The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists

Nuns walk along St. Peter’s Square after rain during the fourth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Elon Musk speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Matthew Cheslock, left, and Anthony Confusione work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Russian soldiers attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Icelandic horses play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Anton Le, who was 5 years old when he and his family arrived in the U.S. from Vietnam via the Philippines, plays with his son, Kevin, while waiting for his order outside a café in the Little Saigon neighborhood of Westminster, Calif., Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Girlfriend of Liel Haio, an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza, visits his grave on the eve of the Israel’s Memorial Day, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Alyona Zavadska, 16, checks a photo of herself with boyfriend Danylo Khudia, 17, killed in a Russian strike along with his parents, Viktoria and Oleh Khudia on April 24, during a farewell ceremony at the crematorium in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A young boy touches the “Angels Unaware” boat sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz placed at St. Peter’s square at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A student pays tribute to the the remains of fallen German soldiers of WWII during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Two men walk between rape fields in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Vietnamese female police officers march during a parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Cardinals attend a mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A relative consoles Aishanya Dwivedi, sitting, during the cremation ceremony in Kanpur, India, of her husband Shubham Dwivedi who was killed by militants at Pahalgam in Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vaibhav Shukla)

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, right, reacts after being ejected by umpire Bruce Dreckman during the eighth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

A woman reads on a sunny day at a park in London, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Vietnamese-Americans place their hands on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to honor American soldiers who died in the Vietnam War, as they gather together in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Valerie Plesch)

Smoke rises to the sky in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Palestinians wait for donated food at a distribution center in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)