The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

Men watch smoke rising from a dock after explosions were heard at La Guaira port, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Pro-government armed civilians patrol in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that President Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

President Donald Trump listens as he was speaking with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, as returning to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump supporter Steve Emery holds a flag paying tribute to right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk along a bridge to Mar-A-Lago before President Donald Trump departs West Palm Beach, Fla., for Washington, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Medical workers remove the debris in a damaged private clinic after, according to Ukrainian officials, a Russian drone hit a hospital room killing a patient, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

People walk during sunset near the front deck gun of the Aurora Cruiser which crew members in Oct. 1917 used to fire a blank shot giving the signal to begin the Bolshevik Revolution, in St. Petersburg, Russia on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A construction worker hammers on the roof of a home being rebuilt, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Altadena, Calif., months after the Eaton Fire. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

People spend the afternoon in Old Havana, Monday, January 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Police officers carry a coffin with a body of one of six Italians at the Military Airport in Sion, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, following a devastating fire left dead and injured in a bar in Crans-Montana during the New Year’s celebrations. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

A bluefin tuna that won the highest bid at the annual New Year auction is carried to a Sushi Zanmai restaurant in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt jumps in the air during player introductions before an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Justin Berl)

Siberian Ibexes fight in the snow at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Police use water cannon to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a street during a protest against army draft in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The full moon rises behind the statue, “Ad Astra,” atop the Kansas Statehouse, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A fire eater performs during the traditional “Cabalgata de Reyes” parade in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, as part of the festivities marking the Catholic feast of Epiphany. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Skiers cast long shadows as they glide down a slope at the Mzaar-Kfardebian ski resort northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Rider Daniel Sanders drives beside camels during the second stage of the Dakar Rally between Yanbu and Alula, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

South Africa’s Siyabonga Ngezana and Cameroon’s Christian Kofane challenge for the ball in the rain during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 soccer match between South Africa and Cameroon in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Real Madrid’s Raul Asencio celebrates after scoring his sides third goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Betis Sevilla in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Pablo Garcia)