Nov. 6 - Nov. 12
This photo gallery, curated by photo editors Bridget Jones highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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People cheer as a statue of Pope Leo XIV is installed in 'El Niño' park in Callao, Peru, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, ahead of his planned trip to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to17. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
Activist Greta Thunberg attends a news conference at the COP31 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Antalya, Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Officials and rescuers inspect the derailed coaches of a passenger train near Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Palestinians walk through a tent camp housing displaced people amid buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A person is reflected in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while pointing to a loved ones name, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, on Veterans Day in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
First responders work the scene after a building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
A man is beaten following an attack on supporters of opposition party National Democratic Congress, during a town hall meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
People light firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Leaders of Israeli political parties leave the stage after posing for a group photo following the swearing-in ceremony for lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A Washington Commanders cheerleader performs during the first half of a NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Landover, Md., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
First responders rescue a person after a building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Security personnel walk through thick smog after firecrackers lit up the sky overnight during Diwali celebrations in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A member of Israeli security forces aims his weapon at Palestinians as he tries to disperse Israeli settlers during an attack by settlers that prevented Palestinians and activists from continuing the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Qusra, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Alycia Baumgardner goes through the ropes while fighting Elif Nur Turhan during the seventh round of an IBF women's lightweight boxing world title bout Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
CORRECTS VICTIM OF SHOOTING - Members of the Chief Medical Examiners Office wheel a gurney with a body of a man who was fatally shot at a gym, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) 120
Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over a Mass at Monumento de los Españoles in Buenos Aires, on the fourth day of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Police officers carry a man with a disability to a vehicle during an evacuation of civilians from Komyshuvakha, in the Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Attendees cheer during an election event for Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
Oarsmen paddle their boat down the Chao Phraya River during the Royal Barge Procession in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/ Wason Wanichakorn)
Houthi fighters shout slogans in front of a damaged home at the site of an airstrike in Al-Shariya village, east of Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich., and his wife Sarah Jukaku ride the Senate Subway from the U.S. Capitol to the Hart Senate Office Building, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Worshippers cheer ahead of a prayer vigil led by Pope Leo XIV at Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
People look to a bullet hole in the window of a restaurant at the main square two days after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Incoming White House chief of staff Stephen Miller arrives at the White House following a weekend trip to Florida with President Donald Trump, in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Protesters use a metal fence to try to force their way into an Apple Store during clashes following a nationwide general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A Gussadi dancer performs during a Deepotsav procession ahead of Diwali in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
People cheer as a statue of Pope Leo XIV is installed in 'El Niño' park in Callao, Peru, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, ahead of his planned trip to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from November 6 to17. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
Activist Greta Thunberg attends a news conference at the COP31 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Antalya, Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Officials and rescuers inspect the derailed coaches of a passenger train near Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Palestinians walk through a tent camp housing displaced people amid buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A person is reflected in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while pointing to a loved ones name, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, on Veterans Day in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
First responders work the scene after a building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
A man is beaten following an attack on supporters of opposition party National Democratic Congress, during a town hall meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
People light firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Leaders of Israeli political parties leave the stage after posing for a group photo following the swearing-in ceremony for lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A Washington Commanders cheerleader performs during the first half of a NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Landover, Md., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
First responders rescue a person after a building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Security personnel walk through thick smog after firecrackers lit up the sky overnight during Diwali celebrations in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A member of Israeli security forces aims his weapon at Palestinians as he tries to disperse Israeli settlers during an attack by settlers that prevented Palestinians and activists from continuing the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Qusra, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Alycia Baumgardner goes through the ropes while fighting Elif Nur Turhan during the seventh round of an IBF women's lightweight boxing world title bout Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
CORRECTS VICTIM OF SHOOTING - Members of the Chief Medical Examiners Office wheel a gurney with a body of a man who was fatally shot at a gym, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) 120
Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over a Mass at Monumento de los Españoles in Buenos Aires, on the fourth day of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Police officers carry a man with a disability to a vehicle during an evacuation of civilians from Komyshuvakha, in the Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Attendees cheer during an election event for Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
Oarsmen paddle their boat down the Chao Phraya River during the Royal Barge Procession in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/ Wason Wanichakorn)
Houthi fighters shout slogans in front of a damaged home at the site of an airstrike in Al-Shariya village, east of Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, D-Mich., and his wife Sarah Jukaku ride the Senate Subway from the U.S. Capitol to the Hart Senate Office Building, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Worshippers cheer ahead of a prayer vigil led by Pope Leo XIV at Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
People look to a bullet hole in the window of a restaurant at the main square two days after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
Incoming White House chief of staff Stephen Miller arrives at the White House following a weekend trip to Florida with President Donald Trump, in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Protesters use a metal fence to try to force their way into an Apple Store during clashes following a nationwide general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A Gussadi dancer performs during a Deepotsav procession ahead of Diwali in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin about the results of U.S.-mediated negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who is also Trump's son-in-law, attended the two days of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The talks wrapped up Wednesday with an agreement on a large exchange of prisoners, but no visible breakthrough on ending the nearly five-year hostilities.
