This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
Friedrich Merz, left, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), stand next to Secretary General Carsten Linnemann, right, after he receives flowers at the CDU's headquarters, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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A woman prays at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Hiroyuki Sanada, from left, Tadanobu Asano, Anna Sawai, Hiroto Kanai, Moeka Hoshi, Tommy Bastow, and Shinnosuke Abe accept the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for "Shogun" during the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Migrants wind down during sunset on Gardi Sugdub Island, on Panama's Caribbean coast, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, where they will overnight before attempting to board boats to Colombia the following day after turning back from southern Mexico, abandoning hopes of reaching the U.S. amid President Trump's crackdown on migration. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A dance team performs an interpretive dance during the annual Black History Month event, Lift Every Voice, presented by Women in Worship of Lexington at Consolidated Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky., Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
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A woman attends an interfaith prayer service at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in London, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Rain falls over Pope John Paul II statue outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is hospitalised in Rome, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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President Donald Trump speaks as he greets France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, before a news conference at the White House, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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A masked monk stands behind a curtain, assisting a dancer in preparing for a traditional performance during Gyalpo Losar, the Sherpa community's New Year celebration, at Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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A hummingbird drinks from a flower in a garden on the outfield lawn before a spring training baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Athletics, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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A carnival float depicts Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hitting a love hammer on Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the presentation of this year's satirical carnival floats for the Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Catholic faithful attend a nightly rosary prayer service for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Chelsea's Tosin Adarabioyo, left, and Southampton's Paul Onuachu battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge, London, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (John Walton/PA via AP)
A Hindu devotee offers prayers during Shivaratri festival at Sri Parvathi Jadala Ramalingeshwara Swamy Devastanamu, in Narketpally, India, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Relatives of Bibas family show their appreciation to the crowd on the side of the road leading to the funeral of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, near Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The mother and her two children were abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and their remains were returned from Gaza to Israel last week as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Residents of the West Bank urban refugee camp of Nur Shams evacuate their homes and carry their belongings as the Israeli military continues its operation in the area on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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A model wears a creation of the Diesel Fall/Winter 2025-2026 women's collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Workers carry bunches of bananas to be auctioned at a wholesale fruit market, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
A Shariah law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/ Reza Saifullah)
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Freed Palestinian prisoners react as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Migrants spend the night in a shelter in Palenque, Panama, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The migrants are returning from southern Mexico after giving up on reaching the U.S., a reverse flow triggered by the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Transgender woman Alessandra Salazary, 31, hosts a Carnival contest in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo
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Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrive, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The brothers were charged with human trafficking in Romania and arrived in the U.S. after authorities lifted travel restrictions. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Flags and a sign thanking United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers are pictured as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Freed Palestinian detainees are greeted after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Eva Pinkelnig of Austria in action during her trial jump at the Women Normal Hill HS102 Individual Ski Jumping event at the Nordic World Ski Championships, in Trondheim, Norway, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Children play by a traditional log drum in the house of the Angh, or chief, at Longwa village on the India-Myanmar border in the northeastern India state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
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VÃctor Razuri, 41, from Peru, poses in a ham drying plant in Guissona, Lleida, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Inside a cavernous production plant in northeastern Spain, among millions of legs of Spanish ham traveling down hooks and conveyer belts, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a successful food company humming. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
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Conservative political commentator Rogan O'Handley, also known as DC Draino, from left, and social media content creator Chaya Raichik hold up binders with a cover titled "The Epstein Files: Phase 1" at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and France's President Emmanuel Macron meet during the European leaders' summit to discuss Ukraine, hosted by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, at Lancaster House, London, Sunday March 2, 2025. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)
Devout Muslims leave after breaking their fast at sundown on the first day of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi,India, Sunday, March, 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 1, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Models wear creations as part of the Dolce&Gabbana's Fall/Winter 2025-2026 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Pigeons on a statue of Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Mourners carry the coffin of Itzhak Elgarat, a slain hostage who was held captive by Hamas in Gaza, during his funeral procession in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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A worshipper prays during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Shiite Saint Abdulazim, in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Long-range drones An-196 Liutyi of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine stand in line before takeoff in undisclosed location, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Sean Baker, winner of the awards for best original screenplay, best film editing, best director, and best picture for "Anora," attends the Governors Ball after the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Adrien Brody, from left, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "The Brutalist," Mikey Madison, winner of the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "Anora," Zoe Saldana, winner of the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Emilia Perez," and Kieran Culkin, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for "A Real Pain," pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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