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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a joint news conference in Seoul, South Korea Monday, May 27, 2024. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
May 24-30, 2024 A Japanese town that erected a huge black mesh net last week to stop tourists from snapping photos of Mount Fuji discovered holes in the screen. South Korean President Yoon Suk … more
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FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets young supporters marching against U.S. sanctions, in Caracas, Venezuela, May 17, 2024. As Maduro seeks a third term, he has slowly transformed into a defender for migrants, challenging news reports linking some to criminal activities and accusing immigration authorities in other countries of abusing Venezuelans. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
As Maduro shifts from migration denier to defender, Venezuelans consider leaving if he is reelected
President Nicolás Maduro for years refused to admit that millions of people were leaving Venezuela to seek a better future abroad. But as he works toward reelection with a divided and disappointed … more
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A Buddhist devotee offers prayers during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima festival at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
May 17-23, 2024 Iranians attended the funeral of the late President Ebrahim Raisi and others killed in a helicopter crash. Police tried to stop a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, and Buddhists … more
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FILE - This photo taken and released by Basmanny District Court press service on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, shows Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov standing in a defendants' cage in court in Moscow, Russia. Ivanov was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe. (Basmanny District Court press service via AP, File)
Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?
The arrests began last month when a Russian deputy defense minister was detained. Then the head of the ministry’s personnel directorate was hauled into court. This week, two more senior military … more
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A woman looks at the damage caused by fallen bricks from a building wall in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston, after thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Week in Pictures: North America
May 17-23, 2024 Severe weather caused damage in Houston and Iowa this week. Boys held candles in a Catholic church in Connecticut at the start of a pilgrimage route to Indianapolis. The World … more
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Buddhist devotees stand in a queue to light butter lamps during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima festival at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
From South Korea to India, devotees mark the birthday of Buddha with lanterns and prayers
A devotee knelt and gently touched his head on the dome of the Boudhanath Stupa, an iconic Buddhist monument in Kathmandu, as a mark of reverence on Thursday, which marks the birth of Buddha. The … more
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French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks with the press upon arrival at Noumea ñ La Tontouta International airport, in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. Macron has landed in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane from Paris in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago wracked by deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence from France. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)
In riot-hit New Caledonia, French President Macron says priority is return to calm amid unrest
President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in riot-hit New Caledonia, after crossing the globe in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago gripped by deadly unrest. Macron, who … more
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Israeli forces kill at least 7 Palestinians in a West Bank raid
Israeli forces have raided a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank, killing at least seven Palestinians, including a doctor. That's according to local authorities. The raid on Tuesday sparked … more
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A railway guard shows the signal for the train to start, on board the Thirukkural Express at Nizamuddin railway station in New Delhi, Saturday, April 20, 2024. The Thirukkural Express stretches from New Delhi, the heart of India, to Kanyakumari, India's southernmost tip. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Indian voters dissect Modi's politics while traversing the country by train
The Associated Press rode one of the longest trains in India — 1,800 miles from New Delhi to Kanyakumari — to interview voters about an election that will be decided in June. The ruling Bharatiya … more
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Haitians cross the border into Dajabon, Dominican Republic, Friday, May 17, 2024. As violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Dominicans to vote in general elections with eyes on crisis in neighboring Haiti
Voters in the Dominican Republic will take to the polls Sunday in general elections likely to reinforce the government’s crackdown on its shared border with crisis-stricken Haiti. Hundreds of … more
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FILE - Students from Thomas Leadership Academy play on the school's playground in Eatonville, Fla., Aug. 23, 2023. Seventy years after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated
Seventy years after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the impact of the decision is still up for debate. Have Americans truly ended segregation in fact, not just in law? The … more
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters gathered in Sabana de Mendoza, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Edmundo González Urrutia became the opposition Unitary Platform's candidate for president after Machado, who won the opposition's presidential primary in 2023, and her handpicked alternative were banned from registering for the July 28 election. (AP Photo/Regina Garcia Cano)
Venezuela's barred opposition candidate is now the fiery surrogate of her lesser-known replacement
At an intersection packed in four directions, rally-goers scream and light up cellphones in the evening as Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado climbs onto a flatbed truck like a … more
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Dawud Assad, 92, stands in front of Palestinian decor in his home in Monroe Township, N.J., on May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Noreen Nasir)
Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder
Dawud Assad still has nightmares of the day Jewish militias attacked his village of Deir Yassin outside Jerusalem 76 years ago, killing more than 100 people. That massacre, along with similar attacks … more
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FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. A new survey puts a number to how often medical providers in states with laws that seek to protect them from prosecution are prescribing abortion pills to women in states with abortion bans or limits on prescribing the bills by telehealth. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states' bans or restrictions
A new survey says medical providers were prescribing abortion pills to about 8,000 women a month in states with abortion bans or bans on telehealth abortions by the end of 2023. The abortion-rights … more
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Pro-Israel supporters march outside the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
AP Week in Pictures: North America
May 3 - 9, 2024 People walk between rows of tulips in Canada, celebrities attend the Met Gala in New York City and new citizens take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in … more
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AP Week in Pictures: Global
May 3 - 9, 2024 People in Jerusalem observed a two-minute silence in memory of victims of the Holocaust; Russia marked the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II with a Victory Day military … more
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FILE — WWII veteran Charles Shay, pays tribute to soldiers during a D-Day commemoration ceremony of the 78th anniversary for those who helped end World War II, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Monday, June 6, 2022. On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Native American army medic who was ready to give his life — and actually saved many. Now 99, he's spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he's about to take part in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation. (AP Photo/ Jeremias Gonzalez, File)
On D-Day, 19-year-old medic Charles Shay was ready to give his life, and save as many as he could
D-Day veteran Charles Shay is about to take part next month in the 80th celebrations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany occupation. Then a … more
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A woman dons tally marks on her face representing the number of days prisoners of war who defended Mariupol have been held in Russia, during a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
April 19-25, 2024 The U.S. House swiftly approves $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies. Haiti opens a new political chapter with the installation of a transitional … more
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Christian families light candles and put flowers on the graves of their dear ones early morning on Easter in Purulia, West Bengal, India, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Christian around the world are celebrating Easter commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
AP PHOTOS: Easter Sunday around the world
Across the globe, people celebrated Easter Sunday — commemorating the day when, according to Christian tradition, Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago. In India, Christian … more
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FILE - Tourists visit the ancient Acropolis hill during a heat wave in Athens, Greece, on July 21, 2023. Climate change is making heat waves crawl slower across the globe and last longer with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people
A new study says climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas. Friday's study … more
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