People play dominoes under the light of a cell phone flashlight, near a gas flare during a power outage in Cabimas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A look at everyday moments across countries, cultures and communities worldwide.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A man snorkels in the Pacific Ocean at La Jolla Cove in San Diego, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Yurima Izaguirre gets two of her children ready for their first day back to school using the flashlight on her cellphone to illuminate the room during a blackout in Minas, Cuba’s Havana province, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A boy sits on an inactive oil pumpjack in Cabimas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)A man rides a tricycle to carry a mattress in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)A fan tries to get the attention of New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge for an autograph before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)People walk along the Glass bridge in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Migrants cook near their tents at El Trampolín beach in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Francis González)Elena K from Ukraine poses for a photo outside the venue for the Seoul Fashion Week in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Fishermen carry fish, mostly carp during a fish haul of the Kanov pond near the town of Trebon, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)People play basketball in a park at dusk in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Ezequiel Romero and Camila Garcia walk after collecting a bouquet of rapeseed flowers in a field beside the highway in the town of Gobernador Castro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)A farmer weeds a paddy field on the outskirts in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)Azara Singh reaches out as she watches sea life with her father in the Birch Aquarium’s California kelp forest habitat Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)A homeless person rests on a bench in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)A woman pushes a girl on a swing on a beach along the Strait of Hormuz in Kuhestak, Iran, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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