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A Hindu devotee performs rituals at Sangam, the confluence of rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna during Maghi Purnima or the full-moon day at the annual traditional fair in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips here hoping to wash away sins during a month-long festival called Magh Mela. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Feb. 23-29, 2024 A Hindu devotee performed rituals during Maghi Purnima in Prayagraj, India. South Korean doctors protested the government’s medical policy near the presidential office in … more
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Part of a telephone pole is suspended as it burns from the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Canadian, Texas. (AP Photo/David Erickson)
AP Week in Pictures: North America
Feb. 23 - 29, 2024 Wildfires burn in the panhandle of Texas, participants embrace each other during a winter swimming event in a frozen lake in Vermont and a baseball player dives for a ball … more
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A cyclist travels around Lake Michigan near the Adler Planetarium Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Chicago. A warm front is sweeping spring-like weather across a large swath of the country in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year. The rare warmup is sending people out of their homes to enjoy the winter respite but also bringing increased wildfire danger. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Why so much of the US is unseasonably hot
As a powerful winter storm dumped deep snow in parts of the West on Monday, much of the central United States was unseasonably warm. In Wisconsin, where temperatures this time of year are generally … more
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FILE Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media in front of security officers standing guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. The sudden death of Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, has left Russian opposition with an open wound. Navalny, 47, was the most well-known Kremlin critic at home and abroad, and had arguably the biggest following. (AP Photo, File)
Who are other Russian dissidents besides the late Alexei Navalny?
The sudden death of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable antagonist has left an open wound in Russia’s political opposition. Alexei Navalny was the Kremlin’s best-known critic at … more
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A woman walks down a street in the village of Callac, on Dec.15, 2023. The far right cried victory in January 2023, when mayor Jean-Yves Rolland of Callac gave up his plan to house seven to 10 refugee families. (AP Photo/Mathieu Pattier)
French mayors face violence and intimidation from xenophobic far-right groups
Mayors have long been highly appreciated among elected officials in France. But they are under attack as never before from far-right political groups. The groups' opposition to immigration is the … more
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Police officers detain a man laying flowers to Alexei Navalny at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Russian authorities say that Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison. He was 47. (AP Photo)
Tributes to Alexei Navalny, Putin's greatest foe, removed from Russian cities as police look on
Floral tributes to Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe who died in a Russian penal colony, were removed overnight by groups of unknown people while police watched. According to … more
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F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet takes off from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as the 'IKE', in the south Red Sea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
On the USS Eisenhower, 4 months of combat at sea facing Houthi missiles and a new sea threat
Sailors aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four months straight at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones fired … more
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A Ukrainian officer Maksym listens to Russian chatter in a shelter near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Ukrainian forces are increasingly resorting to an age-old tactic — intelligence gleaned from radio intercepts — in a desperate effort to preserve their most vital resources. The painstaking work of eavesdropping is part of a larger effort to beef up and refine electronic warfare capabilities so that soldiers can be warned earlier of impending attacks, while having the battlefield intelligence needed to make their own strikes more deadly. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Detecting Russian 'carrots' and 'tea bags': Ukraine decodes enemy chatter to save lives
Ukrainian forces are increasingly resorting to an age-old tactic — intelligence gleaned from radio intercepts — in a desperate effort to preserve their most vital resources. After two years of … more
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A view of the bank of the Drina River near the village of Amajlije, eastern Bosnia, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. In several cities along this river between Bosnia and Serbia, simple, durable gravestones now mark the final resting places of dozens of refugees and migrants who drowned in the area while trying to reach Western Europe. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Migrants from Africa and Mideast who died in Bosnia get marble headstones and a memorial
In cities along a section of the Drina River that forms a natural border between Bosnia and Serbia, simple, durable gravestones mark the final resting places of dozens of migrants who drowned in … more
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FILE - Residents evacuate on a motorcycle amid wildfires into Vina del Mar, Chile, Feb. 3, 2024. Scientists say climate change creates conditions that make the drought and wildfires now hitting South America more likely. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile's
At least 123 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile. They have come amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures in the capital city of Santiago to about 37 degrees Celsius (nearly 100 … more
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FILE - In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Telegram channel on Dec. 30, 2023, firefighters extinguish burning cars after shelling in Belgorod, Russia. The attack in the city near the border with Ukraine killed 25 people and injured 109, dealing a heavy blow to President Vladimir Putin's attempts to reassure his countrymen that their lives have been largely unchanged by the nearly two-year military operation. (Russia Emergency Situations Ministry Telegram channel via AP, File)
Ukraine's strikes on targets inside Russia hurt Putin's efforts to show the war isn't hitting home
Ukrainian strikes on a Russian border city, as well as attacks elsewhere on fuel facilities and arms producers, have damaged President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to reassure his countrymen that … more
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CAPTION CORRECTS ROLE OF ROSENSAFT General Counsel Emeritus of the World Jewish Congress Menachem Rosensaft, right, gestures with Bosnian Grand Mufti Husein Kavazovic, at the Srebrenica Memorial Center, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Potocari, Bosnia, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica Saturday to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and promote compassion and dialogue amid rising global sectarian hatred fueled by Israel’s war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
Muslims and Jews in Bosnia observe Holocaust Remembrance Day and call for peace and dialogue
Jews and Muslims from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica to jointly observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day and promote compassion and dialogue amid rising global sectarian hatred … more
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FILE - Britain's King Charles III hosts a gathering of young UK community and faith leaders to discuss the challenges their communities face, at Buckingham Palace, in London, Dec. 13, 2023. King Charles III has arrived at a private London hospital to undergo a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Place said Friday Jan. 26, 2024. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP, File)
What are the symptoms of an enlarged prostate and how is it treated?