After meeting with Putin, Kushner said that he and Witkoff will fly to Dublin, Ireland, to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy gave a muted welcome to the outcome of the talks, saying that the proposed prisoner exchange was a positive step. At the same time, he insisted that Ukraine won't give in to demands that it cede its territory that has been occupied by Russia in exchange for peace.
Hopes had been low for any significant breakthrough in the first meeting in nine months between the delegations. From time to time, Russia and Ukraine have swapped prisoners, but have remained far apart in their demands for accepting a peace settlement.
Along with post-conflict security guarantees for both countries, other key hurdles are the fate of Russia-occupied Ukrainian territory and what role European countries will play in an eventual settlement.
Moscow doesn’t want European countries, which are concerned about Russia’s conduct and broader intentions on the continent, involved in the direct negotiations. Kushner said that one of the goals of the Moscow meeting is to try to get Europeans added to the talks.
Kushner noted that both Ukraine and Russia needed clarity on post-conflict security arrangements, and European countries, the European Union and NATO have to be involved in those discussions to build consensus on the next steps.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that European representatives could eventually join peace talks.
But Peskov said that their current statements “don’t indicate any desire on their part to contribute to movement along the path toward peace.” Moscow complains that Europe is financing and supplying weaponry to Ukraine.
Ukraine wants to ensure that Moscow doesn’t attack again, and EU officials say any discussions on Europe’s security arrangements could only start after a ceasefire. Many in Europe see the inclusion of Russia in those plans as a concession to Putin, who has described NATO’s eastward expansion as a top security threat to his country. Moscow has demanded that the alliance withdraw its troops from Russia’s borders.
Fighting continues along the 1,200-kilometer (about 750-mile) front line, where little territory has changed hands this year, while both countries are battering each other with long-range missiles and drones.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that air defenses downed 71 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The ministry declared that the military has struck a drone-making plant in Kyiv and three other facilities producing missile fuel and drone components in the area around the Ukrainian capital. It said that other strikes hit power substations in Zhytomyr and a bulk carrier heading to the Black Sea port of Odesa with cargo for the Ukrainian armed forces.
A Russian military serviceman was killed in St. Petersburg early Thursday when his vehicle exploded, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country’s main criminal investigation agency. It didn’t name the victim or say who could be behind the bombing. Fontanka news outlet said that the victim was a colonel and an explosive device in his car went off as he drove off. Another person accompanying him was wounded, it said.
Several senior officers have been killed by bombings and other attacks that Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Kyiv has claimed responsibility for some attacks on Russian soil.
Follow the AP’s coverage of the fighting in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff, left, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, second left, meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Airport in Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron meet during the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Dublin, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law,, right, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, center, during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin, Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, speaks to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, third left, as Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, behind Putin, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, right, sit near during the meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin, Moscow, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Searchers carry the body of a civilian from an apartment building following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Law enforcement officer inspects the site of a car explosion that killed a military serviceman in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo)
In this photo provided by Kirill Dmitriev X-account Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, left, greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, center, at the international airport outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (Kirill Dmitriev, X-account via AP)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference after a bilateral meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026 ahead of the European Political Community (EPC) Summit. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, left, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, second left, and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, right, walk out of the hotel towards The Kremlin for the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff confer during a briefing following U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner speaks at a briefing following U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner speaks at a briefing during U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine, alongside U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, left, and Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, second from right, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)