From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation’s capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Tourists use umbrellas to shelter against the sun outside Hagia Sophia mosque during a hot summer day in Istanbul, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire in Guzelyeli, on the outskirts of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
The sun rises behind a couple walking on a pier in Port Aransas, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
PSG’s Joao Neves tries to control a ball during a training session in Udine, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
Fans of Uruguay’s Penarol scream during a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen first leg soccer match against Argentina’s Racing Club at Campeon del Siglo stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A model is reflected in the mirror applying makeup during the Mr. and Mrs. Kibera leadership contest, on International Youth Day, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Muslim women take pictures as Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard while others march holding the Indian flag as part of a campaign encouraging every household to hoist the national flag ahead of the Indian independence anniversary in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Cable cars carry passengers above La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, six days ahead of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A supporter of presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina applies lipstick on another at a campaign rally five days ahead of presidential elections, in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In the summer heat, a Palestinian boy carries jerrycans after collecting water from a distribution point in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Claudia Tarazona leans on the coffin of her husband, presidential hopeful and opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe, who died from wounds suffered when he was shot at a political rally, at Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A worker hangs on a rope to adjust a huge South Korean national flag on a building to celebrate the Aug. 15 Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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