King Charles III is in a hospital to undergo a procedure for an enlarged prostate  — an extremely common condition among older men. The 75-year-old king is in good company. The prostate gland … more
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Indian students of the Swaminarayan Gurukul pray after demonstrating a ritualistic bath called Magh Snan for the media in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Devotees believe that a purification bath taken during the auspicious Hindu calendar month of Magh, which begins Thursday, will absolve them of their sins. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
Jan. 19-25, 2024 Indian students pray, surfers take part in a big wave challenge, Palestinians flee from Khan Younis while Israeli women demand the release of the Israeli hostages, Taylor Swift … more
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FILE – Liberal Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, after submitting documents to Russia's Central Election Committee for the March 17 presidential election. Thousands of people across Russia are signing petitions to support Nadezhdin’s the longshot candidacy as he challenges President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Putin opponent offers hope to thousands, although few expect him to win Russian election
Thousands of people across Russia are signing petitions to support the longshot candidacy of Boris Nadezhdin. This is a rare sign of protest, defiance and optimism in a country that has seen a … more
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A car sits along a flooded road during a rain storm Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in San Diego. Heavy rainfall around the U.S. on Monday prompted first responders in Texas to conduct water rescues and officials in California to issue evacuation warnings over potential mudslides in parts of Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
AP Week in Pictures: North America
Jan. 19-25, 2024 The roof of a car peeks out from the surface of floodwaters in California, Marine One kicks up snow as it lands at the White House in Washington and fog surrounds New York's … more
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An American-Palestinian teen who was killed by Israeli fire last week was struck by shots fired into the back of a pickup truck he was driving at the time, according to a witness, who said the shooting was unprovoked. (Jan. 24) (AP video by Imad Issied and Production by Jalal Bwaitel)
Witness to fatal shooting of an American-Palestinian teen in the West Bank says it was unprovoked
The passenger in a pickup truck where an American-Palestinian was fatally shot in the West Bank says the shooting was unprovoked. Sixteen-year-old Mohammed Salameh tells The Associated Press that … more
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CORRECTS DETAILS OF DEATH Relatives mourn 17-year-old American Tawfiq Ajaq at his funeral in his family’s Palestinian home village in Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. Ajaq was killed Friday by Israeli fire and police say they have launched an investigation. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Father of American teen killed in West Bank by Israeli fire rails against US support for Israel
The father of an American teen killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank has railed against Washington’s military support for Israel. He spoke as hundreds of mourners buried the 17-year-old … more
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A crew member analyzes data on a monitor aboard a French military AWACS surveillance plane as it flies a 10-hour mission Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, to eastern Romania for the NATO military alliance. With a powerful radar that rotates six times a minute on top of the planes, AWACS can detect targets over hundreds of kilometers (miles). One AWACS can surveil an area the size of Poland; three can cover all of central Europe, NATO says. (AP Photo/John Leicester)
With 'God's-eye view,' secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
Circling around and around high in the skies of eastern Europe, secretive surveillance flights for NATO closely watch Russian activity along the military alliance's eastern flank. NATO policing of … more
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FILE - Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, casts his ballot in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It's an extreme example of a trend being felt across the continent that could tilt the outcome of this year's European Union parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Mike Corder, File)
A quiet Dutch village holds clues as European politics veer to the right
Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It’s an extreme … more
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