The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
Lawmakers applaud as Sanae Takaichi, center, is elected as Japan's new prime minister during the extraordinary session of the lower house, in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Giulia Perotti of Italy performs her floor exercise routine during the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, holds his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A spider hangs down from the railing of a bridge in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves after the COVID Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave their home Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 in Paris as Nicolas Sarkozy heads to prison to serve time for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Handlers shake hands at the livestock market in Canuelas, Argentina’s main cattle trading hub, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman celebrates after the final out of the ninth inning in Game 7 of baseball’s American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Toronto. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)A cyclist pedals through morning smog near the India Gate monument as he transports used home appliances a day after Diwali festival in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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