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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Argentina’s Lionel Messi leaves the field after the World Cup Group J soccer match between Argentina and Austria in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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People buy food at an improvised outdoor market, burnt cars in the foreground, surrounded by damaged buildings covered with street artists paintings close to a big city marketplace that was ruined recently by Russian missiles in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Merlin the duck, dressed in a Mexican national soccer team jersey, bottom right, enters the daily press conference by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, with his caretakers, brothers Carlos and Christian Gomez, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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A woman holds her cat after it being found during search and rescue works in the damaged residential building following Russia’s missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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A Shiite Muslim boy beats his chest with others in a ritual during a gathering in the mourning month of Muharram, in Peshawar, Pakistan, late night on Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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A man flashes the victory sign through the shattered window of a damaged apartment following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in the town of Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Residents sleep on the roof of their home near Versova Beach to escape the oppressive indoor heat as hot and humid conditions persist amid a delayed monsoon in Mumbai, India, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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People participate in a mass yoga class during the “Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga” event, to celebrate the summer solstice, Sunday, June. 21, 2026, in New York (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
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Sam Burns reacts after missing a putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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United States’ Alex Freeman (16), second left, celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Australia in Seattle, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Competitors take part in the Aberdeen Dragon Boat Race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
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Dancer Catherine Cisneros moves across the lighted squares of Christopher Janey’s “Passing Light” solar sculpture that aligns each Summer Solstice at San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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People sit waiting for their turn to vote at a school serving as a polling station during the runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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People participate in the Washington Pride parade, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion into the Soviet Union in World War II on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)
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A woman’s hand presses against a plastic sheet used to replace the shattered glass of a balcony door damaged in an Israeli strike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, June 21, 2026.(AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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Palestinians mourn over the body of Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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People light candles outside the Victory Museum in Moscow, Sunday, June 21, 2026, marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
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Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the opposition Defenders of the Motherland movement addresses supporters at a rally after runoff election results showed him leading in Barranquilla, Colombia, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand (1) makes a save from Belgium’s Maxim De Cuyper (5) during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Belgium and Iran in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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A sculpture of soccer star Lionel Messi by artist Aldo Beroisa, that was unveiled for Argentina’s opening World Cup match against Algeria, stands in Cutral Co, Argentina, at sunrise Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Nestor Ponce)
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Fans watch a live broadcast of a World Cup soccer match between the U.S. and Australia from a pool at the Circa Resort & Casino, Friday, June 19, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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American singer Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons performs at the World Cup Fan Zone in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Palestinians watch a live broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Spain and Saudi Arabia on a screen in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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