The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, departs from Souda Naval Base near Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)
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 pedestrian walks along Columbus Circle NE near the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays a wreath and a rock at the Hall of Remembrance during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Photographed from high above, Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Syrian government prisoners wave from a bus after their release in a prisoner exchange between Syrian government forces and Druze militiamen in Sweida province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)Texas A&M defensive lineman Tyler Onyedim (23) runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Jessie Buckley poses for photographers upon arrival at the World premiere for the film “The Bride” in London, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)People are silhouetted against the setting sun while hiking at Papago park Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)The family of Reverend Jesse Jackson arrives as Yusep Jackson wipes his eyes before public visitation at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)A woman crosses a square in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Soldiers walk through Old Havana to collect garbage in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)An elderly woman sits in her damaged apartment after a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
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