Schoolgirls and cadets dance as they attend a rehearsal of a ceremony on the first day at school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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.
School students listen to their teachers during a lesson, in the basement of a municipal building during the first day in school in Bobryk, Sumy region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. The Bobryk school was forced to move to the basement due to endless alarms. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)An injured person is carried to a military helicopter that landed to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)A farmer works in his paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)An athlete practices jumping across a body of water during a Fierljeppen competition in Kockengen, Netherlands, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Friends and relatives mourn over the coffin of slain hostage Idan Shtivi, whose body was recovered in an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, during his funeral in Kfar Maas, Israel, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)A Baghdad Ballet Academy student prepares to perform “Alice in Wonderland” at Al-Rashid Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A model wears a creation by Brazilian brand Artemisi on a runway at the Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Director Benny Safdie, from left, Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson arrive at the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Laborers drink tea, sitting under tin shade panels to shelter themselves from the rain during roadwork, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)A tourist visits the ruins of Santo Domingo church, built in the 17th century after the city was relocated from its first colonial settlement, which had been destroyed by pirates, in “Casco Viejo,” the historic district of Panama City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Vietnamese troops march during a parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of independence in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, Pool)Voters line up at a polling station during general elections in Georgetown, Guyana, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Icelandic horses graze on a meadow at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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