An Iraqi vendor offers a peacock at the Pet Market (al-Ghazl market) one of Baghdadi's favorite destinations, especially on Fridays, it attracts buyers and sellers peddling birds, dogs, cats, and exotic animals such as snakes and monkeys in Baghdad Friday Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A look at everyday moments across countries, cultures and communities worldwide. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A Palestinian vendor offers clothes for sale in Gaza City, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)A child is weighed at Feynuus Nutrition Centre on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)People are silhouetted as they enjoy the view from the Floating Bridge in Zaryadye park, backdropped by the Kremlin, during sunset, in Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Palestinian children who lost their legs after being injured during the war between Israel and Hamas receive swimming training from the Heal Palestine organization at a pool in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)A man sits at a park in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)A mother feeds her baby at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)A woman walks among debris scattered after an overnight missiles and drones Russian attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026 (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)People play chess in a cafe as the sun sets in Moscow, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)A bather jumps into the sea in Havana, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Newlyweds Scarlett Rocha, right, and Fabiana Justiniano serve fettuccine at their home in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A child uses a piece of cardboard to slide down a hill at the Ballard Locks, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Wasim Haffar drives a restored Buick Roadmaster, followed by his children in other restored cars, through Damascus, Syria, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)A shepherd rears a herd of sheep in the village of Deliblato, 70 kilometers north-west of Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks through the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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