The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists
Chinese President Xi Jinping raises his glass to toasts after speaking at the National Day Reception at the Great Hall of the People on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Sept. 26- Oct. 2, 2025
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
President Donald Trump speaks upon departing a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in foreground, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)A man rests beside bodies of victims of an earthquake outside Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo City, Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez)Firefighters tackle the blaze after a Russian air attack that hit at Barabashovo market in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)Police clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators during a protest in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday. Oct. 2, 2025 in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)This aerial shot taken with a drone shows the rubble of a building that collapsed at the compound of an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)Demonstrators protesting against chronic electricity and water cuts confront riot police in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mamyrael)A model wears a creation as part of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2026 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, as the U.S. government is on the brink of the first federal government shutdown in almost seven years.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)A displaced Palestinian child searches for firewood and plastic in a landfill beside the makeshift tent camp where his family are taking shelter, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Pope Leo XIV, center, attends the International conference “Raising Hope for Climate Justice”, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A woman takes a picture along the river Main with the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Ball kids peep out from the curtain during the women’s singles match between Eva Lys, of Germany and McCartney Kessler, of the United States, in the China Open tennis tournament, in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of the Kiryat Sanz Hassidic sect participate in a Tashlich ceremony on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Netanya, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza, by vehicle and on foot, carrying their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)A boy is detained as youth led protests calling for healthcare and education reforms turned violent, in Sale, Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Containers are placed in Piraeus port, near Athens, Greece, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)An Indian vendor sells colorful bamboo baskets roadside in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)People look through fence to get a glance at the Statue of Liberty in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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