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)
The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
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)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)
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