This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A couple kiss after the ball drops in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
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Pope Francis kisses a wooden statuette of the infant Jesus at the end of a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on New Year's Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Women talk on a street surrounded by buildings that were destroyed during the civil war at the district of Khalidiya in Homs, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Crows sit on a branch of a tree as the sun rises on a winter morning in Chennai, India, Wednesday, Jan.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Sikh devotees pray while standing in the pond surrounding the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, on New Year's Day in Amritsar, India, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
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A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025. The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State group flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Members of the FBI walk around Bourbon Street during the investigation of a truck fatally crashing into pedestrians on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the street near the scene where a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A man uses a power washer on Toulouse street a day after a vehicle was driven into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A cut-out of president-elect Donald Trump is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York's Financial District Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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People stand outside their homes at a residential area as members of the new security forces take part in an operation to detain, according to the state media, militiamen affiliated with ousted president Bashar Assad in Homs, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after defeating Britain's Katie Boulter in their quaterfinal match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
A man crosses the street on a rainy and windy day in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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A state trooper stands by New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Cars drive up to the top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday evening, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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A bird flies framed by security fencing in front of the U.S. Capitol, which has been put up in a perimeter around the complex, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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A migrant carries a child through Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, as part of a caravan of migrants trying to reach the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
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Czechia's Karolina Muchova plays a shot between her legs to Italy's Jasmine Paolini during their quarterfinal match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a shot to USA's Reilly Opelka during their match at the Brisbane International, in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Pat Hoelscher)
Driver Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Edouard Boulanger competes during the prologue of the Dakar Rally in Bisha, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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A tree lies over a creek that meanders through a small valley in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Jan Hoerl, of Austria, soars through the air during training at the third stage of the 73rd Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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A member of the new security forces shakes hands with a boy during an operation to detain men suspected of being part of militias or loyalist soldiers of the ousted president Bashar Assad in Homs, Syria, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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An Indian Sikh boy shouts religious slogans during a procession ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in Jammu, India, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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Members of the House take the oath of office as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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A competitor rides past local people during the prologue of the Dakar Rally in Bisha, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts after winning a point against Jodie Burrage of Britain during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
The skyline is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Drivers wait at the start delayed due to fog during the eleventh stage of the Dakar Rally with start and finish in Shubaytah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Danielle Collins of the U.S. reacts after defeating Destanee Aiava of Australia in their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A person walks on the beach next to homes damaged by the Palisades Fire Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves to Clara Tauson of Denmark during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
Workers continue with the finishing touches on the presidential reviewing stand outside the White House Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on goods headed to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico unless the two countries stop illegal border crossings and prevent illicit drugs from entering the United States.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jon Elswick via AP
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Palestinian female prisoners wave from inside a bus as they arrive in the West Bank city of Beitunia, early Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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A Palestinian prisoner is greeted as he disembarks from a bus after being released from an Israeli prison, in the West Bank city of Beitunia, early Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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