The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

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Attendees wave flags as President Donald Trump, center, Vice President JD Vance, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stand on stage at the 158th National Memorial Day Observance coinciding with the nation’s 250th anniversary, at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Israeli settler parents travel with their baby on camels in the northern Judean Desert near the settlement of Kochav Hashachar, in the West Bank, Monday, May. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah of France returns to Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. during their first round women’s singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Relatives mourn around the body of 6-year-old Palestinian girl Menna Allah Abu Labda, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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A man rides his motorcycle past the ruins of homes destroyed five months earlier in an attack by dissidents of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in Buenos Aires, Cauca, Colombia, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.(AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
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A Kashmiri vendor kisses a sheep as he waits for customers at a livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Participants compete in the men’s downhill race category of the traditional annual Cheese Rolling contest at Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England, Monday, May 25, 2026.(AP Photo/Anthony Upton)
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Mustard, left, edges out Ketchup to win the hot dog race during the fourth inning of a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays, Monday, May 25, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, center, and teammates celebrate after winning Game 4 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Naval Academy students walk to their seats during the U.S. Naval Academy’s graduation and commissioning ceremony, at the U.S. Naval Academy, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as India’s Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, not pictured, speaks during a joint news conference at Hyderabad House, Sunday, May 24, 2026, in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
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U.S. Secret Service Police place evidence markers on a crime scene after responding to reports of shots fired near the White House, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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A woman who said she is pregnant stands in front of riot policemen as they prepare to disperse anti-government protesters during a rally led by Serbia’s protesting university students who are pushing for major political changes in the Balkan country run by President Aleksandar Vucic, in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, May. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
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Residents uses buckets of water as they try to control the fire that hit a poor community in Manila, Philippines Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Veronica Smith watches from her doorstep as firefighters battle a commercial structure fire in South Gate, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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A woman walks beside a collapsed building where multiple people are believed to be trapped in Angeles city in Pampanga province, north of Manila Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Muslim pilgrims prostrate as they offer evening prayers around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site in the holy city of Mecca during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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A woman with a image of Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk marches with others in support of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party or (CHP) chairman Ozgur Ozel, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Faithful pray during a Pentecost Mass inside Rome’s Pantheon, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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A sanitation worker from the Bunia city government sprays chlorine to disinfect the central market, as Ituri province continues to combat an Ebola outbreak, in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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A child is hoisted up during the Piu Sik Parade at the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
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One of the city’s largest public pools is closed as temperatures went over 30 degrees Celsius (89 degrees Fahrenheit) in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Real Madrid’s players throw David Alaba after playing the last game for the club after a La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Athletic in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Adi, sister of Israeli soldier Staff sergeant Noam Hamburger, who was killed in a Lebanese drone attack on northern Israel, mourns over his casket during his funeral in Atlit, Israel, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Palestinians walk through the rubble of the Al-Kurd family home, destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Thoudy Baday, left, Indonesian journalist who was aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla and was detained by Israeli authorities, kisses his mother upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Sunday, May 24. 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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President Donald Trump speaks at Rockland Community College, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Suffern, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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