The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
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Mirana, a drag artist, smiles during the annual Rio Pride parade along Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Christmas trees are positioned for sale on a meadow in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Two seagulls stand on St. Peter Statue in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel as part of the ceasefire deal are buried in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Armenian worshippers pray during Sunday Mass at the Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, ahead of the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Women mourn over flag-draped coffins of a group of unknown soldiers who were killed during the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war, whose remains were recently recovered from the battlefields, during a ceremony called “Farewell to Martyrs,” in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli Italy drives during a qualifying session at the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix auto race, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)A double rainbow appears behind wind turbines under storm clouds near Cathedral City, Calif., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)A firefighter sprays water at people during a Christmas parade in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Yogi Adityanath feeds Siberian gulls at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, ahead of the annual Hindu religious festival ‘Magh Mela’ at Prayagraj, India, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Indian cricket fan Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary paints on his face during the first day of the second cricket test match between India and South Africa in Guwahati, India, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 president, sits as Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, left, speaks with other U.N. officials during a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)Activists participate in a demonstration outside where negotiations are taking place at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Tseng Jing-hua holds his award for Best Supporting Actor for the film “Family Matters” at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Billy Dai)Palestinian fishermen pull in their net from the Mediterranean Sea at the coast of Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)A woman walks past an image of American, left, and Soviet troops meeting on April 25, 1945 at the Elbe River in Germany during World War II at a street exhibition of colorised photos dedicated for the recent celebration of the end of World War II, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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