Photos of Brown University shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, left, and Ella Cook, are seen amongst flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Engineering Research Center, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Providence, R.I.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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 runner jogs past the U.S. Capitol shortly after sunrise, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A man smokes a shisha water pipe at Galata bridge as the sun sets behind Suleymaniye mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)A family reacts during a menorah lighting ceremony at a floral memorial for victims of Sunday’s shooting, at the Bondi Pavilion on Bondi Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)Residents enjoy a social dance during a night winter season at a public park, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a news conference after meeting Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)A Palestinian boy stands next to his mother washing clothes as mattresses hang to dry over their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced people set up on the beach in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Michael del Rosario, environmental education coordinator at Fundemar, shows a piece of ceramic with corals growing on it in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic on Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)TCU’s Marta Suarez (7) and the rest of the bench react after guard Olivia Miles (5) sunk a three-pointer in the second half of an NCAA women’s basketball game against Arkansas Pine Bluff in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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