Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Yusuke Fujii, a worker at Kurosawa Sangyo Co., a tire recycling company, cools off in the “Dohiyemon BOX,” a personal cooling unit dubbed a “human refrigerator,” on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Chikusei, north of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Flowers sit at a memorial honoring eight family members who were killed while gathering for dinner near the family home outside Billings, Mont., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)A man throws himself over a pool of tomatoes during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)People perform prayers in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, before a burial for migrants who drowned at sea after their boat capsized off the country’s southeastern coast. (AP Photo/Bassem Aouini)Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson, right, hugs a colleague outside of court after tech giant Meta agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction in Oakland, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Palestinians look at a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Mandy Madson visits a makeshift memorial honoring Dolly Parton outside her home Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Brentwood, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)A student holds a green crab caught on the Harraseeket River, Friday, June 19, 2026, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Indian Muslims release confetti during a procession marking Eid-e-Milad, the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Humanoid robots compete in the 100 meter race during the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)A fan waves their shirt in the nosebleeds during the first inning of a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Philadelphia Phillies, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)A cosplayer takes a break during the opening of Gamescom, the world’s biggest gaming event and most important business platform for the international games industry, at the fair halls in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Youngsters play music in a public park as the sun sets in Kyiv, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Turkey’s players try to block the ball during a Women’s Euro pool A volleyball match between Turkey and Germany in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo)
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