The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists
People react as they gather to watch a live broadcast of Israeli hostages released from Gaza at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. The release took place as part of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Bridget Jones, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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Displaced Palestinians ride on trucks loaded with belongings and wave Egyptian and Palestinian flags as they travel along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza city, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
Displaced Palestinians ride on trucks loaded with belongings and wave Egyptian and Palestinian flags as they travel along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza city, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
Lisebo Lechela, 53, an HIV-positive sex worker, poses for a portrait in her house in Maputsoe, Lesotho, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)
Lisebo Lechela, 53, an HIV-positive sex worker, poses for a portrait in her house in Maputsoe, Lesotho, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)
A demonstrator waves a Peruvian flag as a cardboard doll burns in front of Congress during a protest against new President Jose Jeri in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
A demonstrator waves a Peruvian flag as a cardboard doll burns in front of Congress during a protest against new President Jose Jeri in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
A motorcycle driver navigates a street covered with trash in downtown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
A motorcycle driver navigates a street covered with trash in downtown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
Naomi Watts poses with her new star during a ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Naomi Watts poses with her new star during a ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
People attend the funeral of popular Bosnian folk singer Halid Beslic, who was also widely known for his humanitarian work during and after the country’s bloody 1992-95 war, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut, File)
People attend the funeral of popular Bosnian folk singer Halid Beslic, who was also widely known for his humanitarian work during and after the country’s bloody 1992-95 war, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut, File)
A polar bear is seen at an abandoned research station on Koluchin Island, off Chukotka, Russia, in the country’s Far East, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov, File)
A polar bear is seen at an abandoned research station on Koluchin Island, off Chukotka, Russia, in the country’s Far East, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov, File)
Illinois State Police and Cooks County Sheriffs move in to detain protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File)
Illinois State Police and Cooks County Sheriffs move in to detain protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File)
Displaced Palestinians walk through an area surrounded by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
Displaced Palestinians walk through an area surrounded by destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
People gather at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 prior to the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
People gather at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 prior to the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he boards Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv, as Israel’s President Isaac Herzog watches at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he boards Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv, as Israel’s President Isaac Herzog watches at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Olha Pyvovar, 14, watches as her mother, Mariia, 32, wife of soldier Oleh Pyvovar, who was killed at a combat mission in the Donetsk region, covers her face with a Ukrainian flag during a funeral in Irpin, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Olha Pyvovar, 14, watches as her mother, Mariia, 32, wife of soldier Oleh Pyvovar, who was killed at a combat mission in the Donetsk region, covers her face with a Ukrainian flag during a funeral in Irpin, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Afghan refugees sit next to their belongings loaded onto vehicles as they wait for the reopening of the border crossing point, which closed after Afghan and Pakistani security forces exchanged fire, at a camp in Chaman, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/File)
Afghan refugees sit next to their belongings loaded onto vehicles as they wait for the reopening of the border crossing point, which closed after Afghan and Pakistani security forces exchanged fire, at a camp in Chaman, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/File)
Troops loyal to CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina joins protesters to announce that the armed forces are taking control of the country in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
Troops loyal to CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina joins protesters to announce that the armed forces are taking control of the country in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
A worker who is reinforcing a home at risk of falling into the ocean looks out toward the waves as a storm approaches Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce, File)
A worker who is reinforcing a home at risk of falling into the ocean looks out toward the waves as a storm approaches Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce, File)
