Former national security adviser John Bolton waves as he arrives at his house Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, August 22, 2025

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

FBI agents carry boxes from former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s office in Washington, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)
A Texas troopers passes the Texas Seal in the Rotunda of the Texas Capitol before debate on a bill on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate Chamber in Austin, Texas, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A car’s windshield is shattered the day after a car bomb explosion outside an Air Force base in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Demonstrators block a highway and burn an installation of a Shabbat dinner table demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Alaa Hassanein carries the body of his 4-year-old niece, Sara Hassanein, who was killed in an Israeli military strike on a school used as a shelter, outside Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An FBI agent stands by as District of Columbia Metro Transit Police Department and Metropolitan Police Department officers detain three people at L’Enfant Plaza metro station, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation calling for a special election on a redrawn congressional map on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Palestinians ride their vehicles through black smoke from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic along the Sea Road, at dusk in the south of Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The former advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, is escorted into the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
Amanda Knox poses for a portrait to promote “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox” on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)
In this photo, taken by a solar telescope, the city landmark, a weather vane in the form of an angel fixed atop a spire of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, is silhouetted against the sun that shows a few solar activity zones, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A diver celebrates after one of the ancient relics was lifted out of the water in the Abu Qir Bay in the Mediterranean Sea city of Alexandria, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Senthilvel Sothiladchumi, an ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil, center, whose son went missing during the Sri Lankan civil war, cries as she leaves the site of a mass grave where authorities exhibited unearthed belongings in an effort to secure the identities of the victims, in Chemmani, Sri Lanka, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Texas Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, is surrounded by fellow Republicans as he faces off with Democrats during debate over a redrawn U.S. congressional map in Texas during a special session, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A fisherman walks on a pier as large waves generated by Hurricane Erin crashi into the jetty at Lighthouse Point Park, in Ponce Inlet, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
The barkentine Antigua passes as hundreds of tall ships sailed into the Dutch capital’s harbor for the 10th edition of SAIL, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
A staff member holds one of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A nun kisses the hand of Pope Leo XIV during his weekly general audience, at The Vatican, Wednesday, Aug.20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Members of Chinese honor guard contingents go through drills ahead of the Sept. 3rd military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II at a military camp on the outskirts of Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A spiritual path devotee locally called ‘Malang’ performs traditional Sufi trance dance called ‘Dhamaal’ during the celebrations of the three-day annual festival or ‘Urs’ of famous saint Hazrat Ali Hajveri, popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh at his shrine, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, are seen in the night sky near Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, early Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Cincinnati Reds’ Will Benson, left, is tagged out by Los Angeles Angels catcher Travis d’Arnaud while trying to score on a double by Gavin Lux during the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
New York Mets third baseman Brett Baty fields the ball in time to throw out Washington Nationals first baseman Josh Bell at first base during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Texas state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, right, looks at a protester dressed as death standing outside of the House Chamber where Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier refuses to leave due to a required law enforcement escort, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Armed officers prepare to place handcuffs on a man from within an apartment complex, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in the Petworth neighborhood of northwest Washington. The officers pictured had “Washington Field Office” on their shirts underneath tactical gear that said Police. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Residents battle a fire advancing toward Rebordondo village, near Ourense, in northwestern Spain, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Garcia)
Demonstrators block a road during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ahmed Al-Hajj carries the body of his daughter, Dana Al-Hajj, 13, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Hindu women belonging to the Dogra community swing a child as part of a ritual as they pray for the long life of their sons during Bacch Dua festival in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.19, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom, commonly known as Sultan-Ul-Arifeen, during the saint’s Urs, or yearly commemoration, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
A supporter gifts vice-presidential candidate Edman Lara a flower necklace during a rally a day after he and his running mate Rodrigo Paz won a plurality in the first round of the presidential election, in El Alto, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Rescuers evacuate an injured civilian after a residential building was hit following Russia’s missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
A train passes through as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stand before a group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Donald Trump meet with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A heron takes off from a dung hill in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A man performs a pyrotechnic show at the Palace of Versailles before the fireworks display in Versailles, outside Paris, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
A police officer looks out from shields on which demonstrators smeared paint at a protest against the war in Gaza, in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A voter sits at a polling station during general elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A dove perches on the hat of an Indonesian Army soldier during a flag raising ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the country’s independence at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Cleveland Browns tight end Brenden Bates (82) is upended with the ball by Philadelphia Eagles safety Tristin McCollum during the first half of an NFL preseason football game on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd hanging above during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A person walks on sand dunes Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People sit on the ground and cover their heads as a siren sounds a warning of incoming missile fired from Yemen during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)
A man battles a wildfire in Veiga das Meas, northwestern Spain, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)
A member of the District of Columbia National Guard patrols along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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