Faithful cheer for Pope Leo XIV during his meeting with young people and families at the stadium in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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 cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo)A ballistic missile is displayed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard during a pro-government demonstration at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Alireza Masoumi/ISNA via AP)A passer-by takes a picture of a balloon in the caricature of US President Donald Trump as Britain’s Liberal Democrat party launch their new “Trumpflation” campaign as latest inflation figures reveal the impact of the Iran War on prices in the UK, in London, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)A car moves down a street in the early morning in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, following the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he was extending the ceasefire with Iran. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Vladimir Romanov, the founder of the bird hospital ‘Green Parrot’, releases a hawk that has been restored to health at his hospital, marking the Earth Day on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)Israeli settlers and others enjoy a day at a spring in the Jordan Valley during Israel’s Independence Day, in Auja, in the occupied West Bank, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Tourists visit the Teotihuacan pyramids after the archaeological site reopened two days after a gunman opened fire, killing a Canadian tourist, outside Mexico City, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Linh Mai, a 10-week-old Asian elephant calf, copies “auntie” Swarna reaching into the hay feeder during her public debut at the National Zoo, in Washington, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Chinese artiste Kong Ning wears a costumes assembled with dinosaur balloons to commemorate Earth Day in Beijing, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) takes a hard fall on the court during the first half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA playoffs basketball series against the Portland Trail Blazers in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Special Electoral Jury appointees recount votes for the 2026 general election, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)Dancers warm up and stretch before an audition for the Radio City Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall in New York, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)Piccadilly line trains are parked in a depot as RMT Union (The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) drivers are on a 24-hour Tube strike in London, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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