Seen through fence netting, a woman waits at the General Hospital where she brought her younger brother who was showing symptoms of Ebola in Bunia, Congo, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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 woman poses for a photographer in front of a poster showcasing the famous red carpet during the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Thursday, May 21, 2026. Rubio is traveling to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)Mourners grieve over the bodies of relatives who were killed two days before by Israeli airstrikes in the southern village of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, at the morgue ahead of the funeral procession in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Arisa Sasaki poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Titanic Ocean’ during the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)Sudanese student Magdah Abu Kassem, 12, who left Sudan with her family during the civil war, poses with her notebook in front of her class room at a refugees school for children, in Tajoura, east Tripoli, Libya, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)People sit along the Seine river next to “The Pont Neuf Cave,” an inflated art installation by French street artist JR, on Paris’ oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, Thursday, May 21, 2026, which will be open to the public from June 6-28. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)Palestinians shop for sheep and goats ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha at a livestock market in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)School children use cotton towels over their heads to protect themselves from the scorching afternoon heat as they walk through a parched field on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)An electric rickshaw driver splashes water on his face to cool off under the intense summer heat in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Lydia Davis dances with hoops during a street party on Broadway, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. celebrating the 2030 Super Bowl scheduled to be played at the Tennessee Titans NFL football team’s Nissan Stadium. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)A United Airlines passenger jet approaches Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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