Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of 13-year-old Karim Qdeih, who was killed along with others in overnight Israeli strikes, during his funeral outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists
Aug. 22-28, 2025
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Shuji Kajiyama, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)A pile of shattered glass from a storefront window sits outside a salon as a hairdresser shampoos a client’s hair, after Russia’s drone and missile attack that damaged residential buildings in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)This photo showing flood victims sitting at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center where they had been waiting for days to be evacuated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, taken by AP photographer Eric Gay, is projected Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, along the Mississippi River behind the convention center. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)People gather at a vigil at Lynnhurst Park after a shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)Firefighters battle the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Eruptive activity continues on Mount Etna, where two lava flows continue to descend on the slopes of the volcano, as seen from Nicolosi near Catania, Italy, Tuesday Aug. 26, 2025. (AP photo/Salvatore Allegra)Children of the Romanian National Opera’s Ballet Studio outside the National History Museum of Romania during Dance Night, an event featuring a wide variety of dance styles performed on the Calea Victoriei avenue in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, pretends to play the violin after defeating Zachary Svajda, of the United States, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Players wait in line on the field during the first day of tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League, Friday, Aug 22, 2025, at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Residents run across a bridge over the flooding Beas River following incessant rains in Kullu, in northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Aqil Khan)Aviation buffs observe an Eurofighter Typhoon German Airforce aircraft fly by during a show of military and acrobatic aviation near the Heroes Cross on Caraiman Peak on top of Bucegi mountains, in Busteni, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)A protester throws rock at riot police officers during a protest against lavish allowances given to parliament members, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Maria Isabel Ortiz mourns during the funeral of her son, Michael Astaiza, a police officer killed when a police helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, in Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)British Reform party leader Nigel Farage poses in front of a mock departures board during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Visitors and members of the U.S. National Guard walk near the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)An activist blocks a highway during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, near the city of Lod, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)A couple kisses over a puddle of tomatoes during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)Ukrainian war veteran Pavlo Tovstyk rests during a training for a 6.5km swimming race across the Bosporus Strait, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Cate Blanchett poses for photographers on the red carpet for the opening ceremony and the premiere of the film ‘La Grazia’ during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Shaniqua Martin takes a selfie in front of a photo of Coco Gauff during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Tango teachers Laura Murphy and Fransley Marcel explain how to perform a traditional tango pose in a tango school held as part of the Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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