A friend of 11-year-old Bernardo Lopes, who died during heavy rains and flooding, is comforted by his mother during Lopes' burial in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Mud-covered protesters shout slogans as police block them during an anti-corruption rally that coincides with the 40th anniversary of the near-bloodless coup popularly known as “People Power” revolution in Quezon city, Philippines, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Dr. Casey Means testifies during a Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee Conformation Hearing for U.S. Surgeon General on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)A staff member holds a painting “lb”created by British artist Lucian Freud, in front of the painting “Rythme couleur” created by French artist Sonia Delaunay, at the auction house Christie’s in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. The painting “lb” is estimated to sell for 1.2 – 1.8 million GBP (1.5 – 2.3 million USD) at Christie’s 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale on March 5. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)A model wears a creation from the Missoni Fall/Winter 2026-2027 Women’s collection presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)T.C., the Minnesota Twins mascot, along with Twins players, pause for a moment of silence for former Boston Red Sox star and Lee County, Fla. commissioner Mike Greenwell, who passed away in 2025, before a spring training baseball game against the Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)A Kashmiri Muslim man prays inside the Hazratbal Shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad, during Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A girl points at posters bearing the faces of missing persons in Guadalajara, Mexico. Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)A street vendor sells corn to a customer after sunset in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)A woman pushes a stroller through plowed snow, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Women walk past a mural at a girls school at Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution Street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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