Members of the Jewish community comfort each other near to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 after Police reported that two people were killed and three others were seriously injured in a synagogue attack in northern England. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
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.
Activists in orange life jackets sit aboard a Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla boat as Israeli navy soldiers sail it into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, after it was intercepted while approaching the Gaza coast. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Police push back Palestinian supporters during a protest in London, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)People take photos with a sign announcing that the Library of Congress is closed, on the first day of a partial government shutdown, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Earthquake survivor Jesiel Malinao sits beside the coffins of her two sons on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 after a strong earthquake on Tuesday caused a landslide that toppled their hillside homes in Bogo city, Cebu Province, Central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)A Sudanese farmer carries his livestock after his farm was destroyed by floods, in Wad Ramli village, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)An effigy of demon king Ravana’s Brother Kumbhakarna goes up in flames marking the end of Dussehra festival in Jammu, India, Thursday, Oct.2, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)Coco Gauff, of the United States plays a forehand return to Eva Lys, of Germany during the women’s singles quarterfinals match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center, in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Chicago Cubs’ Dansby Swanson leaps over San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado to make a play on a ball hit by Jackson Merrill during the sixth inning of Game 3 of a National League wild card baseball game Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Huh)Benjamin Ikechukwu, 2, of Rapid City, waves a small flag while resting on dad Onyekachi’s shoulder following a naturalization ceremony at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/Matt Gade)Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris is escorted out of the building after pleading guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child at the Osage County Courthouse in Pawhuska, Okla., on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP)Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza carrying their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)A soldier who came back from Russian captivity hugs his relatives during a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest commemorating the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco killings, when soldiers fired on student protesters, in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
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