Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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.
Covered in prayer shawls, men dance and hold the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)People take part in an event on Indigenous Day in Caracas, Venezuela Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Members of the congregation embrace following the funeral for boxer Ricky Hatton, outside Manchester Cathedral in Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)Neighbors carry an injured woman after a Russian strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)A young person runs next to an installation simulating a tunnel in Gaza in an act of solidarity with hostages believed to be held underground by Hamas during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Zimbabwe’s goalkeeper Washington Arubi saves during a World Cup 2026 group C qualifying soccer match between Zimbabwe and South Africa at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)LSU wide receiver Taron Francis (83) runs onto the field before an NCAA college football game against South Carolina, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025 in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The Patriots Jet Team, a civilian aerobatic formation team, flies over the Golden Gate Bridge during the Fleet Week Air Show in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)Locals embrace outside a flooded house in Poza Rica, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, after widespread flooding and landslides. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)A man walks past houses at risk of collapse in the midst of a storm, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in Buxton, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)Israeli soldiers stand near their tanks along the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Supporters of Islamist party ‘Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’ throw stones toward police during clashes ahead of their pro-Palestinian march toward capital Islamabad, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Pope Leo XIV presides over a Rosary vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Mute swans float on the River Thames, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Windsor, England. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Just-married couple Eyad Othman and Aliza Ammash walk through Jerusalem’s Old City, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, right, speaks during a rally in support of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, at a plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, ahead of the expected release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Members of National Guard patrol outside a Bass Pro Shops, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Illinois State Police and Cooks County Sheriffs move in to detain protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)Hezbollah’s al-Mahdi Scouts hold pictures of Hezbollah’s former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine, to marking the first anniversary of their assassination, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes, at Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Afghan refugees sit next to their belongings loaded onto vehicles as they wait for opening of the border crossing point, which closed following Afghan and Pakistani security forces exchanged cross border firing, at a camp in Chaman, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo)Tourist rest at Pnyx as the 5th century B.C. Parthenon temple stands free of scaffolding on the Acropolis hill in Athens, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after the removal of restoration structures that had covered parts of the ancient monument for decades.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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