This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.
A man performs a pyrotechnic show at the Palace of Versailles before the fireworks display in Versailles, outside Paris, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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A police officer looks out from shields on which demonstrators smeared paint at a protest against the war in Gaza, in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A voter sits at a polling station during general elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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A dove perches on the hat of an Indonesian Army soldier during a flag raising ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the country's independence at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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Cleveland Browns tight end Brenden Bates (82) is upended with the ball by Philadelphia Eagles safety Tristin McCollum during the first half of an NFL preseason football game on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
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Rescuers evacuate an injured civilian after a residential building was hit following Russia's missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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A train passes through as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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A heron takes off from a dung hill in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stand before a group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Residents battle a fire advancing toward Rebordondo village, near Ourense, in northwestern Spain, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Garcia)
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Demonstrators block a road during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Ahmed Al-Hajj carries the body of his daughter, Dana Al-Hajj, 13, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Hindu women belonging to the Dogra community swing a child as part of a ritual as they pray for the long life of their sons during Bacch Dua festival in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.19, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, commonly known as Sultan-Ul-Arifeen, during the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
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A nun kisses the hand of Pope Leo XIV during his weekly general audience, at The Vatican, Wednesday, Aug.20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, are seen in the night sky near Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories, early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Texas Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, is surrounded by fellow Republicans as he faces off with Democrats during debate over a redrawn U.S. congressional map in Texas during a special session, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A fisherman walks on a pier as large waves generated by Hurricane Erin crashi into the jetty at Lighthouse Point Park, in Ponce Inlet, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
The barkentine Antigua passes as hundreds of tall ships sailed into the Dutch capital's harbor for the 10th edition of SAIL, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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A staff member holds one of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this photo, taken by a solar telescope, the city landmark, a weather vane in the form of an angel fixed atop a spire of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, is silhouetted against the sun that shows a few solar activity zones, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A diver celebrates after one of the ancient relics was lifted out of the water in the Abu Qir Bay in the Mediterranean Sea city of Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Senthilvel Sothiladchumi, an ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil, center, whose son went missing during the Sri Lankan civil war, cries as she leaves the site of a mass grave where authorities exhibited unearthed belongings in an effort to secure the identities of the victims, in Chemmani, Sri Lanka, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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Palestinians ride their vehicles through black smoke from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic along the Sea Road, at dusk in the south of Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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The former advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, is escorted into the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
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Amanda Knox poses for a portrait to promote "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox" on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
