This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its ...

More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago on Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese ...

As fears grow of a renewed full-blown civil war, the United States on Sunday ordered all its non-emergency staff to leave the ...

The last night of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival the top samba schools captivate audiences at the marquee Sambadrome with their ...

Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia Sunday after doctors reported some positive news: after more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old pope is responding well to ...

The six top-scoring samba schools from Rio’s Carnival returned to the Sambadrome for one final parade, showcasing their ...