PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, May 9, 2025

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

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Supporters of a religious party ‘Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F’ chant anti-India slogans during a demonstration to condemn Indian strikes in Pakistan and to show their support with Pakistan military, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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A group of Kashmiri villager women wait for transportation as they leave following overnight shelling from Pakistan at Gingal village in Uri district, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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A woman watches the opening session of the People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica after his election, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People react as the newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Andrea Gallardo, 20, from Texas, wears an American flag after Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica following his election, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)
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Patrons watch live coverage of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV from St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican while having lunch at Ron’s Roost Chicken Restaurant, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A woman, who only gave her first name as Ana, takes a picture as she visits a parish named after the Peruvian saint, Santo Tomas de Porres, the day Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as Pope Leo XIV, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Lainey Wilson, from left, Reba McEntire, and Miranda Lambert perform “Trailblazer” during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Cody Johnson performs “The Fall” during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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A drone used for TV broadcast is attacked by a seagull above St. Peter’s Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Faithful take photos the black smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new Pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, right, gestures next to attorney Toral Malik during an arraignment in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
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Relatives mourn near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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PSG’s Achraf Hakimi, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his sides second goal during the Champions League semifinal, second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Spanish nuns gather near the Vatican, in Rome, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, on the day cardinals sequester themselves at the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th Roman pontiff, a successor to Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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National Cadet Corps members participate during a mock drill to train civilians and security personnel to respond in case of attack, in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, May 7, 2025 amid rising fears of wider conflict following India’s strikes in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Palestinian Maha Elayan weeps as she embraces the body of her 7-year-old son, Qasim, who was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a UN school used as a shelter, ahead of his burial at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Vasyl Sievastianov, checks damage to his apartment, following a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
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Russian tanks roll during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Faithful kneel during a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter’s Basilica, before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Dallas Wings forward DiJonai Carrington has her hair adjusted for photos during a WNBA basketball media day in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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PSG players celebrate after the Champions League semifinal, second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Actor Tom Cruise, left, and director Christopher McQuarrie pose for the photographers upon their arrival to promote their latest movie “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” at the Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti smiles at fans in the bullring after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Goslings of Egyptian geese walk along the bank of the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, as a rowing boat passes by on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Debris of an aircraft lie at the backyard of a house at Pampore in Pulwama district of Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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An army soldier examines a building damaged by a suspected Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan controlled Kashmir, in Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)
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Inter Milan’s Davide Frattesi, center, celebrates after scoring his side’s fourth goal during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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A Ukrainian soldier kisses a hand of a woman after returning from captivity in a POW exchange in Ukraine, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Inter Milan fans let off flares as a bus carrying Inter Milan players arrives ahead of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Attorney General Pam Bondi departs a press conference at the Justice Department, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Displaced Palestinians live in a school that has been converted into a shelter in Gaza City amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Friedrich Merz reacts after he was not elected new Chancellor in the first voting process at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo)
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Lupita Nyong’o attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Janelle Monae attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Madonna attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Britain’s William, Prince of Wales, left, Prince George, second left, Prince Louis, center, Kate, Princess of Wales, second right, and Princess Charlotte, right, as they appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the flypast during the V-E Day 80th anniversary parade in London, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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Russian Air Force Su-25 jets fly over Red Square leaving trails of smoke in the colors of the Russian national flag during the Victory Day military parade rehearsal with the Spasskaya Tower in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, May 5, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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World War II veterans take part in a parade to mark Liberation Day in Wageningen, Netherlands, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after disembarking Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An audience member yells at U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., during a town hall, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Somers, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Jockey Junior Alvarado celebrates after riding Sovereignty to victory in the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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Oleksii Sereda of Ukraine competes in the Men’s 10m Platform event for the Diving World Cup Super Final held at the Water Cube, in Beijing, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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People vote at a polling booth at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Palestinians throw stones at an Israeli security forces vehicle during clashes that erupted following an army raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Presidential candidate Crin Antonescu walks surrounded by media shortly before polls closing during the first round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Presidential candidate George Simion addresses supporters via video link after polls closed for the first round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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Congregants attend an Indigenous blessing ceremony for Communion wafers that will be taken to a priest to be consecrated before they can be given out, in the Simojovel municipality, Mexico, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a press conference at the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Revelers take part in the Devils and Congos Festival in Portobelo, Panama, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A street musician plays a violin outside the Sant’Angelo castle as the sun sets in Rome, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Quinceañeras ride in limousine as part of their celebration, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 2, 2025. The Sueños Hechos Foundation, led by a former police officer, is hosting a quinceañera celebration on Friday for 24 disadvantaged teen girls. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Iraqis walk through the streets during a heavy sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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A Catholic nun attends rosary prayer and a candlelight procession with the image of Mater Ecclesiae in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican,Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Lady Gaga takes part in a rehearsal a day ahead of her free concert, on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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