Estefany Landaez sits amid the rubble of a building, waiting to find her two children after the earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Conor McGregor, right, jumps into the air for a kick as he fights Max Holloway in a welterweight fight at the UFC 329 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)Participants sprint to the finish line during the teen race during the T-Rex World Championship Races at Emerald Downs, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Linda Noskova of Czech Republic reacts after winning against Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)A view of a burnt area affected by wildfires in Bedar, near Almeria, Spain, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Marrero)Attendees stand during a vigil after a man was shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Biddeford, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa walks through the chamber after addressing the inaugural session of Syria’s newly formed People’s Assembly, the first since the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)Children attend a historical festival marking the Day of Military Glory in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)A Bosnian Muslim woman mourns next to the grave of her relative, victim of the Srebrenica genocide, in the Srebrenica Memorial Centre in Potocari, Bosnia, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)Farah Abu Assi, 12, collects used paper to light a fire for cooking in the hall of Bilal Mosque, which has been converted into a shelter for displaced people, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Bodies of victims of a fire are seen laid in a row in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Israeli and Russian members of knight clubs prepare at a farm near the Horns of Hattin in northern Israel, on Friday, July 10, 2026. for a reenactment of the Battle of Hattin, one of the most significant battles of the Middle Ages. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)People walk in the night during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A ferris wheel is illuminated at the beach on the Baltic Sea in Groemitz, Germany, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)Newly appointed U.S. interim Senator Darline Graham Nordone, center, receives applause from Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), left, and others at the conclusion of a news conference, Monday, July 13, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)Construction on a helipad on the South Lawn and the White House ballroom is seen from the Washington Monument, Monday, July 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Firefighters watch as a helicopter drops water on the Summit Fire in Llano, CA. Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)A blaze engulfs trees on the Summit Fire in Llano, CA. Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)Spanish bullfighter Saúl Jiménez Fortes performs during a bullfight at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)People swim in the Seine River in Paris during a heat wave, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)People struggle with umbrella in a rain caused by Typhoon Bavi in Taichung, Taiwan, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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