Aug. 12 - 18, 2026
AP Mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in the past week.
Hungary's Kristof Milak starts a men's 100-meter butterfly heat at the European Swimming Championships, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
- Emma Da Silva - AP
Smoke rises from a burned-out area of the Hautes Fagnes near Waimes, Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026.
- Valentin Bianchi - AP
Rescue workers prepare an IV for a survivor pulled from the rubble the day after an earthquake struck Pereira, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026.
- Fernando Vergara - AP
A member of the public crosses a reservoir wall at Baitings reservoir near Sowerby Bridge as water levels drop throughout the country, in Sowerby Bridge, England, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.
- Jon Super - AP
Anita Sauckel, an employee of the university of Iceland uses solar eclipse glasses to look up at the sun in front of the Hallgrímskirkja church ahead of a solar eclipse in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
- Marco di Marco - AP
A Buffalo Bills fan looks on during an NFL preseason football game against the Carolina Panthers in Orchard Park, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026.
- Jeffrey T. Barnes - FR171450 AP
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, points to a passing motorist during morning rush hour traffic in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026.
- Mark Thiessen - FR172389 AP
President Donald Trump speaks at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, N.Y.
- Julia Demaree Nikhinson - AP
Count Binface reacts after the result announcement of the Clacton by-election count at the Leisure Centre in Clacton on Sea, England, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.
- Richard Pelham - AP
Serena Williams, of the United States, returns a shot during a women's doubles match with her sister Venus Williams against Marta Kostyuk, of Ukraine, and Peyton Stearns, also of the United States, at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Mason, Ohio.
- Kareem Elgazzar - FR170448 AP
People march as they hold Indian flags during a procession called Tiranga Yatra, as part of the Har Ghar Tiranga celebrations held before Independence Day on Aug. 15, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Monday, Aug. 10, 2026.
- Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
Anastasia Ntragkomirova of Greece wears SpongeBob SquarePants socks after competing in the heptathlon 100 meters hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.
- Morgan Harlow - AP
Faithful sit near an altar inside St. Peter's Basilica as they wait for the start of Pope Leo XIV' s weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
- Gregorio Borgia - AP
People watch a deep partial solar eclipse from the top of the mine dump Hoheward in Herten, western Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
- Martin Meissner - AP
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