Major global news moments of March, in AP photos

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery features compelling images from around the world published by The Associated Press in March.

A man stands atop the rubble as smoke rises from a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A boy tries to climb on an unexploded Iranian projectile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, March 4, 2026.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Muslims wait before Eid al-Fitr prayers in a sports hall in Bucharest, Romania, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A sanitation worker picks up trash next to a mural of César Chavez in Bakersfield, Calif., March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

People eat cups of soup outside during a blackout in Havana, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Mourners take cover while air-raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Israel during the funeral of Sarah Elimelech and her daughter Ronit, who were killed in an Iranian missile attack, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Savannah Guthrie visits the "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York, March 5, 2026. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

People work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, March 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears for an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board investigate the site on March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter, Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Children play beside a fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a schoolyard in the Israeli settlement of Peduel in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned vehicle in Jupiter Island, Fla., March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jason Oteri)

Demonstrators march near the Memorial Bridge during the No Kings protest in Washington, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Wang Chenyang, of China, crosses the finish line in the cross-country skiing men's 10Km interval start classic standing final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Jessie Buckley, left, winner of the award for best actress in a leading role for "Hamnet," and Michael B. Jordan, winner of the award for best actor in a leading role for "Sinners," pose in the press room at the Oscars. March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in southern Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sajjad Safari)

Snow geese take off to resume their northern migration after a stopover at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, March 6, 2026, in Kleinfeltersville, Pa. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Law enforcement escort families away from the Temple Israel synagogue following an attack, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A damaged living room is seen in a house that was affected when a nearby residential building was hit in an overnight strike during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)

Sarah Mullally waves as she leaves after the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, England, March 25, 2026, the first woman ever to lead the Church of England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli military strike on a target next to a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A man walks away after watching as a black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse in the industrial area of Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026, following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

People walk among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

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Lead photo: President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)