The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists
Men watch as waves hit houses during high tide on the shore of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
June 20-26, 2025
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.
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Protesters scatter as police fire teargas at them during a demonstration on the one-year anniversary of deadly anti-tax demonstrations in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Protesters scatter as police fire teargas at them during a demonstration on the one-year anniversary of deadly anti-tax demonstrations in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Students, along with activists of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), perform yoga on International Day of Yoga at the city centre in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Students, along with activists of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), perform yoga on International Day of Yoga at the city centre in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
U.S. Capitol Police remove protesters after they began shouting in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought begins to testify on the rescissions package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
U.S. Capitol Police remove protesters after they began shouting in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought begins to testify on the rescissions package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A woman from Peru signals through the barred and tinted windows of a bus after she was detained following an appearance at immigration court, Monday, June 23, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A woman from Peru signals through the barred and tinted windows of a bus after she was detained following an appearance at immigration court, Monday, June 23, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A torn-out tree lies among the rubble as firefighters, rescue workers, and military personnel survey the site of a direct missile strike launched from Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A torn-out tree lies among the rubble as firefighters, rescue workers, and military personnel survey the site of a direct missile strike launched from Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Matthias Huss, of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, stands at the Rhone Glacier that is partially covered with sheets near Goms, Switzerland, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Matthias Huss, of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, stands at the Rhone Glacier that is partially covered with sheets near Goms, Switzerland, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A rescue worker evacuates two children from the site where a missile launched from Iran struck in Haifa, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
A rescue worker evacuates two children from the site where a missile launched from Iran struck in Haifa, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
A photo of a child is seen amid rubble of damages of a building after an Israeli strike on early Tuesday, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A photo of a child is seen amid rubble of damages of a building after an Israeli strike on early Tuesday, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Relatives mourn over the flag-draped coffin of Mahan Setareh, a member of the paramilitary Basij force who was killed in Israeli attacks, during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Relatives mourn over the flag-draped coffin of Mahan Setareh, a member of the paramilitary Basij force who was killed in Israeli attacks, during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Khaman Maluach reacts as he greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 10th by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Khaman Maluach reacts as he greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 10th by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
A reveler runs on a large rainbow flag during the annual Pride parade marking LGBTQ+ Pride Month, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
A reveler runs on a large rainbow flag during the annual Pride parade marking LGBTQ+ Pride Month, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
Costumed guests dance during the Great Masked Ball in the Orangerie of the Versailles castle, outside Paris, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Costumed guests dance during the Great Masked Ball in the Orangerie of the Versailles castle, outside Paris, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
President Donald Trump, center, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, during a group photo of NATO heads of state and government at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
President Donald Trump, center, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, during a group photo of NATO heads of state and government at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Mohammed Najm pauses while working at a makeshift burner used to extract fuel from melted plastic to sell along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mohammed Najm pauses while working at a makeshift burner used to extract fuel from melted plastic to sell along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
The hair of Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams bounces as she faces the New York Liberty during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
The hair of Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams bounces as she faces the New York Liberty during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A freed Ukrainian soldier holds up his unit’s flag after a POWs exchange with Russia in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
A freed Ukrainian soldier holds up his unit’s flag after a POWs exchange with Russia in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
A person illuminates a light inside a tent while spending the night in a public shelter as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A person illuminates a light inside a tent while spending the night in a public shelter as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Amazon multi-billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, right, and Lauren Sanchez arrive by boat at a hotel in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, ahead of festivities in the lagoon city reportedly linked to their wedding. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Amazon multi-billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, right, and Lauren Sanchez arrive by boat at a hotel in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, ahead of festivities in the lagoon city reportedly linked to their wedding. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Police repel demonstrators with Extinction Rebellion who crossed a moat in an attempt to block the A44 motorway, closed off to all traffic except for arriving and departing world leaders, in Abbenes, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025, for the NATO summit in The Hague. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Police repel demonstrators with Extinction Rebellion who crossed a moat in an attempt to block the A44 motorway, closed off to all traffic except for arriving and departing world leaders, in Abbenes, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025, for the NATO summit in The Hague. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Protesters scatter as police fire teargas at them during a demonstration on the one-year anniversary of deadly anti-tax demonstrations in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Protesters scatter as police fire teargas at them during a demonstration on the one-year anniversary of deadly anti-tax demonstrations in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Students, along with activists of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), perform yoga on International Day of Yoga at the city centre in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Students, along with activists of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), perform yoga on International Day of Yoga at the city centre in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
