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Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest at the frontline a few kilometers from Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
Ukraine ends year disappointed by stalemate with Russia, and anxious about aid from allies
The year started with high hopes for Ukrainian troops planning a counteroffensive against Russia. It ended with a disappointing stalemate on the battlefield, and anxiety about the future of Western … more
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A penguin's colony is visible near Bransfield Strait shore, Antarctica, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
AP PHOTOS: On Antarctica's ice and in its seas, penguins in a warming world
KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — When U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Antarctica in November to highlight a planet in peril to set the stage for global climate talks in Dubai, … more
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Coast guard officers salute during ceremonies for the inauguration of their new building at the Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, at the disputed South China Sea. The Philippine coast guard inaugurated a new monitoring base Friday on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China's increasingly aggressive actions in the strategic waterway. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippines opens a coast guard surveillance base in the South China Sea to watch Chinese vessels
The Philippine coast guard has opened a new surveillance base on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China’s … more
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Young Sikhs light candles at the illuminated Golden Temple, Sikhs holiest shrine, early morning to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism, in Amritsar, India, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
AP Week in Pictures: Global | Nov. 24 - Nov. 30, 2023
NOVEMBER 24 - 30, 2023 From young Sikhs lighting candles at the illuminated Golden Temple in India, to a Christmas Market in Frankfurt, to demonstrations on the International Day for the … more
Gal Tarshansky, who was released last night, sits with her father in an IDF helicopter en route from Hatzerim Air Base to Schneider Hospital, in Israel, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (GPO/Handout via AP)
Live updates | More Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released under truce
The Israeli military has released 30 more Palestinian prisoners after eight more Israeli hostages were freed from captivity in the Gaza Strip under the temporary cease-fire. The army says the Israeli … more
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Palestinians walk by a damaged building following an Israeli army operation in Jenin refugee camp, West Bank, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians in a 24-hour period, Palestinian health officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say
Health officials say Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians in a 24-hour period. The surging violence in the West Bank comes as a fragile pause in … more
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Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios participates in the evening gown category during the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. The 23-year-old communicologist went on to win the competition, the first to wear the crown from her country. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Nov. 17-23, 2023 Miss Nicaragua won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country. The deaths of two people, muggings and a dangerous heat wave left … more
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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (85) celebrates after scoring against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
AP Week in Pictures: Global | Nov. 17 - Nov. 23, 2023
NOVEMBER 17 - 23, 2023 From elections in the Netherlands, to the war in Gaza, to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images … more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stands outside the Chilean Eduardo Frei Air Force Base in King George Island, Antarctica, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Guterres' visit to Antarctica comes days before nations converge in Dubai for COP28 to address climate change. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
On the cusp of climate talks, UN chief Guterres visits crucial Antarctica
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Antarctica just before the COP28 climate talks begin. He has previously said the world must slash carbon emissions to prevent the continent's … more
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FILE - Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. Since Hamas fighters carried out the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, Israeli officials have vowed to crush the Palestinian militant group and its enigmatic leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. But seven weeks into the war, 61-year-old Sinwar remains alive, in hiding and at the helm of Hamas’ fighters as they battle Israeli forces. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
Shadowy Hamas leader in Gaza is at top of Israel's hit list after last month's deadly attack
Since Hamas fighters carried out the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, Israeli officials have vowed to crush the Palestinian militant group and its enigmatic leader in Gaza. But seven weeks into … more
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At least 37 dead after a stampede at a military recruitment event in the Republic of Congo
Authorities in Republic of Congo say at least 37 people are dead following a stampede at a military stadium overnight. The death toll was released Tuesday by the prime minister's office. Long lines … more
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Palestinians flee the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din street in Bureij on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Civilians fleeing northern Gaza's combat zone report a terrifying journey on foot past Israeli tanks
What was once Gaza’s busiest thoroughfare has become a terrifying escape route for Palestinian civilians running for their lives from heavy combat. After Israel announced it was opening a safe … more
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An injured Palestinian boy cries as rescuers try to pull him out of the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
Following an Israeli airstrike, crowded Gaza hospital struggles to treat wounded children
Airstrikes in the Gaza Strip's Bureij refugee camp have flattened entire apartment buildings, sending scores of injured Palestinians into a hospital unable to grant them bed space. In Al-Aqsa … more
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Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip during the ongoing bombardment by the Israeli military on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Over the past five days, Israeli ground troops have pushed deeper and deeper into Gaza in their war against Hamas, launched in response to a bloody Oct. 7 cross-border raid by the Islamic militant group. Yet even as the operation expands each day, the army refuses to call it an invasion. Its vague choice of words appears to be a deliberate strategy aimed at keeping its enemy off balance and preserving its options as a lengthy war unfolds. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Has Israel invaded Gaza? The military has been vague, even if its objectives are clear
Over the past five days, Israeli ground troops have pushed deeper and deeper into Gaza in their war against Hamas, launched in response to a bloody Oct. 7 cross-border raid by the Islamic militant … more
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Rev. Jimmie Hardaway Jr. shows the gun he carries on him during services at Trinity Baptist Church Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. One time, when he wasn’t carrying a gun, “I had a guy beat his wife in my office and I couldn’t do anything. He was too big for me. All I could do was say: ‘Stop! Stop!,” he recalls. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Freedom Under Fire: 5 takeaways from AP’s series on rising tension between guns and American liberty
In a country shadowed by the threat of mass shootings and neighborhood violence, courts have embraced an increasingly absolute reading of the right to guns. That raises difficult questions about how … more
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A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-17 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China sends its youngest-ever crew to space as it seeks to put astronauts on moon before 2030
China has launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030. The Shenzhou 17 spacecraft lifted off from the launch center on the … more
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Sea Shepherd Global's Allankay breaks a wave as the ship sails through the Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean, on March 3, 2023. The conservation group operates the Dutch-flagged vessel. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem
Fishing for krill is banned in U.S. waters due to concerns it could impact whales, seals and other animals that feed on the shrimp-like creatures. But such fishing has been taking place for decades … more
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Indonesian Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Abu Bakar Ashshiddiq Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. As violence and tensions increase in the Gaza Strip with Israeli airstrikes after an unprecedented Hamas attack, Islamic leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, appealed to all mosques across the country to pray for peace and safety for the Palestinian people. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Muslims gather at mosques for first Friday prayers since Israel-Hamas war started
In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. In Indonesia, … more
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Afghan men search for victims after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, of western Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Saturday's deadly earthquake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 6 - 12, 2023
People searched for victims after an earthquake killed and injured thousands in Afghanistan’s Herat province, supporters of Israel embraced near the Israeli Consulate in New York during a … more
FILE - This Nov. 10, 2016 photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. Dozens of Antarctica’s ice shelves, floating extensions of glaciers, showed significant shrinking between 1997 and 2021, a study published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, found. (John Sonntag/NASA via AP, File)
Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.
A new study finds that four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time. These are the crucial … more
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