Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro attend a campaign motorcade in the Duque de Caxias neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Ukrainian war veteran Oleksii Kozak is helped to get out of the water during a sporting event to encourage people and injured soldiers to take part in sports at a lake on the outskirts of Kyiv, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, during the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence Day. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Dana White watch after Kyle Kirkwood (27) won the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)A humanoid robot is carried off the field after competing in the 1500m run race during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Iraqi Muslims lights candles at the holy Sunni shrine of Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani to mark the Mawlid al-Nabi holiday, the birthday of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, in Baghdad, Iraq, late Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)A man is silhouetted against the haze from wildfires that blankets Musi River in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Fajri)Mohammed Ajouri mourns over the body of his brother Islam Ajouri, 14, who, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, was killed by Israeli forces, as his body is brought to the hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Cameroon’s First Lady, Chantal Biya, poses for a photograph with the Women Africa Cup of Nations trophy and Cameroon female soccer team players during a reception at the Unity Palace in Yaounde, Cameroon. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Angel Ngwe)Villagers participate in a tug-of-war as they celebrate the end of the agricultural cycle called “Punnuk” along the Hapao River in Hungduan, Ifugao province, northern Philippines, Saturday Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Harley Palangchao)Cassidy Towriss watches the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)People attend the “Voices for Life” concert to raise funds for earthquake victims in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)An artisan makes an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh ahead of the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)People gather next to the bodies of people they said were their relatives and were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)A woman visits a photography exhibition showcasing works by world photographers from the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Roma’s Santigo Castro reacts after missing a scoring chance during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Roma and Fiorentina, in Rome, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Funeral workers place into a grave the body of a migrant who died while trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)People’s shadows are cast on a hot air balloon’s envelope during the 5th edition of the Middle of the World International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)Women smoke waterpipe as they sit by the Litani River in the village of Qaaqaaiet al-Jisr, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Washington Commanders running back Craig Reynolds (24) is upended by Detroit Lions cornerback Avonte Maddox (29) during a preseason NFL football game, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Rey Del Rio)Rocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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