Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and children pray at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
People grieve as they comfort each other outside the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Palestinian youth play while swimming in a port basin in Gaza City, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)A woman member of the Basij paramilitary, affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, holds her gun during a state-organized rally in support of the supreme leader marking National Girl’s Day in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Barber Mohammad Mehdi cuts the hair of his client Ayman Al Zein inside his shop, which was damaged in an Israeli airstrike that also damaged Al Zein’s shop, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Two girls chant slogans as one holds an image of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Faithful wait for Pope Leo XIV at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sifth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)Former President Barack Obama and Mayor Zohran Mamdani sing “Wheels on the Bus” to children at Learning Through Play Pre-K in the Bronx in New York, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)A robot starts off for the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Half Marathon on the outskirts of Beijing on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)A Kashmiri Muslim pilgrim, in white, is given a farewell hug by her relative as she leaves for the annual hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Displaced people cross on foot a destroyed bridge as they return to their villages, following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in Tayr Felsay village, southern Lebanon, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)River Plate fans ride a bus followed by motorcycles on their way to the stadium for an Argentine league match against Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Manchester City’s Erling Haaland heads the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and and Arsenal, in Manchester, England, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)The sun sets behind St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral located on Kronstadt Island in the Gulf of Finland, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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