President Donald Trump presents the Medal Honor to U.S. Army Command Sgt. Major Terry P. Richardson, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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 trader looks at his screens at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, leaves his house in London, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Mourners take cover while air-raid sirens warn of incoming missiles launched by Iran toward Israel during the funeral of Sarah Elimelech and her daughter Ronit who were killed in an Iranian missile attack, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Icelandic stallions play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)An assistant shakes hands with Honor’s Dexterous bionic hand at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, March 2, 2026, where companies from around the world showcase new products. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)Miami Marlins’ Emaarion Boyd watches from the dugout during a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals Sunday, March 1, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)A worker instals a billboard on an overpass containing a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the ongoing joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Flames and smoke rise from Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)People gather inside the South Carolina Statehouse as the Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in state Monday, March 2, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, Pool)Displaced people fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit on a pickup at a highway links to Beirut, in the southern port city of Sidon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Relatives grieve during a funeral of a fighter with the Kataib Hezbollah, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Debris is seen in a room of the Gandhi Hospital, which was damaged when a strike hit a state TV communications tower and nearby buildings across the street, during the ongoing joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Jack Schneider practices Israeli folk dancing with his partner at the beachfront of Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Noah Wyle poses in the press room with the awards for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series and outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for “The Pitt” during the 32nd Annual Actor Awards on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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