Missiles launched from Iran streak across the sky over central Israel, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 6 – 12, 2026
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
Manu Yaw Fofie, a cocoa farmer, walks through a section of his farm that has been given over to sand mining in Kona, Ghana, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Tsraha Yaw)Palestinian Muslims offer Friday Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem on Friday, March 6, 2026, as the Old City remains closed to visitors under nationwide Home Front Command restrictions banning large gatherings amid the war with Iran. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)Volunteers work to clear branches after a suspected tornado hit the area a day earlier in Union City, Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Aqlima Amini waits for her family to arrive from Dubai at Pearson Airport in Toronto, on Saturday, March 7, 2026. Onboard the flight were at least 50 Canadians that booked seats with the assistance of Global Affairs Canada, as the government helps Canadians leave the Mideast amid escalating violence. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)From left, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former first lady Jill Biden, and former President Joe Biden attend the Public Homegoing Service for Rev. Jesse Jackson at the House of Hope in Chicago, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)From left, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, attend a casualty return for the soldiers who were killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)An Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army soldier Maj. Sorffly Davius, of Cambria Heights, N.Y., who died in Kuwait, during a casualty return, Monday, March 9, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A paramilitary police officer stands guard in Tiananmen Square before a plenary session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)New York City Police Academy graduates attend an NYPD graduation ceremony held at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand as a thick plume of smoke from a U.S.-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility late Saturday rises into the sky in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Morning fog engulfs the Camlica Mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan as the sun rises in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Women take part in an International Women’s Day protest in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Children play during a school activity in a park in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during the second practice session for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)A model wears a creation from the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2026-2027 Women’s collection presented in Paris, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)Muslim devotees pray as the head priest displays a holy relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad during special prayers to observe the martyr day of Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A boy runs inside a cement pipe turned into a bomb shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missile strike in Michmoret, Israel, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Relatives of a man who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strikes mourn at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Residents watch and take pictures as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA via AP)U.N peacekeepers guard a house hit by a drone strike in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Residents inspect damage which they said was caused by fragments of an intercepted Iranian rocket that landed on a Palestinian three story building, in West Bank town of Biddya, west of Salfit, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Robelson Lula of Brazil reacts after competing in the cross country skiing men’s 10 kilometer interval start sitting final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)An Israeli army strike explodes next to a tent camp after residents were given a warning to evacuate before the strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)
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