Federal agents detain Carlos Javier Lopez Benitez, center, from Paraguay as they pull away his sister, Porfiria Lopez, a U.S. citizen, left, outside immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits federal building, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Wednesday, July 16, 2025

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Syrian Druze protest near the Israeli-Syrian border, as seen from the town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, amid the ongoing clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups in the southern Syrian city of Sweida. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Competitors swim past a drinks station during the women’s 10km open water swim at the world swimming championships in Singapore, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Spectators take photos of the riders during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 156.8 kilometers (97.4 miles) with start and finish in Toulouse, France, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland grips the driver as he hits his tee shot on the 7th tee during a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber celebrates after winning the tiebreaker at the MLB baseball All-Star game between the American League and National League, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Attorney General Pam Bondi leaves following a news conference at the Drug Enforcement Administration, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Coastal police tow a dead whale off the shore of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Jon Rahm of Spain plays out of a bunker on the 7th green during a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, and Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, cross the finish line hand-in-hand of the the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
Youth from the Hoopa Valley Tribe run with a flag across a sandy stretch that separates the Klamath River from the Pacific Ocean on Friday July 11, 2025, in Klamath, Calif. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)
Japan’s women water polo team stand during national anthem before the match against Greece at the women’s water polo preliminary round at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Hossam Azzam holds the body of his child, Amir, who was killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Dark clouds hover over the White House as a front of rain moves through, Monday, July 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Fireworks and drones illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during Bastille Day celebrations late Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Starlings pick corn from a corn field in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Vendors wait for customers next to the trunk of their American classic car stuffed with homemade crisps and bread, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Baños)
A mine detection rat with the humanitarian demining organization APOPO works in a landmine field in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
A new born chick looks out of the feathers of its mother at a farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Cadets from the elite engineers school Polytechnique march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Children run in a fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Newark, N.J., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Chelsea pleayers celebrate with the championship trophy after the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
State Department employees applaud as their colleagues walk through the lobby of the State Department headquarters in the Harry S Truman Building, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Chelsea’s Reece James, left, and Malo Gusto celebrate after defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer (10) scores his team’s second goal past Paris Saint-Germain’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (1) during the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Italy’s Jannik Sinner reacts after winning a point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men’s singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales sits next to tennis legend Billie Jean King in the Royal Box on Centre Court ahead of the women’s singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
A young girl runs past crosses at a make-shift memorial honoring flood victims, Sunday, July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Palestinians mourn a child killed in an Israeli military airstrike on Gaza, at the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, is laid to rest at her parents’ farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Syrian Civil Defense teams and volunteers battle wildfire flames for the tenth consecutive day near the town of Kasab, in Syria’s Latakia countryside, early Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

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