Oct. 2 - 8, 2026
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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A demonstrator walks past burning trash cans set ablaze by protesters during clashes with police following a demonstration over Spain's housing crisis, hours after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced an early general election, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Voters line up at a polling station during general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A car is seen driving on a road through foggy landscape in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A visitor is looking in a mirror, the Inverse Reverse Perverse installation by Cerith Wyn Evans, which is displayed during a media preview of "The 90s: Art and Fashion exhibition" at Tate Britain in London, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Locals and rescuers carry out an injured man from a residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike on Pryluky, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A protester chants slogans during a demonstration against the official visit of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Athens, late Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ismini Vlassopoulou)
Models wear creations as part of the Chanel Womenswear Spring Summer 2027 collection presented in Paris, France, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Philadelphia 76ers' VJ Edgecombe goes up for a dunk during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Demonstrators attend a protest against Cornell University's handling of the 2024 fraternity-house gang rape allegations at the campus, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
President Donald Trump hands a signed executive order to White House aide Natalie Harp at a campaign rally at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Grand Island, Neb. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A member of the Yesha community attends military training during the simulation of a militant attack, under the direction of volunteers from a group called Magen48, in southern Israel along the border with Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People carrying Israeli flags walk through an installation marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, on the beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A Houthi supporter carries a rifle while attending an armed tribal rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
A drone display featuring Argentina's Lionel Messi is seen at the end of his final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. (AP Photo/Julian Bongiovanni)
Socialist, left-wing parties and student activists shout slogans as police detain them during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and calling for the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns to the San Diego Bay after deployment Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Members of Castellers Colla Vella form a "castell," or human tower, during the 30th Concurs de Castells, or Human Tower Competition, in Tarragona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Police officers spray students with pepper spray near Sciences Po university as they protest against under-resourced schools, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A demonstrator walks past burning trash cans set ablaze by protesters during clashes with police following a demonstration over Spain's housing crisis, hours after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced an early general election, in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Voters line up at a polling station during general elections in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A car is seen driving on a road through foggy landscape in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A visitor is looking in a mirror, the Inverse Reverse Perverse installation by Cerith Wyn Evans, which is displayed during a media preview of "The 90s: Art and Fashion exhibition" at Tate Britain in London, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Locals and rescuers carry out an injured man from a residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike on Pryluky, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A protester chants slogans during a demonstration against the official visit of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Athens, late Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ismini Vlassopoulou)
Models wear creations as part of the Chanel Womenswear Spring Summer 2027 collection presented in Paris, France, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Philadelphia 76ers' VJ Edgecombe goes up for a dunk during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Demonstrators attend a protest against Cornell University's handling of the 2024 fraternity-house gang rape allegations at the campus, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
President Donald Trump hands a signed executive order to White House aide Natalie Harp at a campaign rally at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Grand Island, Neb. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A member of the Yesha community attends military training during the simulation of a militant attack, under the direction of volunteers from a group called Magen48, in southern Israel along the border with Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People carrying Israeli flags walk through an installation marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, on the beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A Houthi supporter carries a rifle while attending an armed tribal rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
A drone display featuring Argentina's Lionel Messi is seen at the end of his final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. (AP Photo/Julian Bongiovanni)
Socialist, left-wing parties and student activists shout slogans as police detain them during a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and calling for the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns to the San Diego Bay after deployment Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Members of Castellers Colla Vella form a "castell," or human tower, during the 30th Concurs de Castells, or Human Tower Competition, in Tarragona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Police officers spray students with pepper spray near Sciences Po university as they protest against under-resourced schools, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
