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The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists 01/09/2026 08:35am • Jan. 2 - 8, 2026 This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week. ___ See last week���s top photos of the week Follow AP visual journalism: AP photograp US employers add a modest 50,000 jobs to cap a year of weak hiring, though unemployment falls to 4.4% 01/09/2026 08:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� US employers add a modest 50,000 jobs to cap a year of weak hiring, though unemployment falls to 4.4%. Hurco: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/09/2026 08:22am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Hurco Cos. (HURC) on Friday reported a loss of $3 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Indianapolis-based company said it had a loss of 47 cents. The manufacturer of computerized machine tools for the metal cutting industry poste UN rights office cites 'widespread repression' in Uganda before next week's presidential election 01/09/2026 08:10am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� The U.N. Human Rights Office said Friday that a presidential election in Uganda next week would be ���marked by widespread repression and intimidation��� against the opposition and others. Ugandan authorities in the East African country have used lawfare, including military Man City signs Semenyo from Bournemouth in reported $87M deal 01/09/2026 08:04am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Manchester City signed Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth on Friday to strengthen its attacking options ahead of the team's tilt at the Premier League and Champions League titles. Semenyo, who has scored 10 goals and been one of the best attackers in English No flag, anthem or parade: An isolated Winter Olympics beckons for Russian athletes 01/09/2026 07:58am • TERSKOL, Russia (AP) ��� Every time Nikita Filippov races, it's an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so. The 23-year-old from Russia���s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is a medal contender in the rugged new Olympic sport of ski mountaineering ��� sprinting up a slope and then skiing back Madrid hopes Mbapp�� can play against Barcelona in Spanish Super Cup final 01/09/2026 07:38am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Real Madrid is hoping Kylian Mbapp�� recovers from a knee issue in time to face a high-flying Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday. Mbapp�� missed Madrid���s hard-fought 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid in Thursday���s semifinal, but coach Xabi Alonso said the France st Mound of garbage collapses at Philippine landfill, killing 2 and leaving 36 others missing 01/09/2026 07:34am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing two people, injuring a dozen and leaving 36 others missing, officials said Friday. Thirteen people were rescued alive overnight, but one of them Beltway Basketball Beat: Trying season for the Terps 01/09/2026 07:30am • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. See his ballots online. Maryland Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Gary Williams once claimed that Maryland felt like "Siberia" in the old ACC days, when the Terps were the northernmost school. "Cold January" has taken a new meaning lately: Wednesday's 84- The pope in a major foreign policy address blasts how countries are using force to assert dominion 01/09/2026 07:28am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� In his most substantial critique of U.S., Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope Leo XIV on Friday denounced how nations were using force to assert their dominion worldwide, ���completely undermining��� peace and the post-World War II international l Lebanon signs gas exploration deal with international consortium amid economic crisis 01/09/2026 07:20am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Lebanon ���s government on Friday signed a deal with an international consortium to explore gas in an offshore area bordering Israel. The deal for exploration at the so-called Block 8 off the coast of southern Lebanon comes after Lebanon and Israel signed a 2022 agreement over their More historic upsets could be in store in FA Cup's third round as Premier League giants play minnows 01/09/2026 07:03am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� A non-league team against the defending champion. It's what the FA Cup is all about. Macclesfield ��� a phoenix club playing in the sixth tier of English soccer ��� hosts Premier League side Crystal Palace on Saturday, hoping to pull off a memorable upset. The third ro Iran judiciary chief vows that punishment for protesters 'will be decisive, maximum and without any legal leniency' 01/09/2026 06:59am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran judiciary chief vows that punishment for protesters 'will be decisive, maximum and without any legal leniency.' This Lexus SUV stretches its long legs on an East Coast road trip 01/09/2026 06:29am • "I stomped down on the pedal. I set the cruise control. Five hundred raging horses blew on by the state patrol." So began my road trip from Maryland to Miami in the big, long Lexus TX550h+. OK, well not exactly. I stole those lines from the country singer Robert Earl Keen, and his 1988 song, Wonder opens 10th DC-area location as traditional food halls falter 01/09/2026 06:04am • At a time when several food halls across the D.C. region closed last year ����� The Block in Annandale, Virginia, The Heights in Chevy Chase and Solaire Social in Silver Spring, Maryland ��� one food hall chain keeps expanding in the D.C. region. Wonder is opening a new location in Alexandria