Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine takes a photo before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Crew members install the red carpet at the Palais des Festivals ahead of the opening ceremony of the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)Jury member Demi Moore poses for photographers at the jury photo call at the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)The Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows) Italian Air Force acrobatic squad fly above the Foro Italico as tribute to late Italian tennis legend Nicola Pietrangeli commemorated during the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti returns to Norway’s Casper Ruud during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)A boat navigates between homes surrounded by an invasive plant called a water hyacinth, also known as Eichhornia crassipes, in Nueva Venecia, Colombia, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Elijah Wood, centre, takes a selfie photogragh with William Jackson, from left, Katie Jackson and Mette-Marie Kongsved at the opening ceremony and premiere of the film ‘The Electric Kiss’ during 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Andy Sullivan, of England, walks up the fourth fairway during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Palestinian Muath Al-Shaafi center cries over the body of his brother Abdulrahman Al-Shaafi, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office leaves 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting in London, Tuesday, May 12, 2026 as Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing the biggest threat yet to his authority after a growing number of disaffected lawmakers called for him to step down.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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