A girl performs on a mallakhamb pole as fireworks light up the sky during the Diwali festival of lights in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
A bald eagle soars past a tree with fall foliage leaves changing colors at Adams Pond, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in East Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)President Donald Trump, right, points as reporters raise their hands to ask questions during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, obstructed at left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, October 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Work begins on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)A Nepalese man pays his respects to Bipin Joshi, a Nepali man who was taken hostage by Hamas, during a memorial procession at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Israel soldiers mourn during the funeral of comrade Staff Sergeant Itay Yavetz, killed in Gaza, in Modiin, Israel, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Palestinians collect leaflets dropped by an Israeli drone warning people to stay away from the so-called yellow line in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Jeanette Mancusi holds a American flag outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Eom Dohyun of South Korea competes on the balance beam during the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)People paddle board in the Mediterranean Sea in the Gador Sea and Nature Reserve in Hadera, Israel, after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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