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.

Pestrella has spent his entire 38-year career at LA County Public Works, making his way up from field hydrologist to director.

Five people were injured, including two Americans, in a "serious" stabbing attack that occurred in broad daylight in Amsterdam's city center on Thursday, police said. The suspected assailant is in ...

Only Gov. Greg Abbott can call for a special session. But in his role presiding over the Texas Senate, Patrick can block any ...

The winners of the 68th annual World Press Photo Contest have been announced, with images documenting conflict, protests, ...

A green pit viper named after Salazar Slytherin from Harry Potter, an unfamiliar snake found in an Instagram post, and twelve ...

A judge’s order allows a mother of two children in the Gardner Edgerton district to once again go to school property and ...

"You think it will bring people closer, but it's not like that at all," Freeport woman says of family after tragedy.

In honor of his mother and others imprisoned at the internment camp, baseball player Dan Kwong has restored a diamond in the ...

Forty-two winners were chosen from more than 59,000 entries received from 3,778 photographers from across 141 countries, ...

Hinks Elementary students listened to a special presentation about outer space from Rodney Bisher inside STARLAB, an ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, author Gregory Maguire plans one of his few “Elphie: A Wicked ...