A water bomber drops water while fighting wildfires in the Lège-Cap-Ferret region, western France, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)
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 bumblebee feeds on flower nectar in a park during a sunny day in Tallinn, Estonia, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)Hamza Ali, 28, who lost both legs in a road accident, prays before leaving for work in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)The fingers of Judo fighter Maikor Louis, from Dominican Republic, are taped during training at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)Children holding heart-shaped balloons on a string head down an alley in the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla look as they step out of the Doctor Who TARDIS police box at the start of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)Performers illustrate the Scottish textile industry during the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Indian President Droupadi Murmu stands with Romanian President Nicusor Dan as a honor guard marches during the official welcoming ceremony at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)People enjoy a golden hour and rainbow as they walk in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, July 23, 2026, backdropped by the St. Basil’s Cathedral, center, and the Spasskaya Tower, right. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)An attendee speaks at a candlelight vigil where a Madison police officer shot and killed a man Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)Princy Tamang, a former HIV outreach worker who turned to sex work to survive after losing her job amid the U.S. foreign aid cuts, poses for a portrait, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Hetauda, Nepal. Tamang, who has endured beatings from clients and has been forced to have sex without condoms since transitioning to sex work, fears she will contract HIV. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)A truck carrying Nubian giraffes is parked as Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) rangers prepare for their translocation from Murchison Falls National Park to Ajai Wildlife Reserve northwestern Uganda, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)A protester carries his pet cat during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s ongoing protest movement in Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., rushes up the steps at the Capitol for final votes before the House of Representatives leaves for a five-week recess, in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Omar Ghabin, 14, looks at the camera as he carries a bag after sorting through trash at a landfill in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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