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AP Images@AP_ImagesOct 16

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. apnews.com/photo-gallery/top…

The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

Oct. 9 - 15, 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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AP Images@AP_ImagesOct 15

A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan’s Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated. apnews.com/article/barn-owls…

A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated

Manhattan’s Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesOct 13

One extraordinary photo: A truck and a wide angle: How photographer captured the full scale of Bangkok’s floods. apnews.com/photo-gallery/asi…

A truck and a wide angle: How photographer captured the full scale of Bangkok's floods

BANGKOK (AP) — As a throng of people waded through a flooded street after heavy rain in Bangkok, the moment was captured by Sakchai Lalit, a staff photojournalist based in Thailand who has worked...

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AP Images@AP_ImagesOct 9

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. apnews.com/photo-gallery/top…

The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

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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AP Images@AP_ImagesOct 8

One extraordinary photo: 11 minutes on the steps: How an AP photographer framed Trump and Xi’s red-carpet shot. apnews.com/photo-gallery/pho…

11 minutes on the steps: How an AP photographer framed Trump and Xi’s red-carpet shot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Demaree Nikhinson has been a staff photographer at The Associated Press for 2 1/2 years and is based in Washington.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesOct 3

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week. apnews.com/photo-gallery/top…

The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

Sept. 25 - Oct. 1, 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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AP Images@AP_ImagesOct 1

One extraordinary photo: A drone’s perspective meets photographer’s thoughtful eye to create powerful crash photograph. apnews.com/photo-gallery/eth…

A drone’s perspective meets photographer’s thoughtful eye to create powerful crash photograph

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ethan Swope is a Los Angeles-based freelance photographer who has worked with The Associated Press since 2019, covering breaking news and sports.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 25

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. apnews.com/photo-gallery/pho…

The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

Sept. 18-24, 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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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 22

One extraordinary photo - A flashlight and unseen settlers: Photographer conveys West Bank family’s nightly watch in 1 photo. apnews.com/photo-gallery/one…

A flashlight and unseen settlers: Photographer conveys West Bank family's nightly watch in 1 photo

TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Leo Correa began working in the Middle East as a freelance photographer for The Associated Press in 2023 and joined the AP staff in 2024.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 21

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week. apnews.com/photo-gallery/top…

The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

Sept. 11 - 17, 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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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 16

One extraordinary photo: How a photographer sees images of daily life as a unifying force. apnews.com/article/one-extra…

How a photographer sees images of daily life as a unifying force

Vadim Ghirda is a Bucharest, Romania-based Associated Press photographer who has documented major news, conflict and humanitarian stories for more than 35 years.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 12

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. apnews.com/photo-gallery/top…

The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

Sept. 4-10, 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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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 11

Americans mark 25 years since 9/11, in photos. apnews.com/photo-gallery/ame…

Americans mark 25 years since 9/11, in photos

From New York and the Pentagon to Pennsylvania and communities nationwide, Americans mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with memorial ceremonies, moments of silence, vigils and...

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AP photographer Amy Sancetta stuck around for a few days to meet up with friends in New York after covering the U.S. Open tennis tournament on Sept. 9, 2001. Two days later, she received a call from one of AP's photo editors, rushed out of her hotel room and recorded history.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 5

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. apnews.com/photo-gallery/top…

The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

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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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 4

How a photographer captured a moment of hope in a devastated Nepal apnews.com/article/one-photo…

How a photographer captured a moment of hope in a devastated Nepal

DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Niranjan Shrestha is an Associated Press photographer based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He started working with the AP in 2011.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 3

Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women’s movement and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for over six decades, has died. She was 92.

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BREAKING: Gloria Steinem, the potent voice of the U.S. women’s movement and a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92. apnews.com/article/gloria-st…

Gloria Steinem, defining symbol of women’s movement and eloquent advocate for equality, dies at 92

Steinem became the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesSep 2

Photographer captures high heels amid the rubble after an overnight attack on Kyiv. apnews.com/article/photograp…

Photographer captures high heels amid the rubble after an overnight attack on Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Francisco Seco started working for The Associated Press as a freelancer in Portugal in 2010 and joined the staff in Belgium in 2018.

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AP Images@AP_ImagesAug 31

Photos of Grand Slam tennis action at the U.S. Open in New York apnews.com/photo-gallery/pho…

Photos of Grand Slam tennis action at the U.S. Open in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open, the season’s final Grand Slam, continues in New York. Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will play in the women’s final.

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