The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists
Oct. 16 - 22, 2026

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Oct. 16 - 22, 2026

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Oct. 16 - 22, 2026

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Oct. 16 - 22, 2026

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Chile hosts a time-travel-themed zombie walk featuring costumes inspired by monsters and bygone eras; Bolsonaro and Lula intensify their campaigns in the final week before Brazil’s presidential runoff; and a prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer is assassinated on a soccer field in Guatemala City.

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Chile hosts a time-travel-themed zombie walk featuring costumes inspired by monsters and bygone eras; Bolsonaro and Lula intensify their campaigns in the final week before Brazil’s presidential runoff; and a prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer is assassinated on a soccer field in Guatemala City.

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Chile hosts a time-travel-themed zombie walk featuring costumes inspired by monsters and bygone eras; Bolsonaro and Lula intensify their campaigns in the final week before Brazil’s presidential runoff; and a prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer is assassinated on a soccer field in Guatemala City.

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From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today's top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

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From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today's top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

© Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today's top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels strike a residential area in Yemen’s third-largest city, the annual olive harvest takes place in the occupied West Bank, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu campaigns for reelection.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels strike a residential area in Yemen’s third-largest city, the annual olive harvest takes place in the occupied West Bank, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu campaigns for reelection.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels strike a residential area in Yemen’s third-largest city, the annual olive harvest takes place in the occupied West Bank, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu campaigns for reelection.

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The social media personality denies allegations he gave a girl alcohol until she was drunk and sexually assaulted her
The “looksmaxxing” livestreamer Braden Peters, better known by his stage name Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family’s Massachusetts home.
A social media personality known for promoting extreme devotion to male beauty, Peters, 20, is accused of giving the girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her when she visited him in Chatham, on Cape Cod, in May 2025.
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Federal authorities allege state senator L Louise Lucas, a vocal Trump critic, led a ‘criminal marijuana enterprise’
Virginia state senator L Louise Lucas, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed large quantities of marijuana and laundered the proceeds.
An indictment unsealed on Thursday charged Lucas and six other defendants, including several of her relatives, the Department of Justice said in a statement. Lucas surrendered on Thursday, a justice department spokesperson said.
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© Photograph: Ryan M Kelly/AP

© Photograph: Ryan M Kelly/AP
Violent storms overnight knocked over utility poles and carried thunder and heavy winds through central Arizona
Trees fell on to homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.
Storms capable of causing hail and wind damage were traveling through central Arizona early on Thursday, with some flood watches and the possibility of tornadoes, the National Weather Service said.
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© Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP

© Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP
John Lawrence Smart charged with being armed in a way that may cause fear but Perth lawyer expresses concern for mental health
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A man accused of making threats while armed with “improvised nunchucks” at a Western Australian MP’s electorate office could have been holding a musical instrument, not a weapon, a court has been told.
John Lawrence Smart appeared on Thursday in the WA magistrates court, where his lawyer expressed concern for his mental health. He was not required to enter a plea.
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