A woman wearing U.S. flag motif pants walks past a building that houses an art installation on the Cuban Revolution, featuring photos of former Cuban President Raul Castro and former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A look at everyday moments across countries, cultures and communities worldwide. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A woman stands next to Tower Bridge in London, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)A man sits outside a grocery at the Fuik neighborhood in Seru Grandi, Curacao, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)A person uses an umbrella to shield themselves from the sun during a heat advisory in Central Park, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)Shoppers are reflected in a glass panel as they walk by an outdoor shopping mall, in Beijing, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Employees of the Museum of Urban Sculpture clean the statue of Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)People sit at cafe in Willemstad, Curacao, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)A man sleeps in the doorway of his house as stray dogs sprawl in the shade on the street on a hot afternoon in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)A child cools herself off in a fountain in front of the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Monday, May 18, 2026, as the temperature reaches 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)A Bedouin child rides a donkey in the hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)People illuminate themselves with their phones while playing dominoes as a fire set up by residents protesting against prolonged power outages burns on a street in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A harp player bows after playing a song in downtown Lima, Peru, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)People cross a street in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Kashmiri boys play volleyball using a goalpost as a net in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Women sell mangoes on the side of a road in Bohicon, north of Benin, Saturday, May. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)People watch a giraffe crossing a road during a safari drive through the Bandia Wildlife Reserve, Senegal, Saturday, May 16, 2026,(AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
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