The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
Lego portraits of President George Washington and President Donald Trump decorate the Green Room of the White House during a press preview of the Christmas decorations "Home is Where the Heart Is," Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with young people in the Square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerke, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)Nuns carry the Lebanese and Vatican flags ahead of a visit by Pope Leo XIV to Bkerki, the seat of the Maronite Church, in Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)A man lifts a child to touch missiles on display after the national day military parade, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Bernice Bass, left, and Teresa Spivey, family members of Patrice Williams, who was hosting a party for her daughter where gunfire broke out, react while being interviewed in Stockton, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)People walk along a road in a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Visitors take photographs of maple trees at Yoyogi Park, in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)Washington Commanders wide receiver Treylon Burks (13) catches a touchdown pass as Denver Broncos cornerback Riley Moss, left, defends during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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