U.S. Capitol Police remove protesters after they began shouting in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought begins to testify on the rescissions package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
U.S. Capitol Police remove protesters after they began shouting in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing as Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought begins to testify on the rescissions package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A woman from Peru signals through the barred and tinted windows of a bus after she was detained following an appearance at immigration court, Monday, June 23, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A woman from Peru signals through the barred and tinted windows of a bus after she was detained following an appearance at immigration court, Monday, June 23, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A torn-out tree lies among the rubble as firefighters, rescue workers, and military personnel survey the site of a direct missile strike launched from Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A torn-out tree lies among the rubble as firefighters, rescue workers, and military personnel survey the site of a direct missile strike launched from Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Matthias Huss, of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, stands at the Rhone Glacier that is partially covered with sheets near Goms, Switzerland, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Matthias Huss, of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, stands at the Rhone Glacier that is partially covered with sheets near Goms, Switzerland, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A rescue worker evacuates two children from the site where a missile launched from Iran struck in Haifa, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
A rescue worker evacuates two children from the site where a missile launched from Iran struck in Haifa, Israel, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
A photo of a child is seen amid rubble of damages of a building after an Israeli strike on early Tuesday, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A photo of a child is seen amid rubble of damages of a building after an Israeli strike on early Tuesday, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Relatives mourn over the flag-draped coffin of Mahan Setareh, a member of the paramilitary Basij force who was killed in Israeli attacks, during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Relatives mourn over the flag-draped coffin of Mahan Setareh, a member of the paramilitary Basij force who was killed in Israeli attacks, during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Khaman Maluach reacts as he greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 10th by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Khaman Maluach reacts as he greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 10th by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
A reveler runs on a large rainbow flag during the annual Pride parade marking LGBTQ+ Pride Month, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
A reveler runs on a large rainbow flag during the annual Pride parade marking LGBTQ+ Pride Month, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
Costumed guests dance during the Great Masked Ball in the Orangerie of the Versailles castle, outside Paris, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Costumed guests dance during the Great Masked Ball in the Orangerie of the Versailles castle, outside Paris, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
President Donald Trump, center, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, during a group photo of NATO heads of state and government at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
President Donald Trump, center, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, during a group photo of NATO heads of state and government at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Mohammed Najm pauses while working at a makeshift burner used to extract fuel from melted plastic to sell along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mohammed Najm pauses while working at a makeshift burner used to extract fuel from melted plastic to sell along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
The hair of Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams bounces as she faces the New York Liberty during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
The hair of Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams bounces as she faces the New York Liberty during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A freed Ukrainian soldier holds up his unit’s flag after a POWs exchange with Russia in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
A freed Ukrainian soldier holds up his unit’s flag after a POWs exchange with Russia in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
A person illuminates a light inside a tent while spending the night in a public shelter as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A person illuminates a light inside a tent while spending the night in a public shelter as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Amazon multi-billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, right, and Lauren Sanchez arrive by boat at a hotel in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, ahead of festivities in the lagoon city reportedly linked to their wedding. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Amazon multi-billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, right, and Lauren Sanchez arrive by boat at a hotel in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, ahead of festivities in the lagoon city reportedly linked to their wedding. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Police repel demonstrators with Extinction Rebellion who crossed a moat in an attempt to block the A44 motorway, closed off to all traffic except for arriving and departing world leaders, in Abbenes, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025, for the NATO summit in The Hague. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Police repel demonstrators with Extinction Rebellion who crossed a moat in an attempt to block the A44 motorway, closed off to all traffic except for arriving and departing world leaders, in Abbenes, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025, for the NATO summit in The Hague. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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