The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

Young dancers wait to perform during a Christmas ballet event in Nairobi, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

The Holy Family Catholic Church is illuminated ahead of Christmas in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A Scout band plays during the lighting ceremony of a Christmas tree at the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church, months after the church was the site of a deadly suicide bombing, in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

People sing Christmas carols in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Fernanda Romero wrestles during a ticketed wrestling show in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Fans watch a live broadcast of the Africa Cup of Nations group D soccer match between Senegal and Botswana in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Senegal’s fans cheer before the Africa Cup of Nations group D soccer match between Senegal and Botswana in Tangier, Morocco, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Riders from the Sar-e-Pul and Badakhshan teams compete in the final of Afghanistan’s annual buzkashi tournament, a traditional equestrian sport in which riders score points using a fake goat carcass, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo)

The Walled Off Hotel, designed by anonymous street artist Banksy and now an independent business, reopens its doors after more than two years closure following the Gaza war, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Seuk’s Army volunteer Katelynn Aldarondo cuddles with a dog brought from an overwhelmed Southern animal shelter to be flown to a foster and rescue group farther north, as they lie on the pavement between connecting flights at Culpeper Regional Airport in Brandy Station, Va., Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Clothes hang for sale on the roadside on the outskirts of the port city of Bandar Anzali, along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A boys looks at a journalist covering a protest by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a prominent right-wing Hindu nationalist organization, accusing Bangladeshi groups of wrongly targeting Indians, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

People view the site of the Giza Pyramid, during the second day for visitors after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Women sell foodstuffs at a spontaneous market near a subway station during snowfall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

An injured elderly woman looks out of her broken window as an apartment building was hit by a Russian drone during an aerial attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A child sits on an armored vehicle on display among Christmas lights in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A patient at the Brasilia Day Hospital pets a therapist’s dog during a Christmas visit in Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Relatives of Lt. Luis Enrique Castillo, a victim of a Mexican Navy plane crash off the Texas coast, learn about his death, at the family house in El Pantano, Veracruz state, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)