The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

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An aerial views shows flooding on Friday, July 17, 2026, in Ozona, Texas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Maryam Aminu stands next to her daughter Farisa, who has relapsed into malnutrition, in front of their kitchen in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Spain players, from left, cheer alongside President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the conclusion of the World Cup championship final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Spanish fans celebrate in central Madrid after Spain defeated Argentina in the World Cup final soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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A fan reacts to Spain’s victory over Argentina in the World Cup final soccer match at a fan gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
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A giant festival float is paraded through a cheering crowd during one of the main parades of Shinto’s Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto, western Japan, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Fred Mery)
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Artwork by Cuban Osmany Betancourt stands on exhibit in Havana Bay where the Astral ship from the Spanish humanitarian organization Open Arms arrives, in Cuba, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Residents walk amid the debris of homes that collapsed after an earthquake struck Pumpuya, Peru, Sunday, July 19, 2026. ( AP Photo/Javier Ninanya)
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Shiite Muslims hold portraits of schoolchildren killed in a strike on a school in the southern Iranian town of Minab on Feb. 28 as they express solidarity with Iran in Magam, north of Srinagar in Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Attendees hug during a memorial service for Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after taking a July 4 boat trip with friends, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Ocean Springs, Miss. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Crosses stand on the graves of Greek and Greek Cypriot soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion in Cyprus at the Tymvos Macedonitissas military cemetery in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party scuffle with police as they attempt to march toward India’s Parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister, in New Delhi, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vipin)
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Julia Sosnovska hugs her dog Perry inside her apartment in the Lukianivka neighbourhood of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 19, 2026, the morning after it was damaged by a Russian attack. (AP photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)
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The final springboard chop event is underway during the Lumberjack World Championships, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
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People cross Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins Avenue during a rainstorm in Santiago, Chile, early Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)x)
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Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff and media at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 20, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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Soldiers apply camouflage face paint before the Independence Day parade in Bogotá, Colombia, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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A tourist walks through the Stoa of Attalos at the Ancient Agora during a heat wave in Athens, Greece, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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