A look at AP's top photos in October 2025

This photo collection highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in October 2025.

Palestinians travel by horse cart amid the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A balloon bearing the image of President Alassane Ouattara floats above supporters during a campaign rally in Koumassi, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

President Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as he receives a gift of a gold crown and an award of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, not seen, during a high honor ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Construction workers, bottom right, atop the U.S. Treasury, watch as demolition continues on the East Wing of the White House to make room for a new ballroom, in Washington, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A girl performs on a mallakhamb pole as fireworks light up the sky during the Diwali festival of lights in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Angela Perez sits on a chair in her house in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, after deadly floods and torrential rain. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Residents walk through Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A boy is detained as youth led protests calling for healthcare and education reforms turned violent, in Sale, Morocco, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Fishermen pull on nets during a traditional fish haul of the Rozmberk pond near Trebon, Czech Republic, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of comrade Staff Sergeant Itay Yavetz, killed in Gaza, in Modiin, Israel, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Friends and relatives welcome freed Israeli hostage Alon Ohel to his home, who was released after being held captive for two years, following the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Israeli community in Lavon, Israel, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani pitches during the first inning in Game 1 of baseball's National League Division Series in Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Protester dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume enters the subway station after a "No Kings" protest in New York, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

A vintage Cadillac is covered by autumn leaves inside a private car sculpture park within a forest in Neanderthal Valley in Mettmann, Germany, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Naveen Daries of South Africa competes on the floor during the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

A man takes a bath with his daughters beside damaged structures due to a recent strong earthquake in Bogo, Cebu Province, Central Philippines, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Police officers block access to the Louvre museum after a robbery in Paris, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

People attend a Halloween rave in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest commemorating the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco killings, when soldiers fired on student protesters, in Mexico City, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Lawmakers applaud as Sanae Takaichi, center, is elected as Japan's new prime minister during the extraordinary session of the lower house, in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, holds his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter in Shostka, Ukraine, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Javier Milei holds a megaphone while leading a campaign rally ahead of mid-term elections, in Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo (44) is injured near Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Zack Baun during the first half of an NFL football game in Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Milwaukee Brewers' William Contreras warms up before Game 2 of baseball's National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Milwaukee, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Orthodox nuns attend the procession of Saint Dimitrie Bassarabov, the patron saint of the Romanian capital, in Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Soldiers loyal to Col. Michael Randrianirina guard the entrance of the high constitutional court in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Residents look at the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

People react during the viewing of the body of former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

Students attend class inside the Maar Shmarin Primary School, its walls scarred by bullet holes from the fighting between forces loyal to former President Bashar Assad and rebel groups, in Maar Shmarin, a village in the Idlib countryside of Syria, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A man wades through a flooded area carrying a TV from his home in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People look through fence to get a glance at the Statue of Liberty in New York, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, is greeted by supporters upon arriving for a mayoral debate in New York, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Cameroon's President Paul Biya and first lady Chantal Biya attend a political rally at Lamido Yaya Dairou Stadium in Maroua, Cameroon, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)

Jiri Lehecka, of the Czech Republic, serves against Denis Shapovalov, of Canada, during a Masters tennis tournament men's singles match in Shanghai, China, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A polar bear sits on the porch at an abandoned research station on Koluchin Island, off Chukotka, Russia, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov)

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Lead photo: People gather at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 13, 2025, prior to the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)