Photos from Tehran show residents maintaining everyday routines — meeting in cafés, playing backgammon in parks, walking dogs, shopping in markets and visiting barbers — despite the ongoing war. The collection highlights ordinary moments and quiet resilience across the city. Curated by AP photo editors, the images provide a visual snapshot of life in Tehran.
Tehran in Focus: Photos Show Everyday Life Persisting Amid War
Armita, no surname given, poses for a photo in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Daily life unfolds across Tehran even as conflict continues in the region. People gather in cafés, play backgammon in parks, walk their dogs, browse busy market stalls, and visit barbers — everyday routines that convey both normalcy and resilience.
Scenes From the City
The images in this gallery capture ordinary moments: friends sharing tea at a table, concentrated hands moving backgammon pieces, vendors arranging goods, and barbers attending customers. Taken together, the photographs offer a mosaic of daily life and the small acts that sustain communities during trying times.
Photo Credit: This gallery was curated by AP photo editors to document ordinary activity across Tehran.
Three young girls sit together over soft drinks and sandwiches at a café terrace in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A woman carries her pet as she walks along a street market near Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pedestrians walk through Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Customers browse inside a gift shop in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A customers poses for a photo of her shoes while browsing at a gift shop, in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A shop owner, center, gestures as customers look around a gift shop in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Employees work inside a bakery near Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Kiana, no surname given, poses for a photo as she drinks a hot beverage at a café in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A worker prepares coffee in a café in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A young man gets a haircut at a barbershop near Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A café worker displays his tattoo for a photo in a café in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A woman browses postcards in a gift shop in central Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
People shop at Tajrish bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Ali Asghar Nasrulahi, 66, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, plays backgammon with a friend in a public park in Tehran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A woman walks past a mural depicting Iranian astronauts in space in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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