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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center left, and Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei, walk to a staging area during their visit to the Mayan site Tikal, in Peten, Guatemala, Saturday, April 1, 2023. Tsai is in Guatemala for an official three-day visit. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Presidents of Taiwan, Guatemala visit Mayan pyramid

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei have toured the archaeological site of Tikal during a trip by Tsai that aims to shore up the self-governing … more

4/1/23

FILE - The body of a man is illuminated by police flashlights as investigators work a crime scene where an alleged thief and a female passenger died in a shootout during a robbery on a bus in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 6, 2023. According to the authorities, the Central American nation has reached its highest murder rate since the Organization of Judicial Investigation office has kept records. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez, File)

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

Costa Rica logged a record 657 homicides last year. Limon, a Caribbean port with a homicide rate five times the national average, was at the epicenter. The bloodshed in a country better known for a … more

By JAVIER CORDOBA | 4/1/23

People carry coffins of a woman, who died in stampede, during her funeral, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, April 1, 2023. Pakistani police arrested eight people in the southern port city of Karachi after a stampede killed several people at a Ramadan food and cash distribution point a day earlier. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani police arrest 8 after deadly Ramadan food stampede

Pakistani police say they have arrested eight people following a deadly Ramadan stampede in the southern city of Karachi. Hundreds of women and children rushed to collect free food and cash outside a … more

4/1/23

FILE - Afghan worshippers attend Friday prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 31, 2023. A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing songs and music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday, April 1. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

A Taliban official says a women-run radio station in Afghanistan's northeast was closed for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan. During their previous rule in the late 1990s, the Taliban … more

4/1/23

Irwing Lopez, a 35-year-old migrant construction worker from Venezuela, washes windshields for tips at a stoplight near the U.S. border wall, behind, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Lopez's friend and fellow Venezuelan Samuel Marchena was detained by immigration agents and hours later became one of the 39 migrants who died earlier this week in a fire at an immigration detention center. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Fatal fire complicates border city's tensions with migrants

Tensions have simmered between migrants and residents in Mexican border cities for years, with camps set up near crossings by those who can’t afford housing or who cling to hopes the U.S. will … more

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ | 4/1/23

Pope Francis autographs the plaster cast of a child as he leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, Saturday, April 1, 2023 after receiving treatment for a bronchitis, The Vatican said. Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday after his public general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis leaves hospital; 'Still alive,' he quips

Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. The 86-year-old Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday at Gemelli Polyclinic, where he received … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 4/1/23

FILE - Russia's Daniil Medvedev plays a return to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz during the men's singles fourth round match on day eight of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday, March 31, 2023, reversed its ban from last year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Wimbledon drops ban on Russians, lets them play as neutrals

Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club reversed its ban from last year. The players must sign declarations of neutrality … more

By KEN MAGUIRE | 3/31/23

FILE - World Food Program chief David Beasley speaks to The Associated Press in the village of Wagalla in northern Kenya Aug. 19, 2022. Beasley is warning that without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

UN food chief: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation

The head of the U.N. World Food Program is warning that without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 3/31/23

Child missing after migrant bodies found near Canada border

Authorities in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne say one child is missing after the bodies of six migrants of Indian and Romanian descent were pulled from the river Thursday. The bodies included that … more

3/31/23

Norway makes country's largest-ever cocaine seizure in Oslo

Police in Norway say officers made the largest-ever cocaine seizure in the country when they discovered 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of the drug in boxes of fruit in Oslo. Norwegian news agency NTB … more

3/31/23

Ukrainian soldiers sit in a trench along the frontline during fighting with Russian troops near Bakhmut, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

March 23-30, 2023 From protests against the raising of the retirement age in France to Kamala Harris’ visit to Ghana and Belgium beating Germany in an international friendly soccer match in … more

By The Associated Press | 3/31/23

People stand around a structure built over an old temple well that collapsed Thursday as a large crowd of devotees gathered for the Ram Navami Hindu festival in Indore, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Up to 35 people fell into the well in the temple complex when the structure collapsed and were covered by falling debris, police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar said. At least eight were killed. (AP Photo)

Covering over well at Indian temple collapses, killing 35

Thirty-five bodies have been found inside a well after a structure built over it collapsed at a temple in central India where Hindus had gathered to pray at a festival for the widely worshipped deity … more

By ASHOK SHARMA | 3/30/23

The sword of the Royal House of Avis on a stylised cross decorates the 56-meter high Monument to the Discoveries by the Tagus river in Lisbon, Thursday, March 30, 2023. The sword and cross on the monument symbolized the growth of the Portuguese empire and faith. This Thursday, the Vatican formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery." The statement was a response to decades of Indigenous demands for the Vatican to formally rescind the papal bulls that provided the Portuguese and Spanish kingdoms the religious backing to expand their territories in Africa and the Americas for the sake of spreading Christianity. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Vatican disavows decrees linked to seizure of Native lands

Responding to Indigenous demands, the Vatican has formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery” -- papal documents from the 15th century that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native … more

The Associated Press | 3/30/23

FILE - The owner of a shooting range, prepares to load bullets in his 9mm semi-automatic handgun for a demonstration, Thursday, June 23, 2022, in New York. A government study released on Thursday, March 30, 2023, highlights just how violent America's recent past has been by showing a surge in gunfire injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the number ofpeople fatally shooting each other— and themselves -- also increased. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Gun injuries in US surged during pandemic, CDC study shows

For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries. Public health experts say that fact is crucial to understanding the full impact of guns on … more

By MIKE STOBBE | 3/30/23

FILE - Ira Gavriluk holds her cat as she walks past the corpses of her husband and her brother, who were killed in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. The scenes that emerged from this town near Kyiv a year ago after it was retaken from Russian forces have indelibly linked its name to the savagery of war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

1 year ago, scenes of horror emerged from Ukraine's Bucha

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The cratered roads have been repaved and the damaged houses are gradually being repaired. But the scenes that emerged from this town near Kyiv a year ago, after it was retaken … more

3/30/23

Models display creations for the Dior Pre-Fall 2023 collection at the Gateway of India landmark monument in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Dior transforms Mumbai's Gateway of India into fashion ramp

In a glittering splash of luxury fashion, Dior transformed Mumbai’s grand, historic Gateway of India monument into a runway laden with celebrity, beauty and craftsmanship. Flanked by the brightly … more

By RAFIQ MAQBOOL | 3/30/23

FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Analysis by independent experts and reporting by The Associated Press raise doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits is delivering on its promise to stop deforestation in the park and balance out carbon emissions by the companies buying the credits. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest

Expert analysis and reporting by The Associated Press raises doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits in Peru's Cordillera Azul National Park is delivering on its promise to balance out … more

By ED DAVEY | 3/30/23

Navy Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Ben Garrett counsels a sailor in his quarters on the USS Bataan on Monday, March 20, 2023 at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. One of the chaplains' roles aboard the ship is help sailors deal with stress Navy life brings. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

US Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention

Concerned with preventing growing numbers of suicides, the US Navy is planning to make chaplains regular members of the crew on ships with more than 300 sailors, instead of only the largest carriers … more

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO | 3/30/23

US Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO | 3/30/23

Seiichi Sano, an 89-year-old Japanese man, rides a wave at Katase Nishihama Beach, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Fujisawa, south of Tokyo. Sano, who turns 90 later this year, has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the oldest male to surf. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese surfer nears 90 and talks of catching waves at 100

FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — A busy company owner for the early part of his life, Seiichi Sano began anew at 80 by climbing Mt. Fuji. Apparently not challenged enough by Japan's highest peak, he almost … more

By STEPHEN WADE | 3/30/23