FILE - Dancers perform the "fire dragon steel flower" dance ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
Feb. 11 – 17, 2026
AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in the past week.
___
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
FILE – Ukraine’s skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych trains at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 11, 2026, a day before before he was disqualified for refusing to stop wearing his tribute helmet. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)FILE – A Portela samba school performer parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)FILE – Iraqi security forces escort an Islamic State militant for questioning at the Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)FILE – Palestinian children watch amputee soccer players train on a newly constructed field in Gaza City, Feb. 11, 2026, surrounded by buildings destroyed by Israeli army bombardments during the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)FILE – A man bathes in the icy waters of the Neva River, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)FILE – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, works out during spring training baseball in Phoenix, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards the plane to depart from Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)FILE – Zulu Queen Sharell Monique Chatman waves to the crowd on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)FILE – Estonia’s Henry Sildaru warms up before competing in the men’s freestyle skiing big air qualifications at the Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)FILE – Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)FILE – A hot air balloon flies over the Myanmar’s Ancient temples in old Bagan, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)FILE – President Donald Trump greets the troops in Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey, File)FILE – Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China compete during the pairs figure skating long program at the Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.
