The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists

Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2025

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca and photo assistant Makayla Hart, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.

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A voter casts his ballot in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

The Los Angeles Dodgers surround pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto as they celebrate their World Series title win against the Toronto Blue Jays, at the end of Game 7 in Toronto, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Laura Dufour, of France runs in the New York City Marathon in New York, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

A resident returns to what remains of a home in the aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi that devastated communities along the Mananga River in Talisay, Philippines, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Hernandez, File)

People protest a day after the general election following allegations of electoral irregularities in Arusha, Tanzania, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

A plume of black smoke fills the sky, caused from a crash of a UPS cargo plane at the international airport in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry, File)

The “Beaver Moon” rises next to the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Students attend class inside the Maar Shmarin Primary School, its walls scarred by bullet holes from the fighting between forces loyal to former President Bashar Assad and rebel groups, in Maar Shmarin, in the Idlib countryside of Syria, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

Carmelita Tupan, right, retouches the tomb of her father, observing All Saints Day at the Barangka public cemetery in Marikina, Philippines, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

A reveler dressed as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa strikes a pose during the Village Halloween Parade in New York, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

A hippo calf, born in September, explores the large water basin for the first time in public together with its mother Nala at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People prepare to release a hot air balloon during a competition to mark the Tazaungdaing lighting festival in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Herders feed their camels at the annual fair in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A woman who fled el-Fasher, after Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people in the western Darfur region, rests at a camp in Tawila, Sudan, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Bakry, File)

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. tosses flowers into the air as he celebrates after riding Cy Fair to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint horse race in Del Mar, Calif., Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Heidi Klum strikes a pose as she arrives for her 24th annual Halloween party at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York, Oct. 31, 2025. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP File)

A supporter watches election night returns during a watch party for Independent mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo in New York, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill and Lieutenant Governor-elect Dale Caldwell, celebrate their victories in East Brunswick, N.J., Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Democrat Abigail Spanberger points out at the crowd after she was declared the winner of the Virginia governor’s race during an election night watch party in Richmond, Va., Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Supporters for Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani cheer as they watch returns during an election night watch party in New York, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

People wait their turn to shop for food at the Irving Park Community Food Pantry in Chicago, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the America Business Forum Miami at the Kaseya Center, in Miami, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Law enforcement agents wear gas masks during a stand off with protesters outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

U.S. Capitol Police protective agents secure the steps at the Capitol for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., to meet with reporters in Washington, Nov. 5, 2025, day 36 of the government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A commuter runs towards Kabatas ferry terminal next to the Bosphorus strait, in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba, southern Lebanon, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

Birds take flight as fisherman Luis Rivas cleans his catch to sell in Piura, Peru, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

Cipriana Soriano, right, and Mercedes Soriano return to their house after visiting the tomb of their loved ones during Day of the Dead celebrations in Susques, Argentina, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Students march through the fields of northern Serbia, in the direction of Novi Sad for a Nov. 1 rally marking the first anniversary of a train station disaster that killed 16 people, in Indjija, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut, File)

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