Photos from The Hague as NATO leaders including Donald Trump gather for historic summit

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders are gathering in the Netherlands for the start of a historic two-day summit that could unite the 32-member security organization around a new defense spending pledge or widen divisions.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

President Donald Trump climbs the stairs to the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A member of the household staff closes a door as NATO heads of state and government attend a dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Remko de Waal, Pool Photo via AP)

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives for a formal dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

President Donald Trump exits Air Force One as he arrives at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport ahead of the NATO summit, taking place in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US President Donald Trump, center left, along with the King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, center, poses for a family photo at the 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/Pool Photo via AP)

President Donald Trump, right, is welcomed by Netherland’s King Willem Alexander, Netherland’s Queen Maxima and Netherland’s Crown Princess Amalia as he arrives for a formal dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Misha Schoemakers, Pool Photo via AP)

International flags on the venue ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, June 23, 2025 ahead of the NATO summit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Catshuis on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, visits the Netherlands marines training base, as part of the UK-Netherlands Joint Amphibious Force in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, on the sidelines of the NATO summit. (Ben Stansall/Pool via AP)

U.S. security personnel use a measuring tape to establish the required height for the boarding stairs that will be used for Air Force One ahead of President Donald Trump’s arrival at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for the NATO summit, taking place in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife Diana, left, arrive at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of a dinner on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Remko de Waal, Pool Photo via AP)

From left, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose as they meet on the sidelines of the two-day NATO’s Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)

A police sharpshooter monitors the area ahead of a formal dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

French President Emmanuel Macron, right and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer take their seat at the beginning of an E3 meeting at a hotel on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, third left, and Britain’s Defense Secretary John Healey, center, arrive for the NATO defense forum on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, arrives at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of a dinner on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Remko de Waal, Pool Photo via AP)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, right, walks with New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)

President Donald Trump arrives for a formal dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Photos from The Hague as NATO leaders including Donald Trump gather for historic summit

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