From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Demonstrators block a road during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ahmed Al-Hajj carries the body of his daughter, Dana Al-Hajj, 13, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hindu women belonging to the Dogra community swing a child as part of a ritual as they pray for the long life of their sons during Bacch Dua festival in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.19, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A migrant who arrived recently at the island of Crete, drinks water as he is being held under guard at a temporary shelter in the village of Agia, near Chania city, on the island of Crete, southern Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)
Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, commonly known as Sultan-Ul-Arifeen, during the saint’s Urs, or yearly commemoration, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Armed officers prepare to place handcuffs on a man from within an apartment complex, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in the Petworth neighborhood of northwest Washington. The officers pictured had “Washington Field Office” on their shirts underneath tactical gear that said Police. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Exiled Tibetans shout slogans from a bus after being detained and taken to a police station during a protest against the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to India, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A fisherman walks to his boat in Santa Rosa, Peru, an island on the Amazon River at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A supporter gifts vice-presidential candidate Edman Lara a flower necklace during a rally a day after he and his running mate Rodrigo Paz won a plurality in the first round of the presidential election, in El Alto, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story, right, dives to second while trying to pick off Baltimore Orioles’ Colton Cowser during the third inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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