FILE - Men dressed as former President Abraham Lincoln attend a mock funeral for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Dec. 19 – 25, 2025
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
FILE – Attendees place their hands over their hearts during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025, late Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry, File)FILE – Sahar Taroush talks with her brother in their partially collapsed home after returning home following the latest ceasefire in Jabaliya, Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Her children are Ammar far left; Hassan with his 2-year-old sister, Ahlam; and Bisan, right. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)FILE – Aria Wogoman, 5, leaves her flooded home following heavy rain, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)FILE – President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event, Friday, Dec.19, 2025, in Rocky Mount, N.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)FILE – A child sits on an armored vehicle on display among Christmas lights in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)FILE – Wensheng Wen, rear right, and his wife Lou Guangyzing, along with their children, from right, Xin, 11, Gehua, 9, Jinghua, 3, Rou, 6, and Younghua, 3, members of a Chinese church living in exile after fleeing from China, are illuminated by beams of pulsed laser light from a cellphone’s LiDAR scanner as they sit for a photo, Oct. 12, 2025, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)FILE – Riders from the Sar-e-Pul and Badakhshan teams compete in the final of Afghanistan’s annual buzkashi tournament, a sport in which riders score points using a fake goat carcass, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo, File)FILE – Seuk’s Army volunteer Katelynn Aldarondo cuddles with a dog from an overwhelmed Southern animal shelter, to be flown to a foster and rescue group farther north, as they lie on the pavement between connecting flights at Culpeper Regional Airport in Brandy Station, Va., Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)FILE – A girl rescues books from a shop near the Prothom Alo daily newspaper which was set on fire by protesters after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)FILE – Fernanda Romero competes during a ticketed wrestling show in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)FILE – Children ride a carousel at the Christmas fair decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with the Spasskaya Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)FILE – Environmental activists assemble a glacier-shaped structure of fabric and sticks during a protest opposing a bill to ease environmental protections, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)FILE – A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid’s Teatro Real, Spain, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)FILE – Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown (30) breaks a tackle by Miami Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks (20) for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)FILE – A piece of meat is thrown to the buyer in the crowd during the annual Christmas Eve meat auction at Smithfield Market in London, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)FILE – Young dancers wait to perform during a Christmas ballet event in Nairobi, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno, File)FILE – Judges watch from their windows during the men’s Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10Km event, at the Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)FILE – Mathias jumps after receiving a Christmas present from his mother, Mariela Gómez, left, in Maracay, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. The two returned home after abandoning their journey to the United States following President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)FILE – New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, is unveiled to show Trump’s name added on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)FILE – A boys looks at a journalist covering a protest by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a prominent right-wing Hindu nationalist organization, accusing Bangladeshi groups of wrongly targeting Indians, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)FILE – A polar bear mascot takes a ride in a lift during a break from entertaining guests on Christmas Eve in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)A car sits buried in mud after flooding Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
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