PHOTO COLLECTION: COP29 hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change

NEW YORK (AP) — The effort to save the pale blue dot called Earth is all about the green — that is, the money to finance a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar. The annual Climate Week NYC and United Nations General Assembly combination is putting special...

Azerbaijan holds a parliamentary election expected to retain the presidential party's dominance

Polls closed Sunday evening in Azerbaijan's snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory in a lightning offensive last year. Previous elections since independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s have not been regarded as...

Day after Putin's visit, Azerbaijan applies to join Russia and China in the BRICS alliance

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes. The...

Putin meets Azerbaijani president in Baku to strengthen ties as regional tensions persist

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks on Monday with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes and shore up ties in the South Caucasus. Business links were high on the agenda as Putin and...