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President Donald Trump arrives for a formal dinner at the Paleis Huis ten Bosch ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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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Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Residents ride through black smoke coming from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic, along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Residents ride through black smoke coming from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic, along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Chris Robinson, of the United States, reacts after falling past the finish line to win the men 400 meters hurdles during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Chris Robinson, of the United States, reacts after falling past the finish line to win the men 400 meters hurdles during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Surfers take shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian strikes in Haifa beachfront, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, shortly after Israel and Iran accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Surfers take shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian strikes in Haifa beachfront, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, shortly after Israel and Iran accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Israeli soldiers and rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli soldiers and rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People rest and as they take shelter in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People rest and as they take shelter in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People wear traditional Lithuanian village-styled clothes as they celebrate Saint John’s Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People wear traditional Lithuanian village-styled clothes as they celebrate Saint John’s Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A Palestinian child search through a landfill for firewood, plastic, and canned goods in Al-Zawaideh, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian child search through a landfill for firewood, plastic, and canned goods in Al-Zawaideh, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Themba Maseko, a 39-year-old mechanic, peeks through a window inside a workshop in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Themba Maseko, a 39-year-old mechanic, peeks through a window inside a workshop in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Catshuis on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Catshuis on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Palmeiras’ Allan and Inter Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi meet after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between Inter Miami and Palmeiras in Miami Gardens, Fla., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Palmeiras’ Allan and Inter Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi meet after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between Inter Miami and Palmeiras in Miami Gardens, Fla., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Residents ride through black smoke coming from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic, along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Residents ride through black smoke coming from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic, along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Chris Robinson, of the United States, reacts after falling past the finish line to win the men 400 meters hurdles during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Chris Robinson, of the United States, reacts after falling past the finish line to win the men 400 meters hurdles during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Surfers take shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian strikes in Haifa beachfront, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, shortly after Israel and Iran accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Surfers take shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian strikes in Haifa beachfront, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, shortly after Israel and Iran accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Israeli soldiers and rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli soldiers and rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People rest and as they take shelter in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People rest and as they take shelter in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People wear traditional Lithuanian village-styled clothes as they celebrate Saint John’s Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People wear traditional Lithuanian village-styled clothes as they celebrate Saint John’s Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A Palestinian child search through a landfill for firewood, plastic, and canned goods in Al-Zawaideh, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian child search through a landfill for firewood, plastic, and canned goods in Al-Zawaideh, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Themba Maseko, a 39-year-old mechanic, peeks through a window inside a workshop in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Themba Maseko, a 39-year-old mechanic, peeks through a window inside a workshop in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Catshuis on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Catshuis on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Palmeiras’ Allan and Inter Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi meet after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between Inter Miami and Palmeiras in Miami Gardens, Fla., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Palmeiras’ Allan and Inter Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi meet after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between Inter Miami and Palmeiras in Miami Gardens, Fla., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Girls wearing crowns made of flowers dance during an event inspired by pre-Christian traditions, in which fairies, called in Romanian “Sanziene,” come to earth around the summer solstice bringing fertility to land and beings, at the Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Residents ride through black smoke coming from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic, along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Residents ride through black smoke coming from makeshift burners used to extract fuel from melted plastic, along the Sea Road, south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Chris Robinson, of the United States, reacts after falling past the finish line to win the men 400 meters hurdles during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Chris Robinson, of the United States, reacts after falling past the finish line to win the men 400 meters hurdles during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Surfers take shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian strikes in Haifa beachfront, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, shortly after Israel and Iran accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Surfers take shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian strikes in Haifa beachfront, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, shortly after Israel and Iran accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stands guard at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Israeli soldiers and rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli soldiers and rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People rest and as they take shelter in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People rest and as they take shelter in an underground parking garage as a precaution against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People wear traditional Lithuanian village-styled clothes as they celebrate Saint John’s Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People wear traditional Lithuanian village-styled clothes as they celebrate Saint John’s Day and the summer solstice in the small town of Kernave, some 35km (22 miles) northwest of the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Catherine Cisneros performs a dance across the lighted squares of Christopher Janey’s “Passing Light” solar sculpture that aligns each Summer Solstice at San Antonio International Airport, Friday, June 20, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Catherine Cisneros performs a dance across the lighted squares of Christopher Janey’s “Passing Light” solar sculpture that aligns each Summer Solstice at San Antonio International Airport, Friday, June 20, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Themba Maseko, a 39-year-old mechanic, peeks through a window inside a workshop in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Themba Maseko, a 39-year-old mechanic, peeks through a window inside a workshop in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Catshuis on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Netherland’s Prime Minister Dick Schoof, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Catshuis on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Palmeiras’ Allan and Inter Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi meet after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between Inter Miami and Palmeiras in Miami Gardens, Fla., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Palmeiras’ Allan and Inter Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi meet after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between Inter Miami and Palmeiras in Miami Gardens, Fla., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Botafogo’s Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)