AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2023
AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2023
American Ballet Theatre’s dancers are silhouetted as they rehearse for the opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater in Shanghai, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The American national ballet company is returning to China for the first time in a decade. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Britain’s King Charles III, center, poses for a photograph with secondary school students during his visit to the Eastlands Library to learn about a project that restores old libraries and encourages reading amongst children in the community in Makadara district of Nairobi, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. King Charles is in Kenya for a four-day trip, his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. (Thomas Mukoya/Pool Photo via AP)
Magda Skarbonkiewicz celebrates after beating Maia Chamberlain, both of the United States, in the women’s fencing sabre individual final match at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in central Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Relatives attend the funeral of Albert Miles, 81, at the Kibbutz Revivim cemetery, south Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Albert Miles was killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in Kibbutz Be’eri near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
People walk between posters of hostages abducted by Hamas militants in Gaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. On Oct. 7, more than 1,400 people were killed and over 220 captured in an unprecedented, multi-front attack by the militant group that rules Gaza. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Pope Francis gestures as he leads a prayer for peace inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at The Vatican, Friday evening, Oct. 27, 2023. Amid signs of escalating tensions in the Middle East, Pope Francis led special prayers for a world “in a dark hour” and in “great danger” from what he described as the folly of war. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a treatment room of al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
A man sits on the rubble as others wander among debris of buildings that were targeted by Israeli airstrikes in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
Inter Miami’s and Argentina’s national team player Lionel Messi receives the 2023 Ballon d’Or trophy during the 67th Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) award ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People sign “I love you” while gathered at a vigil for the victims of Wednesday’s mass shootings, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, outside the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine. Several members of the deaf community were among the dead. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, takes a seat for the opening ceremony of the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Shoigu said the United States is fueling geopolitical tensions to uphold its “hegemony” and warned of the risk of confrontation between major countries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Francis Lopez douses flames with a bucket of water as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns through his property in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles, forcing thousands from their homes. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Kashmiri Muslims pray as a priest displays a relic of Sufi saint Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani outside his shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
India’s Mohammed Shami celebrates the wicket of England’s Jonny Bairstow, left, during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between England and India in Lucknow, India, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Damage is seen at a yacht club in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Migrants who had been waiting for temporary transit papers but failed to get them after waiting, some up to two months, leave Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, as they make their way to the U.S. border. The migrants said they did not have the resources to pay for more food and lodging as they wait. (AP Photo/Edgar Clemente)
Revelers in costumes move along Sixth Avenue during the Village Halloween Parade, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A coloured smoke bomb lit by Ervin Salianji an opposition lawmaker is seen during a parliament session in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Albanian opposition has tried to disrupt the parliamentary session in protest to what they called the authoritarian rule from the governing Socialist party. (AP Photo)
People hold candles over a tomb decorated with flowers at a cemetery in Atzompa, Mexico, late Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls Day on Nov. 2, families decorate graves with flowers and candles and spend the night in the cemetery, keeping company with their dearly departed. (AP Photo/Maria Alferez)
Candles are lit during All Saints Day at the cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Candles illuminated tombstones in graveyards across Europe as people communed with the souls of the dead, observing one of the most sacred days in the Catholic calendar. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse and the harbour wall in Newhaven, southern England, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France’s Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
American Ballet Theatre’s dancers are silhouetted as they rehearse for the opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater in Shanghai, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The American national ballet company is returning to China for the first time in a decade. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
American Ballet Theatre’s dancers are silhouetted as they rehearse for the opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater in Shanghai, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The American national ballet company is returning to China for the first time in a decade. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Britain’s King Charles III, center, poses for a photograph with secondary school students during his visit to the Eastlands Library to learn about a project that restores old libraries and encourages reading amongst children in the community in Makadara district of Nairobi, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. King Charles is in Kenya for a four-day trip, his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. (Thomas Mukoya/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s King Charles III, center, poses for a photograph with secondary school students during his visit to the Eastlands Library to learn about a project that restores old libraries and encourages reading amongst children in the community in Makadara district of Nairobi, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. King Charles is in Kenya for a four-day trip, his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. (Thomas Mukoya/Pool Photo via AP)
Magda Skarbonkiewicz celebrates after beating Maia Chamberlain, both of the United States, in the women’s fencing sabre individual final match at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Magda Skarbonkiewicz celebrates after beating Maia Chamberlain, both of the United States, in the women’s fencing sabre individual final match at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in central Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Relatives attend the funeral of Albert Miles, 81, at the Kibbutz Revivim cemetery, south Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Albert Miles was killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in Kibbutz Be’eri near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Relatives attend the funeral of Albert Miles, 81, at the Kibbutz Revivim cemetery, south Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Albert Miles was killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, in Kibbutz Be’eri near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
