The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, left, waits for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV inside St. Paul Outside The Walls Basilica in Rome, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
May 20, 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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A soldier pays his respect at the memorial to the fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A soldier pays his respect at the memorial to the fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
President Donald Trump, right, is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, as he speaks with reporters upon his departure from the Capitol following a meeting with the House Republican Conference, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
President Donald Trump, right, is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, as he speaks with reporters upon his departure from the Capitol following a meeting with the House Republican Conference, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
A firefighter sets the forest ablaze as part of a controlled plan to prevent wildfires in the Cerrado region, at a national park in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A firefighter sets the forest ablaze as part of a controlled plan to prevent wildfires in the Cerrado region, at a national park in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
An Israeli border police officer takes up position next to a watermelon vendor, during a military raid in the Askar refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Muhammad)
An Israeli border police officer takes up position next to a watermelon vendor, during a military raid in the Askar refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Muhammad)
Manchester City’s Josko Gvardiol challenges for the ball with Bournemouth’s Julian Araujo, bottom, during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Bournemouth at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Manchester City’s Josko Gvardiol challenges for the ball with Bournemouth’s Julian Araujo, bottom, during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Bournemouth at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
A cow is flown by helicopter from the landslide area near the Bietschhorn in the Loetschental, to a farm in Ferden, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 20 2025. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
A cow is flown by helicopter from the landslide area near the Bietschhorn in the Loetschental, to a farm in Ferden, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 20 2025. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
Julian Assange wears a shirt that reads ‘Stop Israel’ at the photo call for the film ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Julian Assange wears a shirt that reads ‘Stop Israel’ at the photo call for the film ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Traffic crosses a bridge at Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire as England experiences a significant drought, with reservoir levels at 84% of capacity, lower than the 90% seen in 2022, Woodhead, England, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Traffic crosses a bridge at Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire as England experiences a significant drought, with reservoir levels at 84% of capacity, lower than the 90% seen in 2022, Woodhead, England, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Sri Wahyuni, also known as Ayu, performs in the “wall of death”, locally known as “tong setan” or satan’s barrel, at a fairground in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Sri Wahyuni, also known as Ayu, performs in the “wall of death”, locally known as “tong setan” or satan’s barrel, at a fairground in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Relatives of Naval Academy Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, who died aboard a Mexican Navy sailing ship that collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, embrace next to her coffin, in Xalapa, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Victoria Razo)
Relatives of Naval Academy Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, who died aboard a Mexican Navy sailing ship that collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, embrace next to her coffin, in Xalapa, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Victoria Razo)
Lala Rudge poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘It was just an accident’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)
Lala Rudge poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘It was just an accident’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)
A Thai Air Force officer adjusts the cap of a member of an honor guard in preparation for the arrival of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A Thai Air Force officer adjusts the cap of a member of an honor guard in preparation for the arrival of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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