The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists

May 29 – June 4, 2026 This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.

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Anti-ICE protesters disperse during clashes with law enforcement officers outside the Delaney Hall detention center on Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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An injured Olena Dniprovska sits in the yard of her house damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Relatives of Jose Perez mourn as police recover his body from a ravine where he was found shot in Trujillo, Peru, Friday, May 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Workers cover signage on the exterior of AT&T Stadium, which will be named Dallas Stadium during the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, as preparations continue at the venue, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Arlington. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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A protester raises a Kenyan flag near a burning barricade during a demonstration against a proposed Ebola quarantine center to be established by the United States at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
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People swim on a public beach as smoke, background, rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qlaileh village, seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Israeli mounted police disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against the army draft in Jerusalem, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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National Election Board of Ethiopia officials sort and count ballots at the Shalla Park polling station during the general election in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Amanuel Sileshi)
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A resident rows a small boat through floodwaters outside a submerged home along the banks of the Euphrates River near Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
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Women fetch water at dusk in the Korsi Refugee Camp in Birao, Central African Republic, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)
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A demonstrator poses for a photo with her face painted in Spanish, “The femicide-committer is you” during a march marking the anniversary of the “Ni Una Menos” (Not One Fewer) women’s movement in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Children play during a Children’s Day event in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)
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People play table tennis on the pitch of the Luzhniki Stadium during the table tennis festival in Moscow, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
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Protesters scuffle with police officers blocking a street during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, opposing a luxury coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump over concerns about environmental impacts and transparency.(AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli)
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A flamboyance of flamingoes feeds at a creek in Navi Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Anti-war demonstrators try to disrupt the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A rare albino buffalo fondly named after Donald Trump for its distinctive blond tuft kept in an enclosure at the national zoological park, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)
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A worker places a grate in the center of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as work continues, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) shoots between San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) and forward Julian Champagnie (30) during the first half of Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Luis Gustavo balances on a ball during a soccer training session organized by the Street Child United Brazil social project in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Youths carry freshly caught fish from the sea in Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Russia’s Diana Shnaider reacts after winning the quarterfinal tennis match against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus at the French Open in Paris, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
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Carmen Sandoval holds her dog Peluche as she votes in the California primary election at City Hall on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Antoni Gaudí’s Basilica of the Sagrada Familia stands at dusk in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 30, 2026, ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Barcelona in June. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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