This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.
People walk along the shore in Santa Catalina, Panama, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A bolt of lightning strikes in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Miami Marlins' Heriberto Hernandez is doused with sunflower seeds in the dugout after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A girl plays on the shore at Albany Beach as the San Francisco skyline is seen in the background Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Albany, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian man wave a pistol as others struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Poland's new President Karol Nawrocki attends an official ceremony to assume command of the Armed Forces at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Pilsudski square in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Ukrainian National Guard serviceman of 3rd brigade «Spartan» prepares for flight a Penguin UAV near the frontline at Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Cargo containers fill a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Stray cats gather on a table at the protected cat colony "Proyecto Aldameros," in a park in the historic area of Havana, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Zeinab Mestrah, 26, who was wounded in the pagers attack carried out by Israel on September 17, 2024, poses for a photograph in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, strikes a pose while getting ready for his performance with the Taraful Frunzelor band at the Terasa Florilor restaurant, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Male Barbary lion Bart and female Khalila rest in their enclosure, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Tees are pinned in the hair of Lydia Ko of New Zealand during the third round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene catches the foul ball by Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Cincinnati Reds TJ Friedl lets go of the bat in the rain during the first inning of the MLB Speedway Classic baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Leon Marchand of France competes in the men's 400-meter individual medley heats at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Brazil's Mariza, left, and Colombia's Mayra Ramirez battle for the ball during the Women's Copa America final soccer match at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisia competes in the men's 1500-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Minami Katsu of Japan plays a shot from the 6th tee during the final round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez reacts while being doused by teammate Victor Robles to celebrate a win over the Texas Rangers in a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Cooper Lutkenhaus, left, reacts as Donavan Brazier wins the men's 800-meter final at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
The winner of the Tour de France Femmes Pauline Ferrand-Prevot from France of team Visma - Lease a Bike celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the 9th stage of the 4th edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 124,1 km from Praz-Sur-Arly to Chatel Les Portes du Soleil, in Chatel, France, Sunday Aug. 3, 2025. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
India's Mohammed Siraj and India's Dhruv Jurel celebrate their win against England on day five of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Straw bales are decorated as a wedding couple to point out an upcoming wedding in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Young people wake up after spending the night at the Tor Vergata field in Rome as they participate in the Youths Jubilee, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
President Donald Trump is seen in the window of Marine One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Stranded cows look out from a submerged house along the banks of the river Ganga following heavy monsoon rains in Prayagraj, India, Tuesday, Aug.5, 2025.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A foreign visitor walks by the iconic exhibition hall best known as the Atomic Bomb Dome on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Smoke from the Gifford Fire fills the sky as the sun sets over Los Padres National Forest, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A religious studies teacher instructs a boy in Quran recitation at the Abdullah Ibn-Masoud religious school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
President Donald Trump holds charts as he speaks about the economy in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Ben Shelton, center right, of the United States, celebrates after his win over Karen Khachanov, of Russia, with his father Bryan Shelton, center left, after the final match at the National Bank Open men's tennis tournament in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Juárez's José Luis Rodríguez (11) battles for the ball with New York Red Bulls's Wikelman Carmona (19) during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Harrison, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A crinoid sits at Havannah Harbour, off the coast of Efate Island, Vanuatu, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
Los Angeles County Sheriff Rescue evacuates a horse as the Canyon Fire burns on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Hasley Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Burned grapevines are pictured after firefighters contained France's largest wildfire in decades in Saint Laurent de La Cabrerisse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Stamatina, 86, tries to extinguish a wildfire in Keratea, at the outskirts of Athens, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanasis Stavrakis)
A couple wearing their wedding outfits walk along Galata bridge during a photo session, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People walk along the shore in Santa Catalina, Panama, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A bolt of lightning strikes in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Miami Marlins' Heriberto Hernandez is doused with sunflower seeds in the dugout after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A girl plays on the shore at Albany Beach as the San Francisco skyline is seen in the background Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Albany, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian man wave a pistol as others struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Poland's new President Karol Nawrocki attends an official ceremony to assume command of the Armed Forces at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Pilsudski square in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Ukrainian National Guard serviceman of 3rd brigade «Spartan» prepares for flight a Penguin UAV near the frontline at Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Cargo containers fill a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Stray cats gather on a table at the protected cat colony "Proyecto Aldameros," in a park in the historic area of Havana, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Zeinab Mestrah, 26, who was wounded in the pagers attack carried out by Israel on September 17, 2024, poses for a photograph in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, strikes a pose while getting ready for his performance with the Taraful Frunzelor band at the Terasa Florilor restaurant, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Male Barbary lion Bart and female Khalila rest in their enclosure, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Tees