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.

The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants ...

Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls ...

Digging deep into free-speech precedents in recent American history, a federal appeals panel handed The Associated Press an ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll from the 20-month Israel-Hamas war passed 55,000, the Gaza Health ...

A former student opened fire at a school in Austria’s second-biggest city Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding 12 others ...

Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.(A ...

In a memo to staff Wednesday, AP Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson announced a pair of key promotions:   I am excited to ...

An Air India plane bound for London crashed Thursday with hundreds of passengers onboard in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad.

A man posing as a gardener to get close to a group in Boulder holding their weekly demonstration for the release of Israeli ...

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial but ...

Los Angeles leaders imposed a downtown curfew Tuesday on the fifth day of protests against President Donald Trump's ...