A woman holds her cat after it being found during search and rescue works in the damaged residential building following Russia's missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Residents sleep on the roof of their home near Versova Beach to escape the oppressive indoor heat as hot and humid conditions persist amid a delayed monsoon in Mumbai, India, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)A girl wearing an Ashoura headband rests on her father’s shoulder during a sermon marking the third day of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)People participate in a mass yoga class during the “Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga” event, to celebrate the summer solstice, Sunday, June. 21, 2026, in New York (AP Photo/Adam Gray)Sam Burns reacts after missing a putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)United States’ Alex Freeman (16), second left, celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Australia in Seattle, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Competitors take part in the Aberdeen Dragon Boat Race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)Dancer Catherine Cisneros moves across the lighted squares of Christopher Janey’s “Passing Light” solar sculpture that aligns each Summer Solstice at San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)People sit waiting for their turn to vote at a school serving as a polling station during the runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)People participate in the Washington Pride parade, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)A woman’s hand presses against a plastic sheet used to replace the shattered glass of a balcony door damaged in an Israeli strike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the Southern Hemisphere’s winter solstice, in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, June 21, 2026.(AP Photo/Juan Karita)Palestinians mourn over the body of Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)People light candles outside the Victory Museum in Moscow, Sunday, June 21, 2026, marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the opposition Defenders of the Motherland movement addresses supporters at a rally after runoff election results showed him leading in Barranquilla, Colombia, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand (1) makes a save from Belgium’s Maxim De Cuyper (5) during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Belgium and Iran in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)A sculpture of soccer star Lionel Messi by artist Aldo Beroisa, that was unveiled for Argentina’s opening World Cup match against Algeria, stands in Cutral Co, Argentina, at sunrise Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Nestor Ponce)Fans watch a live broadcast of a World Cup soccer match between the U.S. and Australia from a pool at the Circa Resort & Casino, Friday, June 19, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)American singer Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons performs at the World Cup Fan Zone in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Palestinians watch a live broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Spain and Saudi Arabia on a screen in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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