Jonathan Owens, left, and Simone Biles arrive at the ESPY Awards at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Golf fans with masks of Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, pose near the 1st tee during the first day of the British Open Golf championships at Royal Birkdale golf club, in Southport, England, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)The sun sets over Golden Gardens Park as people gather on the beach Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Yolimar Torres, left, cries after she and other family members found her daughter’s body, which they recovered themselves from the rubble of a building collapsed by the earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Argentina’s Giovani Lo Celso holds a banner with the words “The Malvinas are Argentine”, referring to the Falkland Islands, while teammate Argentina’s Nicolas Otamendi gestures to him, at the end of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina in Atlanta, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)President Donald Trump departs on Marine One after speaking at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A Palestinian woman saves belongings from a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike last night, at al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)A Hindu devotee carries Hindu god Krishna on his head as he joins the Rath Yatra, or chariot festival, carrying the Hindu deities of Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)Mike Erulenfeld and Kala Martin watch as the Pedernales River floods near Old Kerr Highway on Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Fredericksburg, Texas. (AP Photo/Joel Angel Juarez)Youssef Moussa Shinaran, looks down as he talks about settlers attacks in his community near the West Bank village of Susya, in the Masafer Yatta region, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. “You’re not allowed to move around. The house has become a prison,” says the 52-year-old Palestinian. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Residents and stray dogs rest on the platform of a railway station to escape the heat in Banda, northern Indian state of Utter Pradesh, Saturday, June 20 , 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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