PHOTO GALLERY: Highlights of some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by AP in the past week.
A woman floats in the icy water of a forest's lake outside Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Across Russia, the devout and the daring are observing the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers.
From people braving the icy lake waters in Russia for Epiphany, to a camel wrestling festival in Turkey, to an oil spill in Peru triggered by the Tonga undersea volcano, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.Follow AP visual journalism: