Red flowers lie on a bas-relief of firefighter Georgy Popov atop of his grave at the Mitinskoye Cemetery where several victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are buried, marking the 40th anniversary of the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, outside Moscow, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
U.S. Secret Service agents respond near President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)A young couple hold hands while marching with tens of thousands down Lisbon’s Liberdade Avenue, Saturday, April 25, 2026, celebrating the anniversary of the April 25 1974 Carnations Revolution that restored democracy in Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump along with Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla walk on the South Lawn to visit the White House garden and bee hive at the White House, Monday, April 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)The hat worn by campaigner Joseph Afrane as Reform UK holds a ‘national fuel tax protest’ to protest against the Government’s plans to raise fuel duty for the first time in 15 years, in London, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Nelly Korda celebrates by jumping in the water after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Horses come off the track after a workout at Churchill Downs Monday, April 27, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Bayern’s Giulia Gwinn, left, and Barcelona’s Esmee Brugts go for a header during the Women’s Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona in Munich, Germany, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)Mercedes Lopez Rey, 83, stands in her one-room apartment in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A woman walks past an anti-U.S. graffiti painted on the wall of the Tehran University on Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Children stand next to police officers during a visit from World Food Programme advisor Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)The Milky Way stretches across the night sky as seen from the Atacama Desert, Chile, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)Fish vendors wait for customers at a market in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)A cow walks along the edge of a pond amid a drought in Foard County, Texas, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Shapley)A Palestinian couple poses for a selfie as they get married in a mass wedding ceremony in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Relatives of victims embrace in front of a bus hit by an explosive device on the Pan-American Highway in Cajibio, Colombia, Saturday, April 25, 2026, after an attack blamed by authorities on dissident groups of the former FARC rebels killed at least a dozen people. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)Palestinians mourn over Naya Al-Tanani, killed in an Israeli strike, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Yousef Alzanoun)Fadi Al Zein, left, who lost both his homes in Israeli strikes in his village of Khiam and in Dahiyeh, searches through the rubble of his heavily damaged home as a child stands nearby, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Corgis compete during the Czech Corgi Run event in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)Alexander Zverev of Germany eyes the ball during his match against Terence Atmane of France during the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Floodwaters cover agricultural land and residential buildings after heavy rains caused water levels to rise at the Al-Siha Dam, affecting several nearby villages in Hmeimat al-Deir, northwestern Syria, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)A camel train is lead along the sand at Birubi Beach, north of Newcastle, Australia, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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