This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers in September 2024.

Lead photo: First-graders attend the traditional ceremony for the first day of school in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

This collection was curated by Assistant Director of Global Photo Production Courtney Dittmar and Photo Editor Patrick Sison .