The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
Friends and relatives welcome freed Israeli hostage Alon Ohel to his home, who was released after being held captive for two years, following the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Israeli community in Lavon, Israel, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Original Publication Date: October 26, 2025 6:05PM
Publication Updated: October 26, 2025 7:15PM
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Ballots are counted at a polling station in Yopougon after polls closed in Ivory Coast’s presidential election, in Abidjan, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left and Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul react as they switch country signs during a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Reporters look on as President Donald Trump, seated center, meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, seated left, and Qatar Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, seated right, aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump’s attendance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Azneal Ishak)An Oriental Shorthair cat waits to be evaluated by a judge during the FIFe World Show Romania 2025, the world’s largest cat event, held in a different country every year, which brought together more than 1000 cats from over 30 countries, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain celebrates on the podium with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, right, and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco after wining the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Brody Malone of the United States competes in the men’s horizontal bar final during the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Italy’s Giulia Valleriani competes in an alpine ski, women’s World Cup giant slalom, in Soelden, Austria, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)People wade through a street flooded by rains caused by Tropical Storm Melissa in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)A boy pushes a wheelchair through the rubble of buildings destroyed in the war between Israel and Hamas, in the al-Nafaq area of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Mourners gather outside Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leave 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 for a meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing”.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., appear on stage during a rally, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)Coast Guardsmen stand watch behind a barrier at Coast Guard Base Alameda as an anti-ICE protester approaches on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. The barrier was erected earlier in the day after law enforcement officers fired on a vehicle as it backed towards them. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Demonstrators protest outside the Prime Minister’s Office during a feminist rally against the government of ultraconservative Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)A girl holding her mother’s hand walks past decorative skulls displayed on Reforma Avenue ahead of Day of the Dead festivities in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)People dance during a Halloween rave in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Blanca Guerrero, 67, left, and Gloria Sanabria, 67, right, ride in a limousine to a quinceanera celebration for women who never had a traditional 15th birthday party, organized by the Suenos Hechos foundation in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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