FILE - Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, second from left, walks with his brother KeShaun Pearson, as he is arrested and removed from the House gallery during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps in Nashville, Tennessee, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
May 1 – 7, 2026 This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anne Marie Belgrave highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
FILE – A building that was destroyed in a previous Israeli airstrike lays in ruins in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)FILE – A West Point cadet dons a gas mask while running through smoke during the crucible portion of the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)FILE – Union members scuffle with police as they try to march to Taksim square in Istanbul, Turkey, May 1, 2026, on Labor Day. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)FILE – Fans watch as Golden Tempo (19) ridden by Jose L. Ortiz wins the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs, May 2, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)FILE – Logan Branch eats a hotdog as he sits in his destroyed home at Gene’s Mobile Home Supply trailer park in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, May, 7, 2026, after a tornado cut across the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)FILE – Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)FILE – Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans during their gathering at Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in Tehran, Iran, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)FILE – President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office at the White House, May 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)FILE – Farah Abu Al-Qumsan trains at a women’s boxing club inside a tent in Gaza City, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)FILE – Philadelphia 76ers’ Adem Bona, top, fouls New York Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns during the second half of Game 1 in a second-round NBA basketball playoffs series in New York, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)FILE – Pontifical Swiss Guards prepare ahead of their swearing in ceremony at the Vatican, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)FILE – Dogs named Ingrid, Frank and Zizzi wait outside a polling station in London, May 7, 2026, during the UK 2026 local elections.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)FILE – A humanoid robot, left, and Buddhist monks pass around a pagoda during an ordination ceremony ahead of upcoming Buddha’s birthday on May 24 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)FILE – Pussy Riot and FEMEN activists protest Russia’s presence after its absence following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine in front of the Russian pavilion at the 2026 Art Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)FILE – People smash a car as they celebrate Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League semifinal victory over Bayern Munich at Place de la Concorde in Paris, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva, File)FILE – Ciara arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Costume Art” exhibition, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)FILE – Protesters burn an effigy of President Donald Trump during a May Day rally in Manila, Philippines, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)FILE – The Rwanda Amputee soccer team trains in Kigali, Rwanda, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)FILE – People wearing traditional pollera conga outfits take part in a maritime parade as part of the the Pollera Congo Festival in Portobelo, Panama, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)FILE – A woman attends a dance workshop at the Biennale of Dance in Africa in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, File)FILE – Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance around a bonfire during Lag BaOmer, a Jewish holiday marked by bonfire, music, and communal celebrations, in Netanya, Israel, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)FILE – People dance during a march for International Workers’ Day in Havana, Cuba, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)FILE – Robert Carter, as Olga Supphozova, dances The Dying Swan, as the all-male comedy ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo hold a dress rehearsal in London, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)FILE – Tennis fans are reflected in a glass partition as Coco Gauff, of the U.S., returns the ball to Tereza Valentova, of the Czech Republic, at the Italian Open in Rome, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)FILE – Star Wars themed drones light up the night sky to celebrate Star Wars Day along the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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