A look at AP's top photos in August

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in August 2025.

A giant dust storm approaches the metro area of Phoenix, Arizona, as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Firefighters battle the Pickett Fire in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, California, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Olsjen Mucobega, 32, from Albania who lives in Greece, uses his motorcycle to evacuate a sheep from a wildfire in Patras, Greece, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Local farmer Turkan Ozkan, 64, cries next to one of her animals killed during a fire in Guzelyeli, on the outskirts of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Residents run across a bridge over the flooded Beas River following incessant rains in Kullu, India, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Aqil Khan)

A family swims in Royal Spring, in Suwanne County, Florida, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Gracie Hyde stumbles as she competes in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase finals during the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Eugene, Oregon, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Indianapolis Colts tight end Jelani Woods (80) tries to make a catch while being hit by Green Bay Packers cornerback Tyron Herring (46) during a preseason NFL football game in Indianapolis, Indiana, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

A woman pauses as she leaves the Annunciation Church's school as police respond to a reported mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Police Maj. Adriana Pinzon kisses the coffin of her husband, Capt. Francisco Merchan, a police pilot killed when his helicopter was shot down by a dissident faction of the former FARC guerrilla group, as his father, Bernardo Merchan, and other relatives attend his burial in Mongua, Colombia, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Police escort two arrested suspects in the detonation of a car bomb at an Air Force base to police headquarters in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol at Union Station in Washington, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in the window of Marine One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Puti at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Visitors line up to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine on the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II in Tokyo, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

A model is reflected in a mirror applying makeup during the Mr. and Mrs. Kibera leadership contest held on International Youth Day in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Burns cover the face of Artem aka "Lisnyk," a Ukrainian soldier from the Da Vinci Wolves Battalion who was injured during fighting with Russian forces on the Pokrovsk front, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Texas state Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, right, looks at a protester dressed as death outside of the House Chamber where Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier refuses agree to an around-the-clock police escort in Austin, Texas, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A demonstrator throws a rock at police during a protest against lavish allowances given to parliament members in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Ayami Sato pitches during tryouts for the Women's Professional Baseball League at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Norway's Casper Ruud, right, plays a shot as partner, Poland's Iga Swiatek, covers during their mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Robots compete at the Free Combat event of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Brazil's team competes with hoops and balls during the group all-around final at the 41st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Former Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki walks on to the field for his jersey retirement ceremony in Seattle, Aug. 9, 2025, before a baseball game between the Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Islam Qudeih shows her severely malnourished shirtless, 2-year-old daughter, Shamm, to journalists at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 9, 2025. Doctors said Shamm may have a genetic disorder that affects muscle and bone development, but there is no way to test for it in Gaza. On Tuesday, August 12, her family was granted permission to travel to a hospital in Italy. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

Freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working with the Associated Press and other outlets during the Gaza war, poses for a portrait in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2024. Dagga was one of several journalists killed along with other people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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Lead photo:Local residents and volunteers work together to put out an encroaching wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

This gallery was curated by U.S. Photo Assignment Manager Kii Sato in Chicago and global photo desk editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.