The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
Maria Teresa Delgado holds a portrait of the late Pope Francis during Mass at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Pope Francis tours St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile after bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ during an Easter procession in Panama City’s Casco Viejo, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Palestinian children receive donated food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A child does homework at a school operating as a shelter for those fleeing gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump blow whistles during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A person swims near a whale shark off the coast of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean in February 2025. (AP Photo/Flora Tomlinson-Pilley)
Revelers wearing decorated hats and costumes participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
British Regulars advance on New England colonial militia, also known as a Minutemen, during a reenactment celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and start of the American Revolution, Saturday, April 19, 2025, in Lexington, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
United States’ players celebrate with a trophy after the gold medal match between Canada and the United States at the Women’s Ice Hockey Championships in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Los Angeles Angels’ Zach Neto (9) beats the tag of San Francisco Giants catcher Sam Huff (23) to score the winning run during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 20, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
The Sky Project Ultra robot also known as Tien Kung Ultra crosses the finish line to win the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon held in Beijing on Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
An Iranian army member, center, looks back, among others, as they conclude their march, during a parade commemorating National Army Day in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Houthi supporters chant slogans during a weekly, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Groomsmen shield their brides from the sun as they queue during a mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at The International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
A Christian pilgrim rests her head while praying during Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Christian faithful of the Legio Maria African Mission, attend the Easter vigil Mass in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Worshippers gather for Easter Mass inside the ruins of St. George Melkite Catholic Church, damaged by Israeli airstrike, in Dardghaya, southern Lebanon, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Local residents of the region wearing traditional costumes make their way to get blessings for men and beasts, at the St. George church in Traunstein, Germany, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Maria Teresa Delgado holds a portrait of the late Pope Francis during Mass at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Maria Teresa Delgado holds a portrait of the late Pope Francis during Mass at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Pope Francis tours St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile after bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis tours St. Peter’s Square in his popemobile after bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ during an Easter procession in Panama City’s Casco Viejo, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Palestinian children receive donated food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A child does homework at a school operating as a shelter for those fleeing gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump blow whistles during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump blow whistles during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A person swims near a whale shark off the coast of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean in February 2025. (AP Photo/Flora Tomlinson-Pilley)
Revelers wearing decorated hats and costumes participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Revelers wearing decorated hats and costumes participate in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
British Regulars advance on New England colonial militia, also known as a Minutemen, during a reenactment celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and start of the American Revolution, Saturday, April 19, 2025, in Lexington, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
British Regulars advance on New England colonial militia, also known as a Minutemen, during a reenactment celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and start of the American Revolution, Saturday, April 19, 2025, in Lexington, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
United States’ players celebrate with a trophy after the gold medal match between Canada and the United States at the Women’s Ice Hockey Championships in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
United States’ players celebrate with a trophy after the gold medal match between Canada and the United States at the Women’s Ice Hockey Championships in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Los Angeles Angels’ Zach Neto (9) beats the tag of San Francisco Giants catcher Sam Huff (23) to score the winning run during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 20, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
Los Angeles Angels’ Zach Neto (9) beats the tag of San Francisco Giants catcher Sam Huff (23) to score the winning run during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 20, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)
The Sky Project Ultra robot also known as Tien Kung Ultra crosses the finish line to win the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon held in Beijing on Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
An Iranian army member, center, looks back, among others, as they conclude their march, during a parade commemorating National Army Day in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An Iranian army member, center, looks back, among others, as they conclude their march, during a parade commemorating National Army Day in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Houthi supporters chant slogans during a weekly, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Groomsmen shield their brides from the sun as they queue during a mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at The International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Groomsmen shield their brides from the sun as they queue during a mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at The International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
A Christian pilgrim rests her head while praying during Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A Christian pilgrim rests her head while praying during Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Christian faithful of the Legio Maria African Mission, attend the Easter vigil Mass in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Worshippers gather for Easter Mass inside the ruins of St. George Melkite Catholic Church, damaged by Israeli airstrike, in Dardghaya, southern Lebanon, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Local residents of the region wearing traditional costumes make their way to get blessings for men and beasts, at the St. George church in Traunstein, Germany, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Local residents of the region wearing traditional costumes make their way to get blessings for men and beasts, at the St. George church in Traunstein, Germany, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
April 21, 2025
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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