People walk between posters of hostages abducted by Hamas militants in Gaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. On Oct. 7, more than 1,400 people were killed and over 220 captured in an unprecedented, multi-front attack by the militant group that rules Gaza. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
People walk between posters of hostages abducted by Hamas militants in Gaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. On Oct. 7, more than 1,400 people were killed and over 220 captured in an unprecedented, multi-front attack by the militant group that rules Gaza. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Pope Francis gestures as he leads a prayer for peace inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at The Vatican, Friday evening, Oct. 27, 2023. Amid signs of escalating tensions in the Middle East, Pope Francis led special prayers for a world “in a dark hour” and in “great danger” from what he described as the folly of war. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis gestures as he leads a prayer for peace inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at The Vatican, Friday evening, Oct. 27, 2023. Amid signs of escalating tensions in the Middle East, Pope Francis led special prayers for a world “in a dark hour” and in “great danger” from what he described as the folly of war. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a treatment room of al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
A man sits on the rubble as others wander among debris of buildings that were targeted by Israeli airstrikes in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
Inter Miami’s and Argentina’s national team player Lionel Messi receives the 2023 Ballon d’Or trophy during the 67th Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) award ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Inter Miami’s and Argentina’s national team player Lionel Messi receives the 2023 Ballon d’Or trophy during the 67th Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) award ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People sign “I love you” while gathered at a vigil for the victims of Wednesday’s mass shootings, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, outside the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine. Several members of the deaf community were among the dead. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
People sign “I love you” while gathered at a vigil for the victims of Wednesday’s mass shootings, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, outside the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine. Several members of the deaf community were among the dead. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, takes a seat for the opening ceremony of the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Shoigu said the United States is fueling geopolitical tensions to uphold its “hegemony” and warned of the risk of confrontation between major countries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, takes a seat for the opening ceremony of the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Shoigu said the United States is fueling geopolitical tensions to uphold its “hegemony” and warned of the risk of confrontation between major countries. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Francis Lopez douses flames with a bucket of water as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns through his property in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles, forcing thousands from their homes. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Francis Lopez douses flames with a bucket of water as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns through his property in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles, forcing thousands from their homes. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Kashmiri Muslims pray as a priest displays a relic of Sufi saint Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani outside his shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
India’s Mohammed Shami celebrates the wicket of England’s Jonny Bairstow, left, during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between England and India in Lucknow, India, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
India’s Mohammed Shami celebrates the wicket of England’s Jonny Bairstow, left, during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between England and India in Lucknow, India, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Damage is seen at a yacht club in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Migrants who had been waiting for temporary transit papers but failed to get them after waiting, some up to two months, leave Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, as they make their way to the U.S. border. The migrants said they did not have the resources to pay for more food and lodging as they wait. (AP Photo/Edgar Clemente)
Migrants who had been waiting for temporary transit papers but failed to get them after waiting, some up to two months, leave Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, as they make their way to the U.S. border. The migrants said they did not have the resources to pay for more food and lodging as they wait. (AP Photo/Edgar Clemente)
Revelers in costumes move along Sixth Avenue during the Village Halloween Parade, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A coloured smoke bomb lit by Ervin Salianji an opposition lawmaker is seen during a parliament session in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Albanian opposition has tried to disrupt the parliamentary session in protest to what they called the authoritarian rule from the governing Socialist party. (AP Photo)
A coloured smoke bomb lit by Ervin Salianji an opposition lawmaker is seen during a parliament session in Tirana, Albania, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Albanian opposition has tried to disrupt the parliamentary session in protest to what they called the authoritarian rule from the governing Socialist party. (AP Photo)
People hold candles over a tomb decorated with flowers at a cemetery in Atzompa, Mexico, late Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls Day on Nov. 2, families decorate graves with flowers and candles and spend the night in the cemetery, keeping company with their dearly departed. (AP Photo/Maria Alferez)
People hold candles over a tomb decorated with flowers at a cemetery in Atzompa, Mexico, late Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls Day on Nov. 2, families decorate graves with flowers and candles and spend the night in the cemetery, keeping company with their dearly departed. (AP Photo/Maria Alferez)
Candles are lit during All Saints Day at the cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Candles illuminated tombstones in graveyards across Europe as people communed with the souls of the dead, observing one of the most sacred days in the Catholic calendar. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Candles are lit during All Saints Day at the cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Candles illuminated tombstones in graveyards across Europe as people communed with the souls of the dead, observing one of the most sacred days in the Catholic calendar. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse and the harbour wall in Newhaven, southern England, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France’s Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse and the harbour wall in Newhaven, southern England, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France’s Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
American Ballet Theatre’s dancers rehearse opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater, returning to China for the first time in a decade. Britain’s King Charles III in Kenya, on his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. Pope Francis leads a special prayer for peace at The Vatican, as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
The selection was curated by AP Photo Editor Pamela Hassell in New York.
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