MV June Aster ferry as they arrive on board a Philippine Coast Guard vessel at the Borac port in Coron, Palawan province, western Philippines, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
New York Giants safety Jevon Holland, top, celebrates his interception with teammates late in the second half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
A gull flies overhead as a boy stands with his bicycle on a beach overlooking commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, behind left, listens to speeches during a meeting with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, sitting second from right, Jared Kushner, sitting second from left, and European representatives in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People wade through a flooded street after heavy rain in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A grieving relative is comforted during a funeral service for victims of a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Scientists test newly developed spacesuits at the LUNA analog facility in preparation of future human and robotic missions to the moon, simulating the lunar surface for astronauts and robotic systems for the European Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center near Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Yurima Izaguirre uses a cell phone flashlight due to a blackout as she wakes her children up to get them ready for their first day of back to school in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Shiite clerics carrying rifles march during the state-organized "Janfada," or "Sacrifice for Iran," military-style parade at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A Mercedes decorated with images of President Donald Trump is seen outside before the Republican convention Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Health workers prepare to transfer the body of Abineno Justine, a 38-year-old woman who died of the Ebola virus, to a coffin ahead of her burial in Bunia, Congo, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)
An aerial view of the aftermath of a news helicopter that crashed in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Colorful tree and flower decorations remain on the walls of a rubble-strewn classroom at Shajareh Tayyebeh school, damaged in a U.S. airstrike on Feb. 28, in Minab, southern Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Thailand's Tanaphon Sapyen in action against Malaysia in the sepaktakraw men's regu final at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
President Donald Trump points toward United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, after speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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)
Family of Dennis Cross, a battalion chief who died during 9/11, finish walking 53 miles in Cross' honor as they arrive at the 9/11 Memorial Pools on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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)
Dakota Johnson, right, with Taylor Swift, the recipient of the MTV VMA Artist Director Honors during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha on its way to Sanaa following the Houthi takeover of the southern Red Sea port city. (AP Photo/STR)
Pope Leo XIV arrives to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace as part of his four-day pastoral visit to France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez, Pool)
People evacuate their homes as Hurricane Polo approaches Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Passengers who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, during a flight on FlyDubai plane, arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
President Donald Trump, center right, first lady Melania Trump, right, China's President Xi Jinping, center left, and his wife Peng Liyuan prepare to pose for a photo on the steps of the National Archives Museum upon arriving, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Liudmyla Ryzhak, right, and her fiancee Leonid Ryzhak get ready in their damaged apartment for their wedding ceremony following a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A child dressed as an angel runs during an event dubbed the Little Angels' Parade, a Christian-themed street performance featuring dozens of children wearing angel costumes, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)
Tarek al-Salami, 7, who was displaced from the city of Mokha and is showing symptoms of malnutrition, sits on a bed while receiving treatment at a therapeutic feeding center in Buraiqa, on the western outskirts of Aden, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
Nayef uses a flashlight after spotting Israeli settlers outside his Palestinian-Bedouin family's house on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Taybeh, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Protesters demand answers over the alleged illegal extradition of Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Henry Naminde)
Rescuers carry the remains of victims of the recent fire on the MV June Aster ferry as they arrive on board a Philippine Coast Guard vessel at the Borac port in Coron, Palawan province, western Philippines, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
New York Giants safety Jevon Holland, top, celebrates his interception with teammates late in the second half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
A gull flies overhead as a boy stands with his bicycle on a beach overlooking commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, behind left, listens to speeches during a meeting with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, sitting second from right, Jared Kushner, sitting second from left, and European representatives in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People wade through a flooded street after heavy rain in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A grieving relative is comforted during a funeral service for victims of a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Scientists test newly developed spacesuits at the LUNA analog facility in preparation of future human and robotic missions to the moon, simulating the lunar surface for astronauts and robotic systems for the European Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center near Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Yurima Izaguirre uses a cell phone flashlight due to a blackout as she wakes her children up to get them ready for their first day of back to school in Minas, Cuba's Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Shiite clerics carrying rifles march during the state-organized "Janfada," or "Sacrifice for Iran," military-style parade at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A Mercedes decorated with images of President Donald Trump is seen outside before the Republican convention Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Health workers prepare to transfer the body of Abineno Justine, a 38-year-old woman who died of the Ebola virus, to a coffin ahead of her burial in Bunia, Congo, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)
An aerial view of the aftermath of a news helicopter that crashed in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Colorful tree and flower decorations remain on the walls of a rubble-strewn classroom at Shajareh Tayyebeh school, damaged in a U.S. airstrike on Feb. 28, in Minab, southern Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Thailand's Tanaphon Sapyen in action against Malaysia in the sepaktakraw men's regu final at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
President Donald Trump points toward United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, after speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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)
Family of Dennis Cross, a battalion chief who died during 9/11, finish walking 53 miles in Cross' honor as they arrive at the 9/11 Memorial Pools on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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)
Dakota Johnson, right, with Taylor Swift, the recipient of the MTV VMA Artist Director Honors during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha on its way to Sanaa following the Houthi takeover of the southern Red Sea port city. (AP Photo/STR)
Pope Leo XIV arrives to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace as part of his four-day pastoral visit to France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez, Pool)
People evacuate their homes as Hurricane Polo approaches Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Passengers who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, during a flight on FlyDubai plane, arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
President Donald Trump, center right, first lady Melania Trump, right, China's President Xi Jinping, center left, and his wife Peng Liyuan prepare to pose for a photo on the steps of the National Archives Museum upon arriving, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
