The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists
Farmers and laborers shelter from the rain along a roadside after taking part in a demonstration against what they describe as exploitative lending practices by microfinance institutions, calling for the release of collateral pledged against loans and the provision of interest-free loans, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
Vehicles are crushed under collapsed buildings in Yatsushiro, southwestern Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, the day after an earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Vehicles are crushed under collapsed buildings in Yatsushiro, southwestern Japan, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, the day after an earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
Mourners carry coffins draped in the Iranian flag, foreground, and the Iraqi flag during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Mourners carry coffins draped in the Iranian flag, foreground, and the Iraqi flag during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Local residents hose down smoldering fires in a forest in Souge, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Local residents hose down smoldering fires in a forest in Souge, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Boats sit on a bank of the Danube River where usually submerged areas are exposed due to extremely low water levels following an extended period of drought in Islaz, Romania, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolae Dumitrache)
Boats sit on a bank of the Danube River where usually submerged areas are exposed due to extremely low water levels following an extended period of drought in Islaz, Romania, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolae Dumitrache)
An employee works on the inside of a bell at the 400-year-old family-owned bell foundry Grassmayr in Innsbruck, Austria, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
An employee works on the inside of a bell at the 400-year-old family-owned bell foundry Grassmayr in Innsbruck, Austria, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
The installation “Breathworks” by artists Anna Matsumoto and Bhumikorn Kongtaveelert is displayed during the “Hospital of Emotions” exhibition inside a former hospital building in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The installation “Breathworks” by artists Anna Matsumoto and Bhumikorn Kongtaveelert is displayed during the “Hospital of Emotions” exhibition inside a former hospital building in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pretends to examine World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with dental equipment during a visit to the Andaraí Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pretends to examine World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with dental equipment during a visit to the Andaraí Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A man works to extinguish hot spots in an area burned by a wildfire near Casavieja, Ávila province, Spain, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
A man works to extinguish hot spots in an area burned by a wildfire near Casavieja, Ávila province, Spain, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)
