AP Week in Pictures: Global | Dec.29-January 5, 2024
DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 5, 2024
From Beijing to Taiwan, people around the world celebrate New Year’s Eve, while in Europe, people struggle with floods.
Ukrainian servicemen and relatives mourn their fallen comrades and Pope Francis holds a mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images published in the past week by The Associated Press.
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Revelers cheer before a countdown to the new year in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, during the New Year’s Eve celebration, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during New Year’s celebrations in Athens, Greece, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Fireworks light-up the sky over the London Eye in central London to celebrate the New Year on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
People gather near Red Square with the St. Basil’s Cathedral, right, and the Spasskaya Tower, left, in the background, to celebrate the new year after midnight in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Marina Lystseva)
People wear New Year’s costumes and take photo to wait the turn of the year in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A clown lies on the beach as revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
The Christ the Redeemer statue is illuminated with an image of Pele’s Brazilian jersey, as a tribute to the soccer legend on his one-year death anniversary, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold up their photos during a rally calling for their release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip receive treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
Mourners gather in grief around the grave of Israeli soldier Captain Harel Ittah during his funeral in Netanya, Israel, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Ittah, 22, died of his wounds after he was injured while the army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Malene Helgo of Norway hits a forehand to Arantxa Rus of Netherlands during the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Boston Celtics center Al Horford, right, and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams, left, try to rebound the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Notre Dame wide receiver Jordan Faison (80) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second half of the Sun Bowl NCAA college football game against Oregon State, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
Fans at AT&T Stadium stand as a large U.S. flag is displayed on the field during the national anthem before the Cotton Bowl NCAA college football game between Ohio State and Missouri on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
A Pakistani man and his camel are silhouetted, against the last sunset of 2023 at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of Ukrainian army officer Vasyl Medviychuk at a church in the Carpathian mountains in Krasnyk village, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Firefighters extinguish a fire inside an apartment following an explosion that killed top Hamas leader Saleh Arouri and six other Hamas members, including two military commanders, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Hamas and Hezbollah accused Israel of carrying out a drone strike that caused the blast. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Holiday homes at the Billing Aquadrome in Northampton, England, are surrounded by water caused by Storm Henk on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
A keeper counts penguins during the stock take at ZSL London Zoo, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. The conservation zoo is home to more than 300 different species, from endangered Galapagos giant tortoises and Asiatic lions to critically endangered Sumatran tigers – all of which will be logged and recorded as part of the zoo’s annual license requirement. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A youngster runs as others watch the seagulls on Panty Beach during the holiday break in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Luke Humphries of England celebrates after winning the final match against Luke Littler of England at the World Darts Championship, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
A Palestinian man carries the body of his relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Pope Francis presides over the First Vespers and Te Deum, the rite of thanksgiving for the end of the year, in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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