The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
Protester dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume enters the subway station after a "No Kings" protest Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
Original Publication Date: October 19, 2025 6:29PM
Publication Updated: October 19, 2025 8:42PM
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
From a damaged building turned into a shelter, Palestinian women observe members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Voters line up at a polling station during a presidential runoff election in Achacachi, Bolivia, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A worker pounds into a wall of rock to make gravel and sand in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)A herd of sheep are guided through central Madrid, Spain, as shepherds lead them through the streets in defense of ancient grazing and migration rights, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Sumo rikishi Daieisho and Roga, facing, during their Grand Sumo Tournament bout on the dohyo, the sacred sumo wrestling ring, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani celebrates in the dugout after his home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the seventh inning in Game 4 of baseball’s National League Championship Series, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)Nina Richards, dressed as Shrek, races in a giant pumpkin during the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Tualatin, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Vice President JD Vance speaks during an event to mark the upcoming Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary Saturday, Oct 18, 2025, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Crowds gather to listen to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a No Kings protest, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)Soldiers loyal to Col. Michael Randrianirina guard the entrance of the high constitutional court in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Migrants sit at the port of Paliochora, on the island of Crete on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, after a late night rescue operation by the coast guard near the tiny island of Gavdos, southern Greece. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)Palestinians gather for Friday prayers amid the rubble of a destroyed building in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Amal Daoud, grieves over the body of her husband Majid Daoud, 42, who, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, was killed during an Israeli military operation, during his funeral in the Al-Ain refugee camp, West Bank, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Mourners attend the funeral of slain hostage Uriel Baruch after his body was returned from Gaza, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)People react during the viewing of the body of former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)A demonstrator is hit by a jet stream of water from a police water cannon during a protest demanding action from President Gustavo Petro’s government on social, environmental and security issues in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)Police disperse protesters outside Bangladesh’s national parliament complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Rescue workers approach a cargo aircraft that skidded off a Hong Kong runway on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)President Javier Milei holds a megaphone while leading a campaign rally ahead of mid-term elections, in Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Fishermen sort fish during a traditional fish haul of the Rozmberk pond near the town of Trebon, Czech Republic, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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