A race fan sits in the stands at Churchill Downs before the 151st running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race Friday, May 2, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, May 2, 2025

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

A Vietnamese couple practice Ballroom dancing as part of their morning exercise along Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Actor–comedian Russell Brand arrives at Westminster Magistrates’ court in London, Friday, May 2, 2025, to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
President Donald Trump talks about transgender weightlifters as gives a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon shoots during the second half in Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
People swim in the Sky Pool on a sunny day in London, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
President Donald Trump sits at a desk as he and religious leaders listen to a musical performance before Trump signs an executive order during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Thomas Slater waves an American flag during the NYCLU’s May Day rally for workers and immigrants’ rights, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
An Order of the Sunrise follower attends an annual ceremony known as the “Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator,” at the group’s lakeside temple in Planaltina, Brazil, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Tre Cool, from left, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Mike Dirnt of Green Day pose with their new star during a ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A laborer carries a sack of potatoes to load it into a mini truck at a wholesale vegetable market, during May Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Cubans march to Revolution Square to mark May Day, in Havana, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Islam Abu Sahloul, center, mourns the death of her sister Lamia, 32, who was killed when an Israeli army strike hit a house killing at least five people, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians search the rubble of a house targeted by an Israeli army strike that killed killing at least five members of the Abu Sahloul family in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
United States’ Coco Gauff returns the ball to Iga Swiatek of Poland during the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
St. Louis Cardinals’ Brendan Donovan scores on a fielding error by Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz during the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Abdoul Sow)
Anton Le, who was 5 years old when he and his family arrived in the U.S. from Vietnam via the Philippines, plays with his son, Kevin, while waiting for his order outside a café in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Elon Musk speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Russian soldiers attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A girl watches a fireworks display during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Cardinals attend a mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Icelandic horses play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An unidentified Cardinal walks through the St. Peter’s Square colonnade at the end of a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A member of the LGBTI community models a creation inspired by Lady Gaga’s style during a show of outfits made either by the models themselves or by the sustainable fashion house “Escola de Divines,” at the Central Train Station days before Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. at (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
President Donald Trump holds his hat in the wind as he arrives on Air Force One at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Harrison Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
People arrive before President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
A woman protests the Panamanian government’s decision to sign an agreement with the United States that demonstrators deem at odds with their sovereignty, in Panama City, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Heba Shakura mourns her son Islam Abu Mahdi who was killed in an Israeli army airstrike, during his funeral at the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece returns the ball against Lorenzo Musetti of Italy during the Madrid Open round of 32 tennis match in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Cossacks march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Wendell Gomez, left, places a candle at a memorial for victims after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Houston Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubón (14) leaps to catch the throw as Detroit Tigers’ Trey Sweeney steals second base during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, April 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A white rose is placed on the tomb of Pope Francis inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
People buy food at a supermarket during a massive power outage in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A horse comes off the track after a workout at Churchill Downs Monday, April 28, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernández celebrates as sunflower seeds are thrown at him after hitting home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
Liza Ahyeng, center right, hugs another attendee at a vigil for victims after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Children of the Maasai tribe perform a traditional jumping dance, during the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage, specifically the initiation of boys, marking the transition from childhood to becoming a moran (warrior) in Olaimutiai, Narok County, Kenya Thursday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Israeli soldiers mourn Israeli reserve soldier Master sergeant Asaf Cafri, 26, during his funeral, after he was killed during Israel’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip, in Gezer regional council, Israel, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Mira Abu Shaar, 5, right, and her older sister, Raghad, 15, hold pots next to their family tent, as they wait for food to be prepared, in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., poses for a portrait during an event at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Faithful take photos of the tomb of late Pope Francis inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Clerics attend a mass on the third of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Men dressed in traditional clothes try to pull the opponent over the table at the German Championships in Fingerhakeln or finger wrestling, in Pang, near Rosenheim, Germany, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
People attend a mass presided over by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin on the second of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Buddhists carry lanterns in a parade during the Yeon Deung Hoe, or Lotus Lantern Festival ahead of the Buddha’s birthday on May 5, in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Indonesian ballet students gather during competition at shopping mall in Bekasi, on the outskirt of Jakarta, Sunday, April, 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Multiple scars cover the face of Kostiantyn Bychek, 35, after he was injured in a Thursday Russian strike on residential neighborhood, as he visits a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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