Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, gives a certification of the People's Honor Award to Japanese speedskater Miho Takagi, the most decorated female Japanese Olympian with 10 Olympic medals, including two gold medals, during a ceremony at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Revelers react to fireworks shooting off a traditional “Torito” during town festivities in Tepexpan, Mexico, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Iranian girls with portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei sing a song during Arbaeen rituals, which is held 40 days after Ashoura, commemorating the killing of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad Imam Hussein and members of his family at the Battle of Karbala in 680 A.D. in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A man cools off in a public fountain in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)The sea is visible through the remains of a house destroyed by a wildfire in Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, films a social media video at a pool party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Lava flows and clouds of ash out of the crater of the Fuego Volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)Mexico’s Erick Portillo celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s high jump final at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)Empty beach chairs are pictured at the beach of the Baltic Sea in Travemuende, Germany, on a cool Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)A migrant who crossed from Morocco into Spain holds a sign reading, in Spanish, “asylum” as he lines up for food distribution on a beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)A farmer cut a maze out of a corn field in the shape of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, left, and US President Donald Trump, depicted as small children playing with a globe, at the Luenemann farm in Selm, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)A family member sobs while observing movement of silence before lighting candles in memory of the climbers who died Thursday in an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Shiite pilgrims perform mourning rituals during Arbaeen at the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Ceedee Lamb catches passes from a machine during the NFL football team’s training camp, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Oxnard, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Bodies of members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, are draped in Palestinian flags during their funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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