Home News Highlights Spotlights Week in Pictures


A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


Tadanobu Asano poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television for “Shogun” during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)


Devotees pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)


A man participates in a traditional horse race during Epiphany celebrations in the village of Pietrosani, Romania, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)


Nasrieen Habib, left, and Makiya Amin pull their snow tubes on top of a hill during an outing organized by the group Habib founded to promote outdoors activities among Muslim women, at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove, Minn., Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)


Troupe members of the Bright Star of Bethlehem attend a Three Kings Day celebration in the Morro da Formiga favela in Rio de Janiero, on Epiphany, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)


Yu Xiaofeng leaps into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)


Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)


Kids play with tires amid the rubble of homes that were destroyed during the civil war at the Al-Asali neighbourhood in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)


A surfer rides a wave in Santa Monica, Calif., during sunset under a blackened sky from the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)


A rider competes during the third stage of the Dakar Rally between Bisha and Al-Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)


A person walks amid the destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


Israeli Defense Forces paratroopers clear ammunition from their weapons before entering the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem’s Old City for a ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)


A man walks past a fire-ravaged business after the Eaton Fire swept through Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


Former President Barack Obama talks with President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump listens and as former President Geroge W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Kamala Harris, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff arrive, before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)


A joint services body bearer team carries the casket of former President Jimmy Carter after a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)


Chief Michael Marshalsea and TM1 Ian Knight fire a 40mm saluting battery during a 21-gun salute for former President Jimmy Carter at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Groton, Conn. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)


People engage in a snowball fight as U.S. flags along the base of the Washington Monument fly at half-staff to memorialize former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


Youths light torches during a protest demanding the resignation of top security officials over a shooting earlier in the week in Cetinje, outside of Podogrica, Montenegro, Sunday, Jan 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)


A boy runs past military vehicles displayed in Patriot Park near the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas on the eve of Orthodox Christmas in Kronstadt, on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
RECEIVE OUR UPDATES
Latest news highlights, product updates, and invitations in your inbox
AP week in pictures
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
Jan. 3 – 9, 2025


A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


Tadanobu Asano poses in the press room with the award for best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television for “Shogun” during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)


Devotees pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday. Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)


A man participates in a traditional horse race during Epiphany celebrations in the village of Pietrosani, Romania, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)


Nasrieen Habib, left, and Makiya Amin pull their snow tubes on top of a hill during an outing organized by the group Habib founded to promote outdoors activities among Muslim women, at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove, Minn., Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)


Troupe members of the Bright Star of Bethlehem attend a Three Kings Day celebration in the Morro da Formiga favela in Rio de Janiero, on Epiphany, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)


Yu Xiaofeng leaps into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)


Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)


Kids play with tires amid the rubble of homes that were destroyed during the civil war at the Al-Asali neighbourhood in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)


A surfer rides a wave in Santa Monica, Calif., during sunset under a blackened sky from the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)


A rider competes during the third stage of the Dakar Rally between Bisha and Al-Henakiyah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)


A person walks amid the destruction left behind by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


Israeli Defense Forces paratroopers clear ammunition from their weapons before entering the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem’s Old City for a ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)


A man walks past a fire-ravaged business after the Eaton Fire swept through Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)


Former President Barack Obama talks with President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump listens and as former President Geroge W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Kamala Harris, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff arrive, before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)


A joint services body bearer team carries the casket of former President Jimmy Carter after a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)


Chief Michael Marshalsea and TM1 Ian Knight fire a 40mm saluting battery during a 21-gun salute for former President Jimmy Carter at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Groton, Conn. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)


People engage in a snowball fight as U.S. flags along the base of the Washington Monument fly at half-staff to memorialize former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


Youths light torches during a protest demanding the resignation of top security officials over a shooting earlier in the week in Cetinje, outside of Podogrica, Montenegro, Sunday, Jan 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)


A boy runs past military vehicles displayed in Patriot Park near the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas on the eve of Orthodox Christmas in Kronstadt, on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Get in touch
To find out more about how our content and services can help your organization