Content creator Rickael poses at the premiere of the film "Resident Evil" on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
People watch President Claudia Sheinbaum as she gives the annual independence shout from the balcony of the National Palace to kick off Independence Day celebrations at the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)A shepherd stands in front of a row of riot police during a farmers’ protest in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)A pro-Hezbollah protester steps on a poster that shows the portraits of the Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, left, and the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, right, during a protest demanding that the Lebanese government stop Israeli forces from demolishing recently occupied villages in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy, center, helps to comfort Christina Stovall, center with back to camera, and Laura Augendre, right, family members of victims of flight 5342, the deadly Jan. 2025 midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River, during a news conference on air safety reforms, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Devotees immerse an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in an artificial pond during Ganesh Chaturthi, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Models walk the runway during the Thom Browne Spring/Summer 2027 presentation as part of New York Fashion Week on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Hajj Ibrahim Rizk, whose finger is injured from rope burn while climbing his palm trees, offers dates he harvested to people passing by in Kafr Sendwah village, in Qalyubia on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)People march during a protest organized by opposition parties against constitutional changes proposed by President Felix Tshisekedi, in Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)Beauty contest winners pose for photos during a celebration marking the 205th anniversary of independence from Spain, in Sumpango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)A musician, left, waits to play for visitors along the border walls separating the United States from Mexico near where it ends at the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)A fisherman carries his catch, including hammerhead sharks, ashore at the Sirah fish market in Aden, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)A portrait of Dolly Parton fills a 5-acre corn maze at Twins BBQ Co. in Brookfield, Conn., on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
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This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections on Thursday, June 11, 2026, shows Jeffery Lee, who was sentenced to death for killing two people during a 1998 robbery at a pawn shop. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)