AP Top Photos of the Month January 2025

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

The resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches in Altadena, California, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A pool is surrounded by charred ruins after a fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades Fire burns a beachfront property in Malibu, California, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

The color of a Volkswagen bus stands out amid the charred ruin of homes in Malibu, California, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The remains of a home destroyed by the Eaton Fire are seen through a cross-shape in Altadena, California, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Palestinians walk through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar)

Palestinians celebrate the imminent announcement of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A freed Palestinian prisoner salutes as he arrives in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison in Khan Younis, Jan. 30, 2025, after a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli captive Arbel Yehoud, 29, who had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters as she is handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Seagulls fly along the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, Germany, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a sword after using it to cut the cake as first lady Melania Trump smiles during the Commander-in-Chief Ball on Trump’s inauguration day in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. President Donald Trump kisses his wife first lady Melania Trump during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)

Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, to celebrate New Year's in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A person displaced by the fighting with M23 rebels evacuates with their belongings to downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the Carter detail places his hand on the hearse transporting the casket of late President Jimmy Carter at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Haitian migrants stand outside the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid government office to apply for asylum in Mexico City, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A man races his horse during Epiphany celebrations in the village of Pietrosani, Romania, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Union members shout slogans during a rally demanding the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 3, 2025. The signs read "Immediately arrest Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A model wears a creation from the Viktor&Rolf Haute Couture Spring Summer 2025 collection in Paris, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey grabs Buffalo Bills running back James Cook by the hair as Cook carries the ball during the first quarter of an NFL divisional playoff football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

Members of the dragon dance club “Naga Merah Putih” practice in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Migrants wait between two border walls separating Mexico and the United States after crossing illegally before dawn as they wait to be processed in San Diego, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2025, the day before his inauguration for a third term. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A family watches racers during the prologue of the Dakar Rally in Bisha, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Rescuers help elderly residents leave their homes after a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Naked Hindu holy men known as “Naga Sadhus” take a holy dip in the Sangam on new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl looks at her family's candles lit to mark the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in Jerusalem, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A woman overcome with grief is carried during the funeral service of journalist Marckendy Natoux, who was killed by a gang on Christmas Eve while covering the reopening of a hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A statue of late Syrian President Hafez Assad lies destroyed in Dayr Atiyah, Syria, Jan. 5, 2025, after he was removed from power by a rebel offensive in December. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

People run to enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge in New York to celebrate the new year, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

A 5-month-old male gorilla infant named Zeytin who was rescued at the Istanbul Airport walks in a specially created section of a zoo in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Madison Keys of the U.S. kisses her Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Lead photo:  A statue remains standing after the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

This collection was curated by photo editors Leslie Mazoch and Rachel Leathe.