FILE - A boy wears a mask delivered by Santa Claus during a post-Christmas celebration for impoverished youth in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Dec. 26, 2025 – Jan 1, 2026
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 – Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)FILE – This photo taken with low shutter speed shows tracers cross the sky made by floating lanterns during an event coined The night of wishes, in front of the Athens City Hall, Greece, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris File)FILE – People pray on Copacabana Beach during a ceremony honoring Yemanja, the sea goddess of the Yoruba religion, a New Year’s tradition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)FILE – Explosive activity concentrates at the north-east crater of Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Allegra, File)FILE – A Mali soccer fan waits for the start of the African Cup of Nations Group A soccer match with Morocco in Rabat, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File)FILE – Gulls fly over a fisherman returning in his boat after working on the Pong Dam reservoir in Nagrota Suriyan, India, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)FILE – Israelis gather on horseback for the funeral procession of Aviv Maor, an 18-year-old Israeli who was killed by a Palestinian attacker the previous week, at the Kibbutz Ein Harod cemetery in northern Israel, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)FILE – Revelers take part in the Els Enfarinats festival, a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers, in the town of Ibi near Alicante, Spain, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz File)FILE – U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)FILE – En elderly man lies on the floor at a hospice after it was damaged after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)FILE – Palestinian Khalil Abu Jayyab, right, and Tahseen Abu Assi warm up before surfing on the beach in Gaza City, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)FILE – A woman stands for a photo by her friend before an event to ring in the new year at the Juyongguan Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)FILE – Fans pose for a photo before an NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers, Dec. 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FileFILE – The Louisiana National Guard, military police, and Louisiana law enforcement patrol the French Quarter as part of a National Guard deployment for New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)FILE – AC Milan’s Christopher Nkunku celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal from a penalty kick during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Hellas Verona, in Milan, Italy, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)FILE – Rain comes down on attendees at the 137th Rose Parade Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman, File)FILE – Jose Saavedra proposes to Mariele Munoz at the Valle Arriba viewpoint in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)FILE – A street performer spits fire and plays a guitar in the snow in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
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This 2022 image provided by Shany Dror shows a dog named Mugsy in Massachusetts, who has learned the names of many of her toys. (Francine Hannan/Shany Dror via AP)
