PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, June 12, 2025

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

A Chinese veteran wearing an old Soviet style military uniform sings during an event promoting tourism to Moscow at the Wangfujing Shopping Street in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Two-week-old African elephant Kaja stands next to its mother in the Opel Zoo in Kronberg near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An anti ICE protesters is detained by Texas state troopers near the Alamo in downtown San Antonio, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Mari Con Carne applies their makeup before attending Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center in drag, on the night that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also in attendance, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A man shouts into a megaphone outside City Hall during a protest on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
U.S. Army soldiers hold a performance as Washington’s Continental Army during the Army Birthday Twilight Tattoo event at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Fort Myer, Va. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Los Angeles Metro police on horseback disperse protesters on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Protesters are loaded onto Los Angeles Police Department buses during a protest on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Protestors surround a dumpster that was set on fire in front of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building during a protest against federal immigration arrests, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
The strawberry Moon rises in the sky behind the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to view opening night of “Les Miserables,” at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Members of the California National Guard conduct exercises after being deployed to the Los Angeles protests Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Alamitos, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan for his retrial, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)
Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa knocks down a ball hit by Miami Marlins’ Eric Wagaman before fielding it to make the out at first during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
Supporters of former President Cristina Fernandez chant slogans in front of her home after Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
“Lone Wolf” a military robotic dog interacts with visitors at the America 250 Celebration at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Boys cool off with water leaking from a pipeline on a hot summer day in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A Palestinian shouts to the camera in Arabic “We get food with the taste of death and blood” as he carries a bag containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A protester wearing a shirt reading “WHITE MEN for TRUMP” argues with another protester Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A protester is arrested by California Highway Patrol near the federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A person displaying multiple flags walks past a burning car during protests over the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A protester offers a flower to Los Angeles police officers in riot gear while they attempt to clear a street in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo Jae Hong)
California National Guard guard the Federal Building on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Residents react near their damaged multi-storey building damaged in Russia’s missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
People light candles on the main square in the city center after a deadly shooting at a school in Graz, Austria, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
A protester taunts a line of California National Guard protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Volunteers examine a fox cub at the hospital run by The Fox Project after being rescued near Tonbridge, England, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Mariah Carey performs during the BET Awards on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Snoop Dogg, right, accepts the ultimate icon award during the BET Awards on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Dr. Dre look on from left,(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 9, 2025, in Washington. The Washington Monument is seen in background. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Alfredo de Jesus Reynoso Gonzalez, 73, second right, and wife Vicenta Aguilar, left, greet their son, center, they are seeing for the first time in 22 years, and two grandchildren they were meeting in person for the first time, as they arrive from Guatemala for a visit, at Miami International Airport, Monday, June 9, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Demonstrators gather during a protest against the new travel ban announced last week by President Donald Trump, at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, Monday, June 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Afghan men pray by the lake Qargha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
An Ukrainian soldier reacts after returning from captivity after a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Palestinian girl runs past the ruins of destroyed buildings along the Gaza City shoreline on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
People take cover as a fire work explodes during a protest near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A police officer’s face is covered in pepper spray outside the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
An Israeli soldier walks in a tunnel beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, where the military claims Hamas militants had been operating, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold photos depicting the faces of Israeli hostages who are being held in the Gaza Strip, during a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Multiple Waymo taxis burn near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Two California Highway Patrol officers try to dodge rocks being thrown near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Maribel Parra screams as protesters confront a line of police near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
A police officer fires a soft round near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night’s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Revelers participate in the Cavalhadas, or Holy Spirit, Festival, in Pirenopolis, Goias state, Brazil, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Kara Young poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for “Purpose” during the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
The cast and crew of “Maybe Happy Ending” accept the award for best musical for during the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) questions a call during the second half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the Indiana Pacers Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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