Supporters of Lu Jianwang, also known as Harry Lu, stand outside a federal courthouse before the opening of his trial in New York, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Pussy Riot and FEMEN activists stage a protest against Russia’s presence after its absence following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine in front of the Russian pavilion, at the 2026 Art Venice Biennale, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)Guido Reichstadter, 45, stands on top of the Frederick Douglass Bridge, Wednesday, May 6, 2026 in Washington. Reichstadter later came down, after his 6-day protest. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree-Nikhinson)Pontifical Swiss Guards prepare ahead of their swearing in ceremony, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)A building destroyed in a previous Israeli airstrike is seen in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump speaks at a Mother’s Day event for members of the military, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Motorbikes drive past a billboard with graphic showing the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, with his framed fist amongst his supporters framed fists in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)An art fair assistant adjusts artwork displayed in the Gallery van Dun, Oisterwijk/Laren Netherlands stand at Hampstead’s Affordable Art Fair, ahead of the fair opening to the public in London, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Soccer players on the Rwanda Amputee team take part in a training session in Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)A humanoid robot, front, and Buddhist monks put hands together for a photo after an ordination ceremony ahead of upcoming Buddha’s birthday on May 24 at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Visitors watch an installation inside the Norway, Sweden and Finland pavilion at the Venice 2026 Biennale Art, in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)A female toad carries two males towards a spawning area in the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve near St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, where volunteers fenced off a section of the road and carried frogs and toads across it on their journey to a lake to lay eggs. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)Soldiers lead a duck and ducklings away as the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41 Gun Royal Salute to mark the third anniversary of the Coronation of the King Charles III and Queen Camilla, in Hyde Park in London, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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