The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

From front-page headlines to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today's top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors. 

People line up as they enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. is hit by a pitch thrown by Colorado Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez during the first inning of the first game in a baseball doubleheader, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Miami quarterback Cam Ward takes a selfie with fans after being chosen by the Tennessee Titans with the first overall pick during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)

A person kicks a soccer ball around Columbus Park, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A vlogger who dressed up to look like a humanoid robot poses at the Shanghai auto show on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Katy Perry performs in concert at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Brooke M. Henderson, of Canada, hits on the sixth hole during the first round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Thursday, April 24, 2025, in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

An Italian army anti-drone unit patrol St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A boy looks at a newspaper showing photographs of the late Pope Francis, near the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the pontiff will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, center, Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, left, and President of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan, attend the commemorative ceremony marking the 110th anniversary of the massacre and to honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, Armenia, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Vahram Baghdasaryan, Photolure via AP)

Holocaust survivor Arie Durst lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Khendo Tamang, left, and Nirmala Pariyar try out their prosthetic legs for the first time at a rehabilitation center in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

People line up as they enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A faithful holds a rosary while waiting in line to enter St.Peter's Basilica to view Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes a question from journalist during a joint media conference with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A woman sits in a school basement being used as a shelter after a Russian airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Anna Tikhomirova, Russian ballerina, the first soloist of Bolshoi Theatre, poses for photographers upon arrival at the closing ceremony of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

A message board for the late Pope Francis is covered with writings from Catholic devotees outside St. Peter Parish in Quezon city, Philippines, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A young wild horse stands by its mother in a meadow near the city of Duelmen, Germany, where the herd lives in almost unmanaged feral conditions, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Lead photo: People wait in line under the rain to enter St.Peter's Basilica to view Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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