The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walk through Statuary Hall at the Capitol to a breakfast meeting, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Rescuers evacuate an elderly woman after a residential building was hit following Russia’s missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)A small boat crosses a river approaching Itacoa Miri, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)FOR HOLD Dylan Aristy Mota, 12, left, of New York City, who has lupus, runs with fellow campers to hoist another boy into the air during an activity at the Frost Valley YMCA sleepaway camp in Claryville, N.Y., Wednesday, July 30, 2025. The camp partnered with Children’s Hospital at Montefiore so kids with autoimmune diseases could attend for the first time. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)An asylum seeker from Ecuador hugs her father as he is detained by federal agents, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)A competitor prepares during the third edition of the Budapest Ballet Grand Prix in the National Dance Theatre of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)Fans celebrate Haiti’s qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a soccer match against Nicaragua, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Kentucky’s Mouhamed Dioubate, center, dunks the ball in front of Michigan State’s Jaxon Kohler, right, and Carson Cooper, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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