Activists are approached by a federal agent brandishing a firearm, for following agent vehicles, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles check their phones as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Locals welcome a convoy of Syria’s Interior Ministry forces as it passes through en route to the mostly Kurdish town of Qamishli, in the village of Tal Brak, northeastern Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)Trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)A Belgian soldier adjusts his boots as he prepares to participate in a ceremony to reactivate the 1st and 7th brigades of the Belgian Army at the Park Cinquantenaire Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)Muslims recite verses of the Quran at the grand mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)A worker harvests rosebuds to be shipped to the U.S. ahead of Valentine’s Day at the Ayura flower company in Sopo, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)American artist Snoop Dogg stands on an ice resurfacer at the figure skating venue rink ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Palestinian patients ride a bus in Khan Younis as they travel to the Rafah crossing to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Yuliia Dolotova, 37, pulls her son in his stroller up the stairs in an apartment block during a power outage caused by Russia’s repeated air strikes on the country’s power grid, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergey Grits)
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