July 5th to 11th, 2024
Russian missiles struck cities across Ukraine, damaging the country’s largest children’s hospital and other buildings in a violent attack that halted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to undergo treatments outdoors.
President Joe Biden took advantage of his long-awaited press conference to make a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies and rebutted questions about his ability to serve another four years.
A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections, fending off a wave of far-right but failing to win a majority.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won the second round of Iran’s presidential elections, besting hardliner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease the enforcement of the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests that pressured the Islamic Republic.
Nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust,” Alec Baldwin’s trial in her death has begun.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images published last week by the Associated Press.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City and photojournalist Fatima Shbair.
