Photos from the second day of the Cannes Film Festival

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Greg Tarzan Davis, from left, editor Eddie Hamilton, Angela Bassett, Tramell Tillman, Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie, Hannah Waddingham, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, and Pom Klementieff take a selfie upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Zoe Saldana poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Tramell Tillman, from left, director Christopher McQuarrie, Hannah Waddingham, and Angela Bassett take a selfie upon arrival for the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

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Halle Berry poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

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Andie MacDowell poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

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Eva Longoria poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Cuba Gooding Jr. poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

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Pom Klementieff poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

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Hayley Atwell, left, and Tom Cruise pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Tom Cruise poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Chloe Lecareux poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Tom Cruise poses for photographers during the photo call for the film ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Director Christopher McQuarrie poses for photographers during the photo call for the film ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Director Mascha Schilinski poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Sound of Falling’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

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Aissa Maiga, from left, Mohamed Grayaa, Toure Blamassi, Foued Zaazaa, Deborah Christelle Lobe Naney, Laetitia Ky and Didar Domehri pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Promised Sky’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

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Jury president Alice Rohrwacher poses for photographers at the photo call for the Camera d’Or jury at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Jury president Molly Manning Walker, centre, and jury members Nahuel Perez Biscayart, from left, Vanja Kaludjercic, Louise Courvoisier, and Roberto Minervini pose for photographers at the photo call for the Un Certain Regard jury at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Jury president Molly Manning Walker poses for photographers at the photo call for the Un Certain Regard jury at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

CANNES, France (AP) — Much of the cinema world has descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza kicks off its 78th edition.

Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise returned to the Croisette on Wednesday with “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.”

This gallery features daily highlights from the festival, curated by Associated Press photo editors.

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