New young German police officer trainees throw their hats in the air after taking their oath of service and officially entering the service for security, law and democracy in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Patient Saidal Altaher, aged two months, receives treatment for malnutrition at the paediatric hospital stabilization center in Port Sudan, Sudan, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Paramedics attach a portrait over the grave of Ghadir Baalbaki, 19, who was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike, at a temporary mass grave in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Israeli army vehicles and bulldozers operate in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)People listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks at a Turning Point USA tour stop at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)Pope Leo XIV waves to supporters as he leaves after his visit to the Ngul Zamba (Power of God) orphanage in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday April 15, 2026 on the third day of his apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli, Pool Photo via AP)Hyam Bazzi does her evening prayer as a Alghad TV newscast showing destruction from the Iran war in Lebanon plays in the background, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Dearborn Heights, Mich. Bazzi, who moved to the United States when she was eleven months old, still has friends and family in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Catholic faithful wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV at the Yaounde Nsimalen International Airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)Alejandro Zendejas of Mexico’s America kicks the ball during a CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal second leg soccer match against the United States’ Nashville SC in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)/// A close-up view shows the interior of the blooming corpse flower, or Amorphophallus titanum, known as “Pangy,” at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)A Cambodian dancer laughs during a Sankranta parade to mark the Khmer New Year on a main street in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)A female eastern bluebird brings pine needles to her nest, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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