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 gather in St. Peter's Square as they await the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A nun cries as the body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

The body of Pope Francis is placed into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order regarding education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pastor Robert Turner stops to pray in front of the White House as part for his monthly walk from Baltimore to Washington to raise awareness of reparations on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Police officers help an injured woman to walk out from her house damaged by a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Paperboy Prince is removed from the New York City Mayoral Candidates Forum at Medgar Evers College Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Chinese honor guards march after the arrival ceremony attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Iori Sagisawa/Pool Photo via AP)

Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli army airstrike on Yaffa School, in Gaza City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Dancers wearing traditional attire stand in front of a poster depicting US Vice President JD Vance upon his arrival in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Liberal leader Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a rally in Laval, Quebec, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh holds a federal election campaign event in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Stadium ushers walk through seats before a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

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San Francisco Giants' Tyler Fitzgerald breaks his bat on an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A miner walks past police officers guarding the Mining and Metallurgy Ministry, during a protest demanding the government solve the diesel shortage and economic crisis in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Faithful pray during a Pope Francis Memorial Mass, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A street vendor sells key chains of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

The body of Pope Francis is carried through St. Peter's Square to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A woman sits in St. Peter's Square as people wait to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Pontifical Swiss guards stand in St. Peter's Square before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Smoke fills the sky from a wildfire in Lacey Townships, N.J. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

A storks sits in its nest in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, before sunrise on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Lead photo: Relatives wail during the funeral procession of Adil Hussain Shah, a daily-wage worker, who died when militants indiscriminately opened fire on a crowd of mainly tourists on Tuesday, at his village Hapatnar, about 20 km (13 miles) from Pahalgam where the incident took place, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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