A look at AP's top photos in September 2025

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

Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza by foot and in vehicles, carrying their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A protester wearing flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman shouts slogans at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government's various ministries and offices during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a prior warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

People hold up signs during a memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Protesters of the "Block Everything" movement take cover from a spraying water canon in Lille, northern France, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Chinese President Xi Jinping takes a drink at a reception following a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar)

People play dominoes on the street during a blackout in Havana, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

School students listen to their teachers during a lesson, in the basement of a municipal building during the first day in school in Bobryk, Sumy region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. The Bobryk school was forced to move to the basement due to endless alarms. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a ceremony at the Pentagon to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Residents work to stop flames from a burning home from spreading to a neighboring house as the 6-5 Fire burns through the Chinese Camp community of Tuolumne County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Fanuse Adete, 38 years-old, holds up a candle she uses to light her home at night in the Menabichu district on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Laborers drink tea, sitting under tin shade panels to shelter themselves from the rain during roadwork, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Qatar's Oumar Doudai Abakar competes in a men's 110 meters hurdles heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Alexandre Paulikevitch gets ready backstage before performing at a popular theatre in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A model showcases a creation from the RU ZI ZHI YI collection by Yue Min during the SS2026 China Fashion Week, in Beijing, China, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

England's Zoe Aldcroft holds a trophy as she celebrates with her teammates after winning the Women's Rugby World Cup final match between England and Canada at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, London, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Portraits of two former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right and Hashem Safieddine, left, are projected onto the landmark Raouche sea rock during an event commemorating their deaths in Israeli airstrikes nearly a year ago, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Scientists and veterinarians capture a pink river dolphin in the Amazon River for health checks in Puerto Narino, Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Patients sit outside the malnutrition ward of Bunj Hospital in Maban, South Sudan, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Leandro Bojko and Micaela Garcia compete in the stage category finals of the World Tango Championship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A worker walks through a building under construction in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Darleen Hall worships during a service at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

United States' Tara Davis-Woodhall competes in the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles III review the Guard of Honour after the arrival at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)

Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama's Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Mourners attend the funeral of Levi Yitzhak Pash, who was killed along with five other Israelis in a shooting attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a bus stop in Jerusalem Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Antima Kumari helps Sikandar Chaudhary, her brother-in-law, with the Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), a method of holding a baby skin-to-skin on the caregiver's chest, to promote bonding and well-being for her newborn niece at their house in Gurugram, a satellite city of New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Alice Mary Nasanga, who is about 70 and was banished by members of her family after she was accused of witchery, holds her disabled son, Ibrahim Kamya, 30, as she feeds him on the floor of the home they share in Nabalanga, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Soldiers wait outside a voting stations to cast their vote during a parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Election volunteers count ballots in Blantyre, Malawi, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)

A dog accompanies officers as they wait for the conclusion of funeral services for slain Northern York County Regional Police detectives Cody Michael Becker, Mark Edward Baker and Isaiah Emenheiser, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Red Lion, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Lead photo: A woman recites prayers as people mark Prophet Muhammad's birthday, known as Mawlid, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)