A train passes through as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Rescuers evacuate an injured civilian after a residential building was hit following Russia’s missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stand before a group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)President Donald Trump meet with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Young women meet to dance in a street near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Women do laundry at the Renk transit center, which hosts more than 12,000 people fleeing the war in Sudan, in Renk, South Sudan, Saturday, Aug 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Adlai Coleman)A participant reacts during a greased-pole climbing competition held to celebrate Indonesia’s 80th Independence Day, at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)Curd spills as a boy tries to break an earthen pot filled with curd, after climbing on top of a human pyramid as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)Policewomen detain an exiled Tibetan woman protesting against the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to India, outside Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)A heron takes off from a dung hill in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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