The Italian Frecce Tricolori acrobatic squad flies above during the medal ceremony of an alpine ski, women's super-G race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.(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.
Iraqi security forces lead Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)President Donald Trump arrives to announce the Environmental Protection Agency will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)A Bangladeshi woman casts her vote in a polling station during national parliamentary election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)From left, Minnesota Republican House floor leader Harry Niska, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Paul Schnell, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, are sworn in before a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)Gizem Emre poses for photographers at the opening ceremony red carpet of the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber).Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, center, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, right, during the EU summit at Alden Biesen Castle in Bilzen-Hoeselt, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)The Mexican Navy ship Papaloapan arrives to Havana Bay, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, left, watches Namibia’s Zane Green stump him out during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Namibia in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)A horse handler performs a routine with his horse during the 18th Palestine Championship for Purebred Arabian Horses, in the West Bank city of Jericho, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Australia’s Matt Graham competes during the men’s freestyle skiing moguls finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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