Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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.
People participate in fire rituals during the Autumn Equinox celebration in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Protesters enter Central Station during clashes with police after the strike march in support of Palestine, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Marco Ottico/Lapresse via AP)Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, and Maryam Bukar, Global Advocate for Peace, take a selfie together after they each addressed the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)Volunteers from an animal welfare organization carry stray dogs on a stretcher after sterilization outside a veterinary hospital in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama’s Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Community members move tree branches onto the Pan-American Highway to protest the government, in Otavalo, Ecuador, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)A dog named Zoe, runs out from one of the rooms of the Dog Relais, a hotel for dogs at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Rescue workers put out a fire at a building destroyed during a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)A civil defense worker inspects a damaged car hit the previous day in an Israeli drone strike that killed four members of the same family in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Orthodox Jews pray at the gravestone of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement, to mark the Jewish new year in the town of Uman, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Melissa Amuli, one of many wounded by fighting in the region, sits in her home in Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)A Hindu devotee performs rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Servers carry trays with a cup of coffee, a croissant and a glass of water as they take part in a servers’ race through the streets of Paris, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Roger Rosengarten is introduced onto the field prior to an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Germany’s Linda Riedmann rides past spectators as she competes in the women’s Under 23 individual time trial event, at the road cycling World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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