PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Friday, May 23, 2025

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

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A Ukrainian serviceman Alexander, 45, hugs his wife Elena, 39, after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Carolina Morales holds her four-month-old son Benjamin as her husband Alejandro Tirachini holds the family pet Thay, whom they consider their first son, while they pose for a photo backdropped by a painting of Thay by artist Lisandro Guma, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Savana the dog attends the Palm Dog award ceremony at the 78th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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World War II Leningrad siege survivor Lyudmila Vasilyeva, 84, exits a courthouse in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 23, 2025, following her hearing on charges of discrediting the Russian armed forces after she held a poster calling for an end to military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Bird watchers look out under dark skies at Kettle Cove State Park, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)
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Palestinians struggle to receive cooked food distributed at a community kitchen in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Olivia Apps of Canada passes the ball during the women’s rugby international between Australia and Canada in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, May 23, 2025. (Dave Hunt/AAPImage via AP)
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Johan Helberg stands next to his house, with the container ship NCL Salten in the background, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord, outside Byneset, in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday May 22, 2025. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP)
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Viola Davis poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Mastermind’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Thursday, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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People watch as Marine One, with President Donald Trump aboard, departs the White House en route to Trump National Golf Club Washington DC for a crypto dinner, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Visitors lay flowers and light candles at a memorial service in front of the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Thursday, May 22, 2025 in memory of the two staff members of the Israeli Embassy who were killed in Washington. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)
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Attorney General Pam Bondi looks down talks with reporters as law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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This undated handout photo provided by the embassy of Israel in the U.S. shows staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Israeli citizen Yaron Lischinsky, right, and U.S. citizen Sarah Milgrim. (Embassy of Israel in the U.S. via AP)
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A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across the port of Gaza City on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Nicholas Valentin holds a one day old foal outside of its stall on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Nicholasville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)
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A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places flags at the headstones of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, ahead of Memorial Day, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks early Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Elle Fanning poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Sentimental Value’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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Kevin Smith, from left, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Harley Quinn Smith, Austin Zajur and Alessandra Williams pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Colours of Time’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Municipal workers remove the cover that protected a monument of Kyiv legendary founders from Russian missile attacks on the fourth year of Russia-Ukraine war on the country’s main square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)(
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Rapper Kid Cudi, center, arrives at Federal Court for the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, in New York, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Displaced Palestinians walk through a makeshift tent camp at the Gaza City port on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Andrew Tate arrives at a police station in a Lada vehicle in Voluntari, Romania, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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Students react as Columbia University’s acting president Claire Shipman speaks during Columbia University commencement ceremony on Columbia’s main campus, in Manhattan, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
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New ensigns toss their caps in celebration at the conclusion of commencement exercises at the United States Coast Guard Academy, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in New London, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Prefectural police officers fire tear gas at protestors during a weekly demonstration demanding better pensions for retirees, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Tottenham’s Richarlison, right, challenges for the ball with Manchester United’s Casemiro, center, and Manchester United’s goalkeeper Andre Onana, left, during the Europa League final soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)
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Tottenham’s Son Heung-min holds the trophy aloft as he celebrates with teammates after winning the Europa League final soccer match against Manchester United at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Director Spike Lee poses for a portrait photograph for the film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his first weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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An elephant arrives at its new home in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, after being transported from Ostok Sanctuary in the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
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Sandra Hernandez, 23, rides her horse during sunset at Atxabiribil beach in the Penon de Sopelana, northern Spain, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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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.)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are seen beyond a sunflower field on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Palestinians line up for donated food at a community kitchen in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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People enjoy the sunset scenery over the high-rise buildings in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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An Indian army soldier keeps a vigil from one of the forward post along the line of control between India and Pakistan during a media tour somewhere in north of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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President Donald Trump holds up a bill for the “Take it Down Act” that he and first lady Melania Trump signed in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Denzel Washington poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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Director Wes Anderson, left, and Benicio del Toro pose for photographers upon departure from the premiere of the film ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Redeemer Lutheran Church is damaged, Sunday, May 18, 2025, along Highway 27 in Somerset, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Lars Nootbaar catches a fly foul ball for the out on Kansas City Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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A woman sits on speakers playing music during a Red Devils bus exhibition in La Chorrera, Panama, Sunday, June 30, 2024. The Red Devils are former U.S. school buses once used in the Panama Canal Zone and later as public transport, now adapted for private and cultural use. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Scottie Scheffler celebrates after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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Jon Rahm, of Spain, reacts after missing a putt on the 16th hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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Palestinians jump into the water of the Mediterranean Sea to cool down during a heat wave in Gaza City, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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The Israeli flag is carried down Fifth Avenue during the Israel Day Parade, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan touch foreheads after polls closed for the second round of the country’s presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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JJ from Austria performs the song “Wasted Love” during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Director Raphael Quenard, left, a person in a bird costume and director Hugo David, right, pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘I Love Peru’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Palestinians inspect the house of the Jabr family after it was hit earlier by an Israeli army strike killing at least 10 people, in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Pope Leo XIV on his popemobile tours St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican prior to the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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Catholic priests gather as Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass for the formal inauguration of his pontificate, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Faithful wave flags of the United States of America as Pope Leo XIV on his popemobile tours St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican prior to the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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A destroyed home is seen from above, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Edwina Wilson stands in what is left of her destroyed home, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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Residents and rescue workers evcuate a woman and dogs on an inflatable boat, through a flooded street following heavy rains in Campana, Argentina, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, returns to Jannik Sinner of Italy during their final tennis match in the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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A masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, sits stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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