A first-year midshipman, known as "plebe," holds a dummy riffle while crawling through a muddy trench during Sea Trials, a day-long training exercise that caps off the U.S. Naval Academy plebe year, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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 resident of Cité Soleil kneels before a police armored vehicle and demands that the police go and fight the gangs that control their neighborhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)People protest to demand more funding for public universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)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)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)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)Tourists visit the Lincoln Memorial as workers apply a blue protective coating to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Roza, center, a survivor of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s abuses, is comforted by fellow survivor Dani Hannah Bensky, as she is overcome with emotion after addressing House Oversight Committee Democrats at a field hearing focused on the Epstein Investigation, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing the White House for a trip to Beijing, to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A fisherman tries to remove some of an invasive plant called a Hydrilla verticillata Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Buenavista, Colombia. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)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)Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, attends to his right foot on the fourth tee during a PGA Championship golf tournament practice round at Aronimink Golf Club, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) and guard Stephon Castle (5) battle Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels, center, for a rebound during the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball second-round playoffs series in Minneapolis, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen from Finland perform the song “Liekinheitin” during the first semifinal of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)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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This undated photo provided by Vanderbilt University on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, shows Amy-Jill Levine, the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. (Daniel DuBois/Vanderbilt University via AP)
