Palestinians spend the day on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A look at everyday moments across countries, cultures and communities worldwide.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Visitors ride boats on a lake against the Jingshan Pavilion as they visit Beihai Park, one of the oldest and best preserved ancient imperial gardens in Beijing Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)With a display of handbags, a roadside vendor scrolls on her mobile, awaits for customers in front of a parked vehicle, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)Erdem Sahin swims in the Bosphorus Strait, backdropped by the Maiden’s tower, during the early morning in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)A man eats noodles on Qianmen Street in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Photo assistants fan out the skirt of quinceañera Franchesca Ovalle’s gown during a portrait session in the historic center of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)Children play near breaking waves on West End Pier on Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches the Louisiana Coast Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Children holding heart-shaped balloons on a string head down an alley in the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)People cast their fishing lines into the Bosphorus Strait at sunrise in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 2, 2026.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)A man on a bus wipes frost from the window during a rainstorm in Santiago, Chile, early Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)People enjoy a golden hour and rainbow as they walk in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, July 23, 2026, backdropped by the St. Basil’s Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., rushes up the steps at the Capitol for final votes before the House of Representatives leaves for a five-week recess, in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A tourist uses a hand fan to cool off during a heat wave as people gather on Areopagus Hill, with the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)Omar Ghabin, 14, looks at the camera as he carries a bag after sorting through trash at a landfill in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)People bathe in a water coming from a drilling project which exposed a subterranean hydrothermal spring near Mount Bental in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)A woman crosses a street with a girl in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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