Coco Gauff of the United States returns the ball to Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in their semifinal women's singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
July 3 – July 9, 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.
Kenyan plain clothes police officers arrest protesters, during a demonstration marking a day that is historically associated with the pro-democracy protests of the 1990s that ushered in multipartyism, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)A reveler falls in front of Victoriano del Río’s fighting bulls during the third running of the bulls at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)Pope Leo XIV visits the Gateway of Europe monument in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to the island long associated with the plight of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Two people ride bicycles along a beach path as a man balances on a slackline in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)People pay respect to the statues of former leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of demise of Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)Nadine Seiler arrives in an inflatable frog costume, to support former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, before he arrives at D.C. Superior Court, Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)The shadows of Tibetan children are cast on a curtain as they wait to perform in a cultural program celebrating the 91st birthday of the Dalai Lama in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)A Taylor Swift fan wearing a wedding veil sits at a restaurant next to Madison Square Garden where a “JUST&T MARRIED” sign is displayed during a wedding between singer Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce on Friday, July 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)Zendaya poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Odyssey’ on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)People arrive for a Salute to America Independence Day event honoring the nation’s 250th anniversary, Saturday, July 4, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A man looks at his cell phone during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A woman carries her cat out of a damaged multistory apartment building following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Furniture remains inside apartments damaged in the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)A man walks in the rain next to rows of Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags strung above a mountain trail in Dharamshala, India, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Locals try to extinguish a wildfire on the outskirts of the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)A man weeps during funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)A banner depicting President Donald Trump is held aloft as mourners gather during funeral prayers held as part of the dayslong funeral ceremonies for the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family outside the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)The coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is carried by mourners to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Fireworks explode during the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)New U.S. citizen and twice-deployed U.S. Marine Sgt. Diakaria Sangare, from Guinea, poses for a portrait following the naturalization ceremony on Independence Day at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)President Donald Trump walks to speak at a lunch in the White House Rose Garden, Monday, July 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)United States’ Folarin Balogun (20) puts his foot down on Bosnia’s Tarik Muharemovic (4) for which he received a red card during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between the United States and Bosnia in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A fan reacts to a United States loss in a World Cup round of 16 soccer match against Belgium at the KC Live! entertainment district Monday, July 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Palestinians watch a live broadcast of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Egypt in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Argentina players toss teammate Lionel Messi (10) into the air as they celebrate after the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Argentina and Egypt in Atlanta, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)Fans watch the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Colombia and Switzerland on a terrace rooftop in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastian Barros)
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