Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery features compelling images from around the world published by The Associated Press in August.
A drone view shows rescue workers inspect the area and damaged structures following recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)A girl cries as she waits for news of relatives missing after flash floods in Bidur, Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)A total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Miriam Sim, 76, reacts as she walks through the burned remains of her neighborhood after a wildfire hit the northern part of Spokane, Wash., Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)Olivia Konar holds a banner with names of young people who advocates say died as a result of social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. Her sister Coco Konar died in 2022 when she was 17. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)The body of driver, after a Russian attack struck a warehouse, followed by an explosion, in the village of Myla, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Mandy Madson visits a makeshift memorial honoring Dolly Parton outside her home Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Brentwood, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)A firefighter walks through a burned area as flames engulf a house during a wildfire on the island of Salamina, west of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)Robots compete at the Free Combat event of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, films a social media video at a pool party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)People search for gold at a mining site in Iga-Barrière, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks during her campaign rally at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Sima covers her face at the grave of her six-month-old granddaughter, her daughter Diba’s daughter, who died during the winter, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Originally from Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, Sima, who believes she is about 60 but does not know her exact age, helps support her extended family by begging and collecting items she can reuse or sell. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)Mohammed Ajouri mourns over the body of his brother Islam Ajouri, 14, who, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, was killed by Israeli forces, as his body is brought to the hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Usually submerged areas of the Danube River are exposed amid exceptionally low water levels, in Rasova, Romania, Monday, Aug. 3 2026. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)A worker tries to clear a sea of garbage and debris brought by intense monsoon rains at the Redemptorist Water Channel in Paranaque city, Metro Manila, Philippines Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)A man carries schoolgirls outside the site of a school shooting in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)A diver in action during High Dive practice as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)People dressed in protective gear lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of Jeannine Katusabe, who died of Ebola, during a burial service in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)A woman walks on a sidewalk at Islamic Revolution street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A 12-year-old unaccompanied minor who crossed into Spain is escorted by a Spanish soldier to the Spain-Morocco border as the child begs not to be sent back to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. The forced deportation of the unaccompanied minor was stopped by a high-ranking official a few meters before the child reached the border after residents and journalists said the migrant was a minor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Shiite Muslim worshippers reach out to touch the shrine surrounding the tomb of Imam Hussein ahead of Arbaeen, the annual Shiite commemoration marking 40 days after Ashoura, at the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)People gather next to the bodies of people they said were their relatives and were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Rescuers inspect the ruin of a mosque that collapsed during an earthquake in North Lamba Leda, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)Palestinian girl Miral al-Babli, who lost a leg after being injured during the war between Israel and Hamas, receives swimming training from the Heal Palestine organization at a pool in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, left, and Serena Williams, of the United States, talk on the court during a mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Race car diver Scott McLaughlin gets out of his car after a qualifying race prior to Sunday’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Francesca kisses her father, Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella, after he took the oath of office in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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