Whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order perform during a Sheb-i Arus ceremony at Kasimpasa Mevlevihane in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2024, to commemorate the death of 13th century Islamic scholar, poet and Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
A demonstrator is removed by security officers as Joseph Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sit during a hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Grave markers are tilted due to thawing permafrost at a cemetery in Kotzebue, Alaska, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Palestinians walk through the rubble amid stormy weather in Gaza City Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Tyler Robinson, accused of the murder of Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)AEK Athens’ Aboubakary Koita, center, fights for the ball with Samsunspor’s Rick van Drongelen during Europa Conference League opening phase soccer match between Samsunspor and AEK Athens, in Samsun, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Nurgul Gunaydin)Demonstrators use the light from their cell phones as they gather outside the parliament during a general strike to protest against a new labour package announced by the centre-right government, in Lisbon, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)Attendees watch a drone show tribute during a memorial luminaria walk in honor of Laney College football coach John Beam in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)A motorist drives down a street lined with holiday lights, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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