FILE A man tumbles down a water slide in a public pool in the Puente Piedra district outside of Lima, Peru, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
Jan. 14-20, 2026
AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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FILE – Indian Hindu devotees cross a bridge as they return after a holy dip on Mauni Amavasya, a divine occasion in Hindu religious practice followed for honoring ancestors or forefathers, at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” in Prayagraj, India, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh), FileFILE – A man holds a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a funeral ceremony for a group of security forces, who were killed during anti-government protests, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)FILE – Soldiers carry urns containing the remains of Cuban officers killed during a U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro during a funeral in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)FILE – Military vessel HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen of the Royal Danish Navy patrols near Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)FILE – Visitors take pictures of a snow-covered Forbidden City, in Beijing, China, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)FILE – Syrian government soldiers wave a Syrian flag after climbing atop a statue of a female Kurdish fighter, following the takeover of the town from U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during an ongoing push against Kurdish-led forces, in Tabqa, eastern Syria, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)FILE – Tetiana Tatarenkova shines a flashlight as she goes to see her neighbour during a blackout caused by Russia’s regular air attacks against the country’s energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov, File)FILE – Rescuers work amidst the wreckage after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, FileFILE – A woman covers her face from tear gas as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File)FILE – Police recover the bodies of people who died after wildfires swept through homes near Lirquen, Chile, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres, File)FILE – A model wears a creation as part of the Dsquared2 Fall/Winter 2026-2027 Men’s collection presented in Milan, Italy, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)FILE – Fans celebrate Senegal’s goal in the Africa Cup of Nations final soccer match between Senegal and Morocco in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)
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CORRECTS DAY TO WEDNESDAY, NOT TUESDAY - EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - This photo provided by Kaiama TV shows people gathered around victims killed by armed extremists in the Woro community of western Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (Kaiama TV via AP)
