From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Director of U.S. Federal Marshall Service, Gadyaces Serralta, right, presents President Donald Trump with an honorary badge, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Police escort two arrested suspects in the detonating of a car bomb at an Air Force base to police headquarters in Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working with the Associated Press and other outlets during the Gaza war, poses for a portrait in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2024. Dagga was one of several journalists killed along with other people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Alaa Hassanein carries the body of his 4-year-old niece, Sara Hassanein, who was killed in an Israeli military strike on a school used as a shelter, outside Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A demonstrator takes part in a performance during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People attend a demonstration to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, left, hugs her husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Firefighters battle the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Members of historical reenactment groups wearing Dacian warrior outfits, try to repel an attack by Roman empire soldiers in Poiana, Romania, Sunday, July 13, 2025, during the Getodava historical reenactment festival. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Taiwan celebrates following the Little League World Series Championship baseball game against Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2025, in South Williamsport, Pa. (AP Photo/Sam Balkansky)
A player warms up during the third day of tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is hit with bubble gum and water from teammate Victor Robles as they celebrate a win over the against the Athletics in a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A Texas troopers passes the Texas Seal on the Rotunda of the Texas Capitol before debate on a bill for a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate Chamber in Austin, Texas, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Protesters take over a women’s restroom as they speak out against an anti-transgender bathroom bill at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
FBI agents carry boxes from former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s office in Washington, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Maria Isabel Ortiz mourns during the funeral of her son, Michael Astaiza, a police officer killed when a police helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, in Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Tango teachers Laura Murphy and Fransley Marcel explain how to perform a traditional tango pose in a tango school held as part of the Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Daroy Perkins holds his son Malakai during a protest against President Donald Trump’s use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in the city at a rally along the U street corridor in northwest Washington, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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