This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

Israeli army has stated that eight hostages, including three Israelis and five foreign nationals, held in Gaza were freed on Thursday as part of the third phase of a ceasefire and prisoner swap deal ...

Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives, and Israel is to release another 110 ...

Crowds of spectators gathered around vehicles carrying hostages in southern Gaza on Thursday, raising fears the captives ...

The ugly near-riots in Gaza around Thursday’s release of Israeli hostages proves just how deep the terror rot runs.

When the mother of one of the Thai hostages held in the Gaza Strip for over a year caught sight of her son on a Facebook ...

A separate U.S. program that provides contraceptives internationally spent $60 million worldwide in one year, but Gaza was ...

President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is being met ...

Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...

In the ceasefire’s first phase, Israel and Hamas have agreed that 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in exchange ...

Analysis: With the withdrawal deadline from south Lebanon extended, there are fears that Israel is imposing new realities on the ground.

There is "almost nothing left" of Gaza and rebuilding the war-ravaged enclave could take 10 to 15 years, U.S. President ...