A 12-year-old unaccompanied minor who crossed into Spain is escorted by a Spanish soldier to the Spain-Morocco border as the child begs not to be sent back to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. The forced deportation of the unaccompanied minor was stopped by a high-ranking official a few meters before the child reached the border after residents and journalists said the migrant was a minor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Palestinians try to extinguish a burning car after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)A volunteer tries to extinguish small flames during a wildfire near Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)Shiho Kuwaki, of Japan, kisses the trophy as she poses for the media after winning the Women’s British Open golf championship in Lytham St Annes, England, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)Aerial photo shows Shiite pilgrims gathering between the illuminated holy shrine of Imam Hussein and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, ahead for Arbaeen, the annual Shiite commemoration marking 40 days after Ashura, in Karbala, Iraq, late Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Miriam Sim, 76, reacts as she walks through the burned remains of her neighborhood after a wildfire hit the northern part of Spokane, Wash., Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)People steer their stand-up paddle (SUP) boards along the Moyka River at the annual costumed ‘Fontanka’ SUP-boards festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)An armed Israeli settler stands on a hillside overlooking the Palestinian town of Tell, in the occupied West Bank, Friday, July 31, 2026, during a march held days after deadly clashes involving settlers, Israeli forces and Palestinian residents in the area earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)A man dressed as Pothuraju, a mythical character, performs rituals during a procession marking Bonalu, a month-long Hindu folk festival celebrated in India’s Telangana region, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)Children play in the rain on the highway during monsoon showers on the outskirts of Raebareli District, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Ukrain’s Konovalov Danylo competes during the Men’s 1m Springboard Final at the European Aquatics Championships in Saint-Denis near Paris, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)Migrants who crossed into Spain from Morocco gather around a bonfire on a beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)President Donald Trump, seated center, joined by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, from left, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, attends a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Shiite Muslim worshippers gather inside the holy shrine of Imam Abbas ahead of the Arbaeen festival in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Usually submerged areas of the Danube River are exposed amid exceptionally low water levels, in Rasova, Romania, Monday, Aug. 3 2026. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)A masked protester walks with a sign during an “ICE out of Cincinnati” protest across the street from the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office as Haitians who reside in Ohio arrive for appointments in Cincinnati, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)A burned car is seen after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)Dancers perform in the annual parade honoring the “Lord of Great Power”, in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A vehicle and structure are burned on N. Skyline Dr. due to a wildfire, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)
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