are pinned in the hair of Lydia Ko of New Zealand during the third round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene catches the foul ball by Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Cincinnati Reds TJ Friedl lets go of the bat in the rain during the first inning of the MLB Speedway Classic baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Leon Marchand of France competes in the men's 400-meter individual medley heats at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Brazil's Mariza, left, and Colombia's Mayra Ramirez battle for the ball during the Women's Copa America final soccer match at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisia competes in the men's 1500-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Minami Katsu of Japan plays a shot from the 6th tee during the final round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez reacts while being doused by teammate Victor Robles to celebrate a win over the Texas Rangers in a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Cooper Lutkenhaus, left, reacts as Donavan Brazier wins the men's 800-meter final at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
The winner of the Tour de France Femmes Pauline Ferrand-Prevot from France of team Visma - Lease a Bike celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the 9th stage of the 4th edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 124,1 km from Praz-Sur-Arly to Chatel Les Portes du Soleil, in Chatel, France, Sunday Aug. 3, 2025. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
India's Mohammed Siraj and India's Dhruv Jurel celebrate their win against England on day five of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Straw bales are decorated as a wedding couple to point out an upcoming wedding in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Young people wake up after spending the night at the Tor Vergata field in Rome as they participate in the Youths Jubilee, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
President Donald Trump is seen in the window of Marine One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Stranded cows look out from a submerged house along the banks of the river Ganga following heavy monsoon rains in Prayagraj, India, Tuesday, Aug.5, 2025.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A foreign visitor walks by the iconic exhibition hall best known as the Atomic Bomb Dome on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Smoke from the Gifford Fire fills the sky as the sun sets over Los Padres National Forest, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A religious studies teacher instructs a boy in Quran recitation at the Abdullah Ibn-Masoud religious school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Ben Shelton, center right, of the United States, celebrates after his win over Karen Khachanov, of Russia, with his father Bryan Shelton, center left, after the final match at the National Bank Open men's tennis tournament in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
People walk along the shore in Santa Catalina, Panama, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A bolt of lightning strikes in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Miami Marlins' Heriberto Hernandez is doused with sunflower seeds in the dugout after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A girl plays on the shore at Albany Beach as the San Francisco skyline is seen in the background Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Albany, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian man wave a pistol as others struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Poland's new President Karol Nawrocki attends an official ceremony to assume command of the Armed Forces at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Pilsudski square in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Ukrainian National Guard serviceman of 3rd brigade «Spartan» prepares for flight a Penguin UAV near the frontline at Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Cargo containers fill a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Stray cats gather on a table at the protected cat colony "Proyecto Aldameros," in a park in the historic area of Havana, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Zeinab Mestrah, 26, who was wounded in the pagers attack carried out by Israel on September 17, 2024, poses for a photograph in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, strikes a pose while getting ready for his performance with the Taraful Frunzelor band at the Terasa Florilor restaurant, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Male Barbary lion Bart and female Khalila rest in their enclosure, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Tees are pinned in the hair of Lydia Ko of New Zealand during the third round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene catches the foul ball by Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Cincinnati Reds TJ Friedl lets go of the bat in the rain during the first inning of the MLB Speedway Classic baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Leon Marchand of France competes in the men's 400-meter individual medley heats at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Brazil's Mariza, left, and Colombia's Mayra Ramirez battle for the ball during the Women's Copa America final soccer match at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisia competes in the men's 1500-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Minami Katsu of Japan plays a shot from the 6th tee during the final round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez reacts while being doused by teammate Victor Robles to celebrate a win over the Texas Rangers in a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Cooper Lutkenhaus, left, reacts as Donavan Brazier wins the men's 800-meter final at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
The winner of the Tour de France Femmes Pauline Ferrand-Prevot from France of team Visma - Lease a Bike celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the 9th stage of the 4th edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 124,1 km from Praz-Sur-Arly to Chatel Les Portes du Soleil, in Chatel, France, Sunday Aug. 3, 2025. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
India's Mohammed Siraj and India's Dhruv Jurel celebrate their win against England on day five of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Straw bales are decorated as a wedding couple to point out an upcoming wedding in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Young people wake up after spending the night at the Tor Vergata field in Rome as they participate in the Youths Jubilee, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
President Donald Trump is seen in the window of Marine One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Stranded cows look out from a submerged house along the banks of the river Ganga following heavy monsoon rains in Prayagraj, India, Tuesday, Aug.5, 2025.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A foreign visitor walks by the iconic exhibition hall best known as the Atomic Bomb Dome on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Smoke from the Gifford Fire fills the sky as the sun sets over Los Padres National Forest, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A religious studies teacher instructs a boy in Quran recitation at the Abdullah Ibn-Masoud religious school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
