United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, right, raises her glass for a toast at a party celebrating her gold medal in an alpine ski, women's slalom race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Black History Month event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)Lennon Flowers, right, Project Director of The Parents’ Network hugs Lori Schott, mother of Annalee Schott, outside a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)Lorraine Simmons, right, Sacristan of The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, distributes “Ashes To Go” for Ash Wednesday at a subway stop on New York’s Upper West Side, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Snow covers an animated model of a dinosaur outside the National Geologic Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Workers, right, suspended on steel cables, clean the windows and the facade of a high-rise building in Sharjah near Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Finland’s Artturi Lehkonen (62) scores his side’s third goal during a men’s ice hockey quarterfinal game between Finland and Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his open-air weekly general audience, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Palestinians sit at a long table amid the rubble of destroyed buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Snow covers a street sign on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 in Truckee Calif. (AP Photo/Brooke Hess-Homeier)Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)People perform a lion dance as fireworks explode during Lunar New Year celebrations in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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