From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery features compelling images from around the world published by The Associated Press in May.
Protesters barricade the entrance gates outside the Delaney Hall detention on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Newark, N.J. Inside the facility, detainees carried out a labor and hunger strike for days over alleged living conditions. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Protesters barricade the entrance gates outside the Delaney Hall detention on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Newark, N.J. Inside the facility, detainees carried out a labor and hunger strike for days over alleged living conditions. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Passengers are being disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
Passengers are being disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
Family members of a victim who died from the Ebola virus mourn during the funeral at Rwampara Cemetery, in Rwampara, Congo, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) CORRECTION: City corrected to Rwampara, instead of Bunia
Family members of a victim who died from the Ebola virus mourn during the funeral at Rwampara Cemetery, in Rwampara, Congo, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) CORRECTION: City corrected to Rwampara, instead of Bunia
Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps, in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps, in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Micki Larson-Olson, who was convicted on a misdemeanor charge for her actions on January 6, 2021, when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, touches a Qanon patch on her outfit, during Rededicate 250, a mostly conservative Christian prayer gathering in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Micki Larson-Olson, who was convicted on a misdemeanor charge for her actions on January 6, 2021, when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, touches a Qanon patch on her outfit, during Rededicate 250, a mostly conservative Christian prayer gathering in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Jury member Demi Moore poses for photographers at the jury photo call at the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Jury member Demi Moore poses for photographers at the jury photo call at the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Supporters of presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda of the ruling Historic Pact coalition gather outside the polling station where he voted during the presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Supporters of presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda of the ruling Historic Pact coalition gather outside the polling station where he voted during the presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Farah Abu Al-Qumsan trains at a women’s boxing club inside a tent in Gaza City, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
Farah Abu Al-Qumsan trains at a women’s boxing club inside a tent in Gaza City, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
People illuminate themselves with their phones while playing dominoes as a fire set up by residents protesting against prolonged power outages burns on a street in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People illuminate themselves with their phones while playing dominoes as a fire set up by residents protesting against prolonged power outages burns on a street in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
President Donald Trump, left, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Temple of Heaven on Thursday May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
President Donald Trump, left, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Temple of Heaven on Thursday May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Red Cross volunteers help an injured woman in a shelter after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Red Cross volunteers help an injured woman in a shelter after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Senate security run after gunfire was heard along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Senate security run after gunfire was heard along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Fans are reflected in a glass partition as Coco Gauff, of the United States, returns the ball to Tereza Valentova, of the Czech Republic, during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Fans are reflected in a glass partition as Coco Gauff, of the United States, returns the ball to Tereza Valentova, of the Czech Republic, during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Women grieve as they carry the body of 6-month-old Mariam Fahos during a funeral procession for people killed a day earlier in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Saksakieh, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Women grieve as they carry the body of 6-month-old Mariam Fahos during a funeral procession for people killed a day earlier in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Saksakieh, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Roza, center, a survivor of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s abuses, is comforted by fellow survivor Dani Hannah Bensky, as she is overcome with emotion after addressing House Oversight Committee Democrats at a field hearing focused on the Epstein Investigation, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Roza, center, a survivor of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s abuses, is comforted by fellow survivor Dani Hannah Bensky, as she is overcome with emotion after addressing House Oversight Committee Democrats at a field hearing focused on the Epstein Investigation, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A protester gestures during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
A protester gestures during a public transport strike over fuel prices in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
Protesters burn an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump during a May Day rally in Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Protesters burn an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump during a May Day rally in Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Anti-government protesters standing in a field are silhouetted against clouds of tear gas launched by police, near El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Anti-government protesters standing in a field are silhouetted against clouds of tear gas launched by police, near El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Beyoncé arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Costume Art” exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Beyoncé arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Costume Art” exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Britain’s King Charles III sits besides Queen Camilla during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, May 13, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
Britain’s King Charles III sits besides Queen Camilla during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, May 13, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
Logan Branch eats a hotdog as he sits among the debris of what is left of his home at Gene’s Mobile Home Supply, a trailer park in Bogue Chitto, Miss., Thursday, May, 7, 2026, after a tornado cut across the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Logan Branch eats a hotdog as he sits among the debris of what is left of his home at Gene’s Mobile Home Supply, a trailer park in Bogue Chitto, Miss., Thursday, May, 7, 2026, after a tornado cut across the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Palestinians react to a fire following an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians react to a fire following an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Attendees react as they listen to a speech during a vigil, the day after a shooting, outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Attendees react as they listen to a speech during a vigil, the day after a shooting, outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Muslim pilgrims shave each other’s heads, during a ritual known as “halq,” marking the completion of Hajj after the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims shave each other’s heads, during a ritual known as “halq,” marking the completion of Hajj after the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A resident rows a small boat through floodwaters outside a submerged home along the banks of the Euphrates River near Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
A resident rows a small boat through floodwaters outside a submerged home along the banks of the Euphrates River near Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
Residents flee their homes to escape clashes between armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Residents flee their homes to escape clashes between armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Palestinians offer Eid al-Adha prayers beside the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli bombardment, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians offer Eid al-Adha prayers beside the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli bombardment, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli settler parents travel with their baby on camels in the northern Judean Desert near the settlement of Kochav Hashachar, in the West Bank, Monday, May. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli settler parents travel with their baby on camels in the northern Judean Desert near the settlement of Kochav Hashachar, in the West Bank, Monday, May. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
