A U.S. Army honor guard member stands vigil at dawn at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., ahead of the 100th anniversary of a continuous honor guard presence at the tomb, celebrated March 25, 2026. (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 displaced woman who fled Israeli airstrikes with her family in southern Lebanon cooks food at a school being used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)A man takes cover by the side of the road as an air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missile strikes in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte leave 10 Downing Street after a meeting in London, Tuesday, March 17, 2026.(AP Photo/Thomas Krych)Former President Cristina Fernandez, currently serving a six-year house arrest sentence for corruption, leaves her home to appear in court to testify in another trial accused of leading an illicit association, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Sporting’s Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during a Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Sporting CP and Bodo Glimt in Lisbon, Portugal, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)Britain’s Kate, the Princess of Wales, joins the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Mons Barracks and presents the traditional sprigs of shamrock to Seamus the Irish Wolf Hound regimental mascot in Aldershot, Tuesday, March 17, 2026.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)A statue of “Cristo de la Paz” stands on the border crossing between Chile and Peru, as an excavator digs up dirt in order to install barriers to deter irregular migration, in Chacalluta, Arica province, Chile, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)Reenactors stand atop Dorchester Heights in an Evacuation Day ceremony marking the 1776 departure of British troops from the city during the American Revolutionary War, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Street vendors chat during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Venezuela Ronald Acuña Jr. (21) celebrates after scoring during the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic semifinal game against Italy, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Edgardo Martinez Santiago pauses as he works to cut agave pineapples used to produce mezcal in Nejapa de Madero, Oaxaca, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
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