The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree after being lit during the 93rd annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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 supermoon, the last full moon of the year, rises in the sky in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony with Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)U.S. Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley, accompanied by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, walks to a meeting with senators on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Prince William County Police block the street near the house where the FBI made an arrest, in Woodbridge, Va., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)An aerial view of the Colosseum at sunrise, in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A traveler holds their arms out at a security point at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, as Copa Airlines temporarily suspends flights to and from Caracas due to pilots reporting intermittent navigation signal issues. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)The mother of a newly graduated soldier of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) Regiment kisses her son during a passing out parade at a training center on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)A survivor carries salvaged gas cylinders at an area affected by flash flood in Aceh Tamiang, on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Sebastian Schjerve, of Norway competes in the men’s freeski big air qualifying round during the FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Cup 2025 at the Shougang Park, in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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