Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth steps away from the podium with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, right, and Adm. Brad Cooper, left, following a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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 with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)A taxi driver waits for passengers in front of a billboard that shows a graphic depicting a military personnel’s hand holding the Strait of Hormuz in his fist with signs which read in Farsi: “In Iran’s hands forever,” “Trump couldn’t do a damn thing,” “The control of Strait of Hormuz will be Iran’s forever,” in Vanak Square in northern Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Fairfax County coroners remove a body from the home of former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, in Annandale, Va., Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)A baby monkey named Yuji drinks milk while receiving care at a special care center at the zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz)Family members pay their final respects to 8-year-old Bohdan Serhiiev who was killed in a Russian drone attack, during a farewell ceremony in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Zhou Jieqiong arrives for the red carpet of the 16th Beijing International Film Festival held in Beijing, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)Militiaman Rene Hernandez Delgado holds a photo of his younger self during a celebrations marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Los Angeles Clippers forward John Collins, right, is hit in the face by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green as he tries to pass during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Pope Leo XIV, with the Archbishop of Bamenda, Andrew Nkea Fuanya, left, frees a white dove at the end of a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Bamenda Airport, Cameroon, Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)People take shelter inside a house damaged after a Russian strike on residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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