State Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Fla., speaks loudly on the House floor as the House voted on HB1D, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Florida Legislature, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Christopher Hester, left center, talks to friend Brianna Corter, as he salvages belongings from his storm-damaged home in Mineral Wells, Texas, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)A member of Jasmar’s demining team wears personal protective equipment, or PPE, at a demining site in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives at the witness table for a House Committee on Armed Services business meeting on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)Members of the community watch as forensic officers search the area after two people were stabbed in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community, in London, Wednesday, April 29, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Motorcyclists pass destruction in the al-Qadam area on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in a area that was heavily bombed by forces loyal to former Syrian President Bashar Assad during the Syrian war. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell leaves a news conference at the Federal Reserve following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Russian servicemen prepare to march towards Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, backdropped by a Stalin stile skyscraper. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Queen Camilla waves flowers outside the New York Public Library, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)From left, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit the 9/11 Memorial, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)Britain’s King Charles III feeds chickens during an event at Harlem Grown, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)Elon Musk, left, gestures as he walks through a hallway inside the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)A man wears a hat that reads “Make Science Great Again” during a conference aimed at transitioning away from fossil fuels Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Santa Marta, Colombia. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Hippos wallow at a lagoon in the Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)A woman in burqa stands in a queue with the nuns of the Missionaries of Charity to cast a vote in a polling station during the second phase of elections, in West Bengal state, in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)Horses head to the track for a workout at Churchill Downs Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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