President Donald Trump holds charts as he speaks about the economy in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Ben Shelton, center right, of the United States, celebrates after his win over Karen Khachanov, of Russia, with his father Bryan Shelton, center left, after the final match at the National Bank Open men's tennis tournament in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Juárez's José Luis Rodríguez (11) battles for the ball with New York Red Bulls's Wikelman Carmona (19) during the first half of a Leagues Cup soccer match Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Harrison, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A crinoid sits at Havannah Harbour, off the coast of Efate Island, Vanuatu, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
Los Angeles County Sheriff Rescue evacuates a horse as the Canyon Fire burns on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Hasley Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Burned grapevines are pictured after firefighters contained France's largest wildfire in decades in Saint Laurent de La Cabrerisse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Stamatina, 86, tries to extinguish a wildfire in Keratea, at the outskirts of Athens, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanasis Stavrakis)
A couple wearing their wedding outfits walk along Galata bridge during a photo session, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People walk along the shore in Santa Catalina, Panama, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A bolt of lightning strikes in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Miami Marlins' Heriberto Hernandez is doused with sunflower seeds in the dugout after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A girl plays on the shore at Albany Beach as the San Francisco skyline is seen in the background Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Albany, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian man wave a pistol as others struggle to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Poland's new President Karol Nawrocki attends an official ceremony to assume command of the Armed Forces at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Pilsudski square in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Ukrainian National Guard serviceman of 3rd brigade «Spartan» prepares for flight a Penguin UAV near the frontline at Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Cargo containers fill a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Stray cats gather on a table at the protected cat colony "Proyecto Aldameros," in a park in the historic area of Havana, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Zeinab Mestrah, 26, who was wounded in the pagers attack carried out by Israel on September 17, 2024, poses for a photograph in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, strikes a pose while getting ready for his performance with the Taraful Frunzelor band at the Terasa Florilor restaurant, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Male Barbary lion Bart and female Khalila rest in their enclosure, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Tees are pinned in the hair of Lydia Ko of New Zealand during the third round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene catches the foul ball by Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Cincinnati Reds TJ Friedl lets go of the bat in the rain during the first inning of the MLB Speedway Classic baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Leon Marchand of France competes in the men's 400-meter individual medley heats at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Brazil's Mariza, left, and Colombia's Mayra Ramirez battle for the ball during the Women's Copa America final soccer match at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisia competes in the men's 1500-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Minami Katsu of Japan plays a shot from the 6th tee during the final round of the Women's British Open golf championship, at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez reacts while being doused by teammate Victor Robles to celebrate a win over the Texas Rangers in a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Cooper Lutkenhaus, left, reacts as Donavan Brazier wins the men's 800-meter final at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
The winner of the Tour de France Femmes Pauline Ferrand-Prevot from France of team Visma - Lease a Bike celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the 9th stage of the 4th edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 124,1 km from Praz-Sur-Arly to Chatel Les Portes du Soleil, in Chatel, France, Sunday Aug. 3, 2025. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
India's Mohammed Siraj and India's Dhruv Jurel celebrate their win against England on day five of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Straw bales are decorated as a wedding couple to point out an upcoming wedding in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Young people wake up after spending the night at the Tor Vergata field in Rome as they participate in the Youths Jubilee, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
President Donald Trump is seen in the window of Marine One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Stranded cows look out from a submerged house along the banks of the river Ganga following heavy monsoon rains in Prayagraj, India, Tuesday, Aug.5, 2025.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A foreign visitor walks by the iconic exhibition hall best known as the Atomic Bomb Dome on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Smoke from the Gifford Fire fills the sky as the sun sets over Los Padres National Forest, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A religious studies teacher instructs a boy in Quran recitation at the Abdullah Ibn-Masoud religious school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media. The ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean,” she said.
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Several U.S. government social media accounts posted brief videos that appeared to show various parts of the ship’s capture. Black-and-white footage showed at least four helicopters approaching the ship before hovering over the deck while armed troops dropped down by rope. At least nine people could be seen on the deck of the ship.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, the ship was partially filled with crude.
Days later, the Veronica became one of at least 16 tankers that left the Venezuelan coast in contravention of the quarantine that U.S. forces have set up to block sanctioned ships, according to Samir Madani, the co-founder of TankerTrackers.com. He said his organization used satellite imagery and surface-level photos to document the ship movements.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the Treasury Department for being associated with a Russian company moving cargoes of illicit oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
Speaking to reporters at the White House later Thursday, Noem declined to say how many sanctioned oil tankers the U.S. is tracking or whether the government is keeping tabs on freighters beyond the Caribbean Sea.
“I can’t speak to the specifics of the operation, although we are watching the entire shadow fleet and how they’re moving,” she told reporters.
But other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
Associated Press writer Ben Finley contributed to this report.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro’s capture and the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, not the Galileo.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)