The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists
FILE - Palestinians travel on cart pulled by a horse amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
Oct. 17-23, 2025
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Beatrice Larco, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
FILE – Soldiers loyal to Col. Michael Randrianirina guard the entrance of the high constitutional court in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)Construction workers, bottom right, atop the U.S. Treasury, watch watch as demolition continues on the East Wing of the White House to make room for a new ballroom, in Washington, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)FILE – A girl performs on a mallakhamb pole as fireworks light up the sky during the Diwali festival of lights in Mumbai, India, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)FILE – Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, leans on his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter in Shostka, Ukraine, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)A signature cowboy hat that former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga loved to wear lies on top of his coffin during his state funeral at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)FILE – Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, left center, is embraced by a supporter upon arriving to participate in a mayoral debate in New York, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)FILE – A balloon bearing the image of President Alassane Ouattara floats above supporters during a campaign rally in Koumassi, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)FILE – A vintage Cadillac is covered by autumn leaves inside a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)A U.S. Border Patrol officer tries to clear protesters while entering Coast Guard Base Alameda in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)FILE – Sophia Weisberg of Brazil competes on the balance beam during the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)FILE – Thousands of protesters fill Times Square during a “No Kings” protest in New York, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)Orthodox nuns attend the procession of Saint Dimitrie Bassarabov, the patron saint of the Romanian capital, in Bucharest, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)FILE – A worker pounds a wall of rock to make gravel and sand in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)FILE – Gary Kristensen, dressed up as the character Buddy from the holiday movie “Elf,” celebrates after winning a race during the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Tualatin, Ore., Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)FILE – Farmer Jesus Cuaxospa works on his farm where he grows cempasúchil flowers in San Luis Tlaxialtemalco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Oct. 17, 2025, in preparation for Day of the Dead celebrations. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel, File)FILE – Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves after a COVID Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)FILE – A demonstrator is hit by a jet stream of water from a police water cannon during a protest demanding action from President Gustavo Petro’s government on social, environmental and security issues in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)FILE – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, right, collides with Houston Rockets guard Reed Sheppard during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Nate Billings, File)FILE – Rescue workers approach a cargo aircraft that skidded off a Hong Kong runway, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)FILE – Juventus’ Teun Koopmeiners, right, challenges Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Real Madrid and Juventus in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)FILE – Fishermen sort fish during a traditional fish haul of the Rozmberk pond near the town of Trebon, Czech Republic, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)FILE – Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Israeli soldier Staff Sergeant Itay Yavetz, killed in Gaza, in Modiin, Israel, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)FILE – People paddle board in the Mediterranean Sea in the Gador Sea and Nature Reserve in Hadera, Israel, after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
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