PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, August 14, 2025

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

Maria Claudia Tarazona kisses her son Alejandro during the funeral service for her husband, presidential hopeful and opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe, who died from wounds suffered when he was shot at a political rally, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
PSG’s Marquinhos lifts the trophy with teammates after the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur in Udine, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Cincinnati Reds’ Austin Hays slides safe at home under leaping Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto on a single hit by Noelvi Marte during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A man carries a sheep on the motorcycle during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress as a United States Park Police vehicle drives past, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington near the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz upon arrival in the garden of the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 to join a video conference of European leaders with the US President on the Ukraine war. (John MacDougall/Pool Photo via AP)
Flames burn a tree during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A meteor streaks across the sky, seen above the Temple of Zeus in the ancient city of Aizanoi, during the Perseid meteor shower, near Cavdarhisar, western Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People spend the day at the beach of the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz, northern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A worker removes an octopus’ beak at Frigorificos Arcos SL on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in O Carballino, Spain. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
Los Angeles Angels’ Jo Adell, right, celebrates with Zach Neto after hitting a wal-off single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation’s capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A woman protects herself with an umbrella during a heat wave in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire in Guzelyeli, on the outskirts of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
The sun rises behind a couple walking on a pier in Port Aransas, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
PSG’s Joao Neves tries to control a ball during a training session in Udine, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 ahead of Wednesday’s UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
A model is reflected in the mirror applying makeup during the Mr. and Mrs. Kibera leadership contest, on International Youth Day, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Muslim women take pictures as Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard while others march holding the Indian flag as part of a campaign encouraging every household to hoist the national flag ahead of the Indian independence anniversary in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Cable cars carry passengers above La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, six days ahead of presidential elections. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A youth sweeps away trash blocking drains on a flooded street after heavy rains in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump’s plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Joselin Marlen Martinez poses on top of a classic American car before her quinceanera photoshoot in Havana, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qureiqa, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral outside Gaza City’s Shifa hospital complex, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
People enjoy the sea as the sun sets during a warm and windy day at Kavouri beach in southern Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
A photo of opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe is placed at his seat in Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, after his death more than two months after being shot during a political rally. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Tourists enjoy a playground on Bjelasnica mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
Jolber Romero, left, one of five children who returned to Venezuela from Mexico with his parents after abandoning plans to reach the United States amid President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown, shovels sand into molds to cast aluminum pots, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Ukrainian soldiers from air-defence unit of 59th brigade fire at Russian strike drones in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Burns are seen on the face of Artem aka “Lisnyk”, a Ukrainian soldier of Da Vinci Wolves Battalion who was injured during fighting with Russian forces at the front line on Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A person walks on a bridge over the Miljacka River, which is almost dried-up with algae visible, amid a heatwave and drought in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
Protesters chant slogans during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Donnell Whittenburg of EVO Gymnastics competes on the parallel bars during the senior men’s finals of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Scottie Scheffler hits on the first fairway as a butterfly flies by during the final round of the St. Jude Championship golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins running back Alexander Mattison (8) falls to the